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Illeana Douglas

Author, filmmaker and TFH guru Illeana Douglas returns to discuss the subject matter of her latest book, Connecticut in the Movies, with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Rope (1948) – Darren Bousman’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
All About Eve (1950)
Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit (1956) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) – Mark Pellington’s trailer commentary
The Swimmer (1968)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Boomerang! (1947)
Boomerang (1992)
Everybody Wins (1990)
The House On 92nd Street (1945)
On The Waterfront (1954)
From Here To Eternity (1953)
Splendor In The Grass (1961)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Parrish (1961)
A Summer Place (1959)
Susan Slade (1961)
Bright Leaf (1950)
Two On A Guillotine (1965)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Far From Heaven (2002)
Christmas In Connecticut (1945) – Illeana Douglas’ trailer commentarySleepers (1996)
Righteous Kill (2008)
It Happened To Jane (1959)
Stand By Me (1985)
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
Reds (1981)
Let’s Scare Jessica To Death (1971)
Rachel Getting Married (2008)
The Stepford Wives (1975)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Revolutionary Road (2008)
No Down Payment (1957)
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Loving (1970)
The Land Of Steady Habits (2018)

Other Notable Items

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Our Joe Lynch podcast episode
Illeana’s new book Connecticut in the Movies: From Dream Houses to Dark Suburbia (2023)
Steven Soderbergh
Alfred Hitchcock
Leopold and Loeb
George Sanders
Zillow
Burt Lancaster
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House novel by Eric Hodgins (1946)
Dore Schary
RKO Pictures
Melvyn Douglas
Myrna Loy
Cary Grant
Elia Kazan
Gentleman’s Agreement novel by Laura Z. Hobson (1947)
John Cheever
Gregory Peck
The Academy Awards
Dana Andrews
John Garfield
Arthur Kennedy
Death Of A Salesman play by Arthur Miller (1949)
Homer Stille Cummings
Harold Israel vs. Connecticut
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Some Kind Of Love Story play by Arthur Miller (1982)
Louis de Rochemont
The March Of Time newsreels
Lee J. Cobb
Karl Malden
Eddie Murphy
Frank Perry
Peggy Siegal
Sydney Pollack
Barbara Loden
Warren Beatty
Janice Rule
John Frankenheimer
Joan Rivers
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Grindhouse Releasing
Delmer Daves
Douglas Sirk
Parrish novel by Mildred Savage (1958)
Dynasty TV series (1981-89)
The Bee & Thistle Inn in Connecticut
Gary Cooper
Troy Donahue
Connie Stevens
Claudette Colbert
Frank Sinatra
The Long Island Sound
Todd Haynes
Richard Quine
Doris Day
Martin Melcher
Ernie Kovacs
Jack Lemmon
Max Showalter
Debbie Reynolds
Katharine Hepburn
Ah, Wilderness! play by Eugene O’Neill (1933)
Sidney Lumet
Jason Robards
Jack Nicholson
Zohra Lampert
Anne Hathaway
Jonathan Demme
Jenny Lumet
D.W. Griffith
Debra Winger
Ang Lee
Kevin Kline
Sigourney Weaver
Christina Ricci
Tobey Maguire
Martin Ritt
George Segal
Jennifer Jones
Eva Marie Saint

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Joe Lynch

Director Joe Lynch (Suitable Flesh) discusses a few of his favorite erotic thrillers with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Movies Referenced In This Episode

