Stephen Chbosky

Writer/director Stephen Chbosky discusses his favorite films with host Josh Olson.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Rent (2005)
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (2012)
Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Mean Girls (2004)
Footloose (1984)
Grease (1978)
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)
Wonder (2017)
Trainspotting (1996)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Live Like A Cop Die Like A Man (1976)
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
Once (2007)
Mean Streets (1973)
Invaders From Mars (1986)
Cabaret (1972) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Heathers (1989) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary
Sing Street (2016)
Star 80 (1983)
All That Jazz (1979) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Sound Of Music (1965)
Fiddler On The Roof (1971)
Blow-Up (1966) – Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Graduate (1967) – Neil LaBute’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Vertigo (1958) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary, Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Sixteen Candles (1984) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review 
The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)
Fearless (1993)
The Truman Show (1998)
Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)
Witness (1985)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
Network (1976) – Chris Wilkinson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Murder On The Orient Express (1974)
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
The French Connection (1971) – Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary, Dennis Lehane’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Sorcerer (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Stand By Me (1986)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
The Sure Thing (1985)
The Princess Bride (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Misery (1990) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s review
A Few Good Men (1992)
My Life As A Dog (1985)
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Trust (1990)
Surviving Desire (1991)
Simple Men (1992)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Dawn Of The Dead (1979) – Lee Broughton’s Blu-ray review
Day Of The Dead (1985) – Edgar Wright’s trailer commentary
Star Wars (1977)
The Matrix (1999)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary
The Shining (1980) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
Halloween (1978) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing, Alex Kirschenbaum’s film power rankings, Alex Kirschenbaum’s timeline power rankings
Duck Soup (1933) – John Landis’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, TFH’s movie links
Poltergeist (1982) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary
Dumbo (1941)
Eddie Murphy Raw (1987)

Other Notable Items

Rent play (1993)
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower novel (1999)
Dear Evan Hansen musical (2015-2017)
Ben Platt
Julianne Moore
Amy Adams
Kaitlyn Dever
The Toronto Film Festival
Starsky And Hutch TV series (1975-1979)
“Somewhere Over The Rainbow” song by Judy Garland (1939)
Paris Hilton
L. Frank Baum’s Oz novel series (1900-1920)
Warner Brothers
James Bond
Tobe Hooper
Jericho TV series (2006-2008)
“Falling Slowly” song by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007)
“Lies” song by Glen Hansard (2007)
John Carney
Bob Fosse
Roy Scheider
MTV
Nevermind album by Nirvana (1991)
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” song by Nirvana (1991)
Axl Rose
Poison
“If You Could See Her” song from Cabaret (1972)
Jay Presson Allen
Emma Watson
Mae Whitman 
“Jungleland” song by Bruce Springsteen (1975)
“She’s The One” song by Bruce Springsteen (1975)
“Born In The USA” song by Bruce Springsteen (1984)
Bob Dylan
Humphrey Bogart
Dustin Hoffman
Anne Bancroft
Katharine Ross
USC School of Cinematic Arts
University of California Berkeley
John Hughes
Anthony Michael Hall
Emilio Estevez
Peter Weir
Maurice Jarre 
Sidney Lumet
William Friedkin
Alfred Hitchcock
Paddy Chayefsky
Rob Reiner
Bob Marley
Aaron Sorkin
The Princess Bride novel by William Goldman (1973)
Christopher Guest
Misery novel by Stephen King (1987)
The Beatles Anthology albums by The Beatles (1995-1996)
“Real Love” song by The Beatles (1996)
John Lennon
Jeff Lynne
ELO
The Velvet Underground
Kevin Smith
Hal Hartley’s new fundraiser for Where To Land
Martin Donovan
Edie Falco
Adrienne Shelly
Sylvester Stallone
George Romero
Fulton Theatre in Pittsburgh
Tom Savini
The Complete Night Of The Living Dead Film Book by John Russo (1985)
“The Making Of Thriller” documentary (1983)
“Thriller” music video directed by TFH Guru John Landis
George Lucas
Our friends at Movies Unlimited!
The Criterion Collection
Stephen’s novel Imaginary Friend (2019)
Stranger Things TV series (2016- )
Amblin Entertainment
Our Brendan Sexton podcast episode

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