Michael Showalter
Writer, director and actor Michael Showalter joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss his favorite movies.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
The Baxter (2005)
Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
Runaway Daughters (1994)
Clueless (1995)
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
CODA (2021)
The Long Goodbye (1973) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Jaws (1975) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Sugarbaby (1985)
City Slickers (1991)
Attack! (1956) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Paris, Texas (1984) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
Pretty In Pink (1986)
Escape From New York (1981) – Neil Marshall’s trailer commentary
Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)
The Warriors (1979)
The Thing (1982) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Christine (1983)
Crossing Delancey (1988)
Annie Hall (1977) – Robert Weide’s trailer commentary
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
The Fugitive (1993)
The Big Sick (2017) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Between The Lines (1977)
28 Days Later (2002)
The Beach (2000)
Shallow Grave (1994)
Blood Simple (1984) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
One False Move (1992) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Big Picture (1989)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) – Bill Duke’s trailer commentary, John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Swimming With Sharks (1994)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Nomadland (2020) – Dennis Cozzalio’s 2020 year-end list
A Fistful Of Dollars (1964) – John Badham’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
For A Few Dollars More (1965) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray reviews
How The West Was Won (1962) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
The Big Gundown (1966)
The Wild Bunch (1969) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s review
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Tombstone (1993) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s review
Big Bad Mama (1974)
Ride In The Whirlwind (1966)
The Shooting (1966)
Old Henry (2021)
The Harder They Fall (2021)
The Power of the Dog (2021)
Hell or High Water (2016) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Nightcrawler (2014) – Joe Dante’s top 10 films of 2014
The Three Amigos (1986)
The Lost City (2022)
Magic Mike (2012)
Romancing The Stone (1984)
Blue Collar (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Spoiler Alert (TBD)
Other Notable Items
The Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers podcast episode
Search Party TV series (2016-2022)
The NYU Graduate Film Program
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp TV series (2015)
Netflix
The Shrink Next Door TV miniseries (2021)
The Dropout TV miniseries (2021)
Hulu
The State TV series (1993-1995)
MTV
Sally Field
Paul Rudd
IFC
The Steven Van Zandt podcast episode
Jack Palance
Percy Adlon
“Calling You” song by Jevetta Steele (1987)
Robert Altman
“Fight The Power” song by NWA (1989)
Marianne Sägebrecht
The Angelika Film Center in New York City
Robert Aldrich
James Mason
Michael Powell
Sam Shephard
Harry Dean Stanton
Nastassja Kinski
Paris, Texas soundtrack by Ry Cooder (1984)
Wheel Inn in Cabazon, CA
TFH Guru Allison Anders
Wim Wenders
Molly Ringwald
John Carpenter
Kurt Russell
Lee Van Cleef
Donald Pleasence
Adrienne Barbeau
Ernest Borgnine
Isaac Hayes
Avco Embassy Pictures
David Cronenberg
Steven Spielberg
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Spencer Tracy
The Keith Gordon podcast episode
Joan Micklin Silver
Amy Irving
Peter Riegert
David Hyde Pierce
The Roches
Suzzy Roche
Jeroen Krabbé
Jim Parsons
Danny Boyle
Alex Garland
Billy Bob Thornton
Carl Franklin
Frances McDormand
M. Emmet Walsh
The Criterion Collection
The Coen Brothers
Christopher Guest
J.T. Walsh
John Cleese
Kevin Bacon
Michael McKean
Meg Ryan
Swimming With Sharks TV series (2022- )
Denis Villeneuve
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Jessica Chastain
Clint Eastwood
Eli Wallach
James Bond
Spaghetti Westerns
Sergio Leone
Ennio Morricone
Sergio Corbucci
Sergio Sollima
Giallo
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Monte Hellman
Tim Blake Nelson
Sam Elliott
Chris Pine
Ben Foster
Taylor Sheridan
David Mackenzie
Yellowstone TV series (2018- )
1883 limited TV series (2021- )
Chevy Chase
Martin Short
Sandra Bullock
Channing Tatum
Ben Aldridge
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