To Live And Die In LA (1985) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Three O’Clock High (1987)
Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) – Ti West’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Secret Of The Incas (1954) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Everly (2014)
Dante’s Peak (1997)
Volcano (1997)
Deep Impact (1998)
Armageddon (1998)
Sorcerer (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Bernard Rose’s trailer commentary
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Suitable Flesh (2023)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Mandy (2018) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
From Beyond (1986) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s review
Dagon (2001)
The Resurrected (1991)
Color Out Of Space (2019)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The Blues Brothers (1980) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
King Of The Ants (2003)
Stuck (2007)
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
Honey I Shrunk The Kids (1989)
Angelheart (1987)
The Terminator (1984) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
Mississippi Burning (1996)
Basic Instinct (1992) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
The Fourth Man (1983)
Spetters (1980)
Benedetta (2021)
Black Book (2006)
Keetje Tippel (1975)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Matinee (1993) – Illeana Douglas’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
The Howling (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
The Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985)
Don’t Look Now (1973) – John Landis’ trailer commentary
Bad Timing (1980)
Sliver (1994)
Body Of Evidence (1994)
Body Chemistry (1990)
The Beastmaster (1982)
Body Heat (1981) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) – Ti West’s trailer commentary
Romancing The Stone (1984)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Accidental Tourist (1988) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Bound (1996)
Blood Simple (1984) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Assassins (1995)
The Matrix (1999)
Cloud Atlas (2012) – Daniel Kremer’s trailer commentary
Speed Racer (2008) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Miller’s Crossing (1990) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Barton Fink (1991)
Fargo (1996)
Dead Ringers (1988) – Mick Garris’ trailer commentary
M. Butterfly (1993)
Videodrome (1983) – Mick Garris’ trailer commentary
The Fly (1986) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
Scanners (1981) – Mick Garris trailer commentary
Crash (1996)
Body Double (1984)
Dressed To Kill (1980)
Blow Out (1981) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Femme Fatale (2002) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Blue Velvet (1986) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Wild At Heart (1990) – Alex Kirschenbaum’s review
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
Lost Highway (1997)
Phantasm (1979) – Mick Garris’ trailer commentary
Mulholland Drive (2001)
The Last Seduction (1994)
Red Rock West (1993)
Spaceballs (1987)
Shocker (1989)
Vision Quest (1985)
After Hours (1985) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Jade (1995)
Gilda (1946) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Rounders (1998)
Hellraiser (1987) – Mick Garris’ Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Ulzana’s Raid (1972) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Kino Lorber and All-Region Blu-ray reviews

Other Notable Items

Ricky Gervais
The Friedkin Connection memoir by William Friedkin (2014)
Walter Hill
The Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood
The William Friedkin podcast episode
Quentin Tarantino
Video Archives
Barry Sonnenfeld
Phil Joanou
Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Charlton Heston
Salma Hayek
Linda Hamilton
Tommy Lee Jones
Pierce Brosnan
The Beverly Center
Support TMTMM on Patreon!
Variety
Heather Graham
Barbara Crampton
H.P. Lovecraft
The Aaron Stewart-Ahn podcast episode
Warner Brothers Pictures
Dan O’Bannon
TFH Guru Stuart Gordon
Masters Of Horror TV series (2005-07)
Dennis Paoli
TFH Guru Mick Garris
Brian Yuzna
Jeffrey Combs
Ramsey Campbell
Clive Barker
Michael Douglas
Final Draft
Cthulu
Brian De Palma
Burt Reynolds
Alan Parker
Cinemax
Mickey Rourke
Lisa Bonet
Robert De Niro
Tony Scott
Martin Luther King Jr.
J. Edgar Hoover
Joe Eszterhas
Paul Verhoeven
Sharon Stone
Jan de Bont
David Cronenberg
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Sybil Danning
Nicolas Roeg
Jeanne Tripplehorn
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Kristine Peterson
Marc Singer
Lisa Pescia
Shannon Tweed
Harrison Ford
V TV miniseries (1983)
New Concorde
Lifetime
The Hallmark Channel
Lawrence Kasdan
William Hurt
Kathleen Turner
The Wachowski Sisters
Gina Gershon
Jennifer Tilly
Joe Pantoliano
Christopher Meloni
Richard C. Sarafian
The Coen Brothers
Bill Pope
Sense8 TV series (2015-18)
Jeremy Irons
Geneviève Bujold
Fangoria
John Carpenter
New Beverly Cinema
Chris Walas
Mark Irwin
Peter Deming
The Criterion Collection
Roger Ebert’s review of Crash (1996)
Crash novel by J. G. Ballard (1973)
Robert A. Heinlein
Philip K. Dick
Geena Davis
Anne Archer
Jeff Goldblum
Craig Wasson
Melanie Griffith
The MPAA
David Lynch
Twin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017)
Robert Blake
Bill Pullman
TFH Guru Don Coscarelli
Patricia Arquette
American Cinematographer
Laura Dern
Nicolas Cage
Mary Sweeney
The Erotic ’80s and ’90s series in Karina Longworth’s You Must Remember This podcast
The O.J. Simpson trial
John Dahl
Linda Fiorentino
Peter Berg
HBO
Dennis Hopper
Lara Flynn Boyle
Rita Hayworth
Glenn Ford
Mark Wahlberg
Joseph H. Lewis
Samuel Fuller
Panic Fest
Vinegar Syndrome
Mac Ahlberg
The Asylum
Kari Wuhrer
Remote Control MTV show (1987-90)
The Bruce Davison podcast episode

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Allan Arkush

Director and TFH Guru Allan Arkush continues his film school lesson with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Allan Arkush – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Sorcerer (1977)
The Exorcist (1973)
The French Connection (1971)
His Girl Friday (1939)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
House Of Flying Daggers (2004)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
The Warriors (1979)
Hard Times (1975)
48 Hrs (1982)
The Searchers (1956)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
The Grapes Of Wrath (1940)
To Be Or Not To Be (1944)
Trouble In Paradise (1932)
Ninotchka (1939)
They Live (1988)
The World’s End (2013)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Bombshell (2019)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Go (1999)
Ronin (1998)
To Live And Die In LA (1985)
Children Of Men (2006)
The Innocents (1961)
Fish Tank (2009)
Not Wanted (1949)
Eve’s Bayou (1996)
Talk To Me (2007)
Harriet (2019)
Klute (1971)
Vertigo (1958)
Dressed To Kill (1980)
Three Colours: Blue (1993)
Three Colours: White (1994)
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Casablanca (1942)
The Handmaid’s Tale (1990)
Chungking Express (1994)
Desert Breeze (1996)
Days Of Being Wild (1990)
Meshes Of The Afternoon (1943)
Ugetsu (1953)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Shine A Light (2008)
Stagecoach (1939)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Earthquake (1974)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Madonna Of The Seven Moons (1945)
Saltburn (2023)
El Conde (2023)
Film Geek (2023)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Hollywood Blvd (1976)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Grand Theft Auto (1976)
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1978)
Piranha (1979)

Other Notable Items

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The Writers’ Guild of America strike has ended!!
The SAG-AFTRA strike
The UAW strike
An odious anonymous studio executive
Bill Maher’s scuttled scab attempt
The Name Above The Title by Frank Capra (1971)
Preston Sturges
Cary Grant
Tony Curtis
Marilyn Monroe
Jack Lemmon
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-1992)
Ed Shaughnessy
St. Elsewhere TV series (1982-88)
Alfre Woodard
Bruce Paltrow
The Defenders TV series (1961-65)
East Side West Side TV series (1963-64)
Frank Gorshin
George C. Scott
Zhang Yimou
Zhang Ziyi
Quentin Tarantino
Walter Hill
Bruce Springsteen
The Rolling Stones
James Remar
Nick Nolte
Eddie Murphy
John Ford
Maureen O’Hara
Linda Darnell
Ernst Lubitsch
Kay Francis
John Carpenter
TFH Guru Edgar Wright
Charlize Theron
Doug Liman
Paul Greengrass
Heroes TV series (2006-10)
Jackie Chan
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
“Visual Pleasure And Narrative Cinema” essay by Laura Mulvey (1975)
Andrea Arnold
Transparent TV series (2014-19)
I Love Dick TV series (2016-17)
Ida Lupino
Kasi Lemmons
Gordon Willis
Jane Fonda
Donald Sutherland
Tony Scott
Brian De Palma
Kelly Reichardt
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-69)
Ingrid Bergman
The Handmaid’s Tale TV series (2017- )
“The Emperor’s New Clothes” folktale by Hans Christian Andersen (1837)
Wong Kar-wai
Christopher Doyle
Deborah Kerr
Maya Deren
James Brown at The TAMI Show (1964)
Otis Redding at The Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
The Who
Jimi Hendrix
“Burning Down The House” by The Talking Heads in Stop Making Sense (1984)
Martin Scorsese
“She Was Hot” by The Rolling Stones in Shine A Light (2008)
Keith Richards
Mick Jagger
Steve Bing
Jack White
IMAX
Margaret Booth
Dorothy Spencer
Orson Welles
Backwards and in Heels: The Past, Present And Future Of Women Working In Film book by Alicia Malone (2017)
Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films book by Donald Bogle (2001)
From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies book by Molly Haskell (1987)
Hitchcock book by Francois Truffaut (1985)
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film book by David Thompson (2010)
Turner Classic Movies
Emerald Fennell
The American Film Institute
TFH Guru Roger Corman
The Aero Theatre
Beyond Fest
I Want You Around: The Ramones And The Making Of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School book by Stephen Armstrong (2023)
TFH Guru Jon Davison
TFH Guru Amy Holden Jones
Ron Howard

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Allan Arkush

Hey! Ho! Let’s GO! TFH Guru and Rock’n’Roll High School Director Allan Arkush takes us to film school with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Also featuring Melissa Marlette in the Strike Force Spotlight.

Strike Force Spotlight: Melissa Marlette – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Gremlins (1984)
Innerspace (1987)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Death On The Nile (2022)
A Haunting In Venice (2023)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
The Invitation (2015)

Other Notable Items

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Nancy Drew TV series (2019-23)
The Vampire Diaries TV series (2009-17)
Desperate Housewives TV series (2004-12)
Kenneth Branagh
Francis Ford Coppola
Keanu Reeves
The Criterion Collection
Winona Ryder
The Americans TV series (2013-18)
The Warner Brothers Television Workshop
Phil Hay
The Los Angeles Dodgers
The Karyn Kusama podcast episode
Glen Morgan
Kristen Cloke
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!

Feature Presentation – Allan Arkush – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)
Get Crazy (1983)
Blast (1976)
The Searchers (1956)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Shock Corridor (1963)
Mean Streets (1973)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rear Window (1954)
The Bandwagon (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
El Dorado (1966)
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Force Of Evil (1948)
The Killers (1964)
7 Women (1966)
The World Of Apu (1959)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Lawrence Of Arabia (1963)
West Side Story (1961)
Mountains May Depart (2015)
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
Ratcatcher (1999)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Sound Of Music (1965)
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Imitation Of Life (1934)
The Shining (1980)
Paths Of Glory (1957)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Mother Night (1996)
Isle Of Dogs (2018)
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Point Break (1991)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
The Swan (2023)
The Ratcatcher (2023)
Poison (2023)
The Hurt Locker (2009)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Juice (1992)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Persona (1966)
Stalker (1979)
My Name Is Ivan a.k.a. Ivan’s Childhood (1962)
Last Year In Marienbad (1961)
On The Waterfront (1954)
The Godfather (1972)
Raging Bull (1980)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Explorers (1985)
Body Double (1984)

Other Notable Items

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Del Shannon
The Replacements
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
The Replacements’ Tim: Let It Bleed Edition box set (2023)
P.J. Soles
“I Want You Around” song by The Ramones (1979)
“Rock ‘n’ Roll High School” song by The Ramones (1979)
Ed Stasium
I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School book by Stephen B. Armstrong (2023)
The American Film Institute
Michael Jablow
UCLA Film School
TFH Guru Roger Corman
David Lean
NYU
Martin Scorsese
John Wayne
Ward Bond
Michael Powell
TFH Guru Jonathan Kaplan
Jean-Luc Godard
Don Siegel
Lee Marvin
Robert De Niro
Satyajit Ray
The Beatles’ February 9th, 1964 appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show
The Temptations miniseries
David Ruffin
Suzanne de Passe
Jia Zhangke
John Ford
Douglas Sirk
John M. Stahl
Stanley Kubrick
Wes Anderson
Steven Spielberg
Keith Gordon
Nick Nolte
Netflix
Roald Dahl
Kathryn Bigelow
Patrick Swayze
Robert Altman
TFH Guru Ernest Dickerson
Omar Epps
Tupac Shakur
Jodie Foster
Jonathan Demme
Ingmar Bergman
Liv Ullman
Bibi Andersson
Andrei Tarkovsky
Syd Field
Robert McKee
Al Pacino
Marlon Brando
Rod Steiger
Quentin Tarantino
Craig Wasson
Moonlighting TV series (1985-89)
Eva Marie Saint
Cybill Shepherd
Airwave Media

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Lexi Alexander

Director Lexi Alexander discusses her favorite movie props with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Lexi Alexander – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Green Street Hooligans (2005)
The Punisher (2004)
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Explorers (1985)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
Say Anything (1989)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Masters Of The Universe (1987)
The Time Machine (1960)
Gremlins (1984)
E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)
Goonies (1985)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Back To The Future (1985)
Back To The Future Part II (1989)
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Groundhog Day (1993)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
The Craft (1996)
The Adventures Of Tintin (2011)
The Mummy (2017)
The Mummy (1932)
The Mummy (1999)
Home Alone (1990)
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)
Escape From New York (1981)
Kingpin (1996)
Octopussy (1983)
Big (1988)
Piranha (1978)

Other Notable Items

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Bill Maher
Dennis Miller
Boots Riley
Daniel Waters
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV series (2014- )
Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane
Paramount Pictures
eBay
Eddie Murphy
Sylvester Stallone
Radio Raheem’s J80 boombox in Do The Right Thing
Spike Lee
The Smithsonian Institution
Paulie’s robot in Rocky IV
The fall of the Berlin Wall
Dolph Lundgren
MIT
The time machine from The Time Machine (1960)
George Pal
Bob Burns
Hoyt Axton
Steven Spielberg
Jerry Goldsmith
Walter Burke
Fandango
AMC Gremlin
Lamborghini Murciélago
Chevy Nova
The Roger and Julie Corman podcast episode
The knife from Crocodile Dundee
The Rust accident
Ray Stevenson
Marvel Comics
DC Comics
Paul Hogan
The alarm clock in Groundhog Day
“I Got You Babe” song by Sonny and Cher (1965)
Asterix comics (1959- )
The Adventures of Tintin comics (1929-1976)
The map from The Mummy (2017)
Tom Cruise
TFH Guru John Sayles
Brendan Fraser
Universal Classic Monsters
The Talkboy from Home Alone 2: Lost In New York
The hoverboard from Back To The Future Part II
George Lucas
ILM
Universal Pictures
The smartwatch from Escape From New York (via the Ridgewood Watch Company)
The Warner Brothers backlot
Big Ern’s bowling ball in Kingpin
The Seiko TV watch in Octopussy
Roger Moore
The floor piano in Big
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Richard Shepard

Director Richard Shepard (Film Geek, The Matador, The Perfection) discusses a few of his favorite films from his senior year of high school, 1982-83, with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Also featuring Peter Cameron in the Strike Force Spotlight.

Strike Force Spotlight: Peter Cameron – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Howling (1981)
The Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
Back To The Future (1985)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Gremlins (1984)
The Witches (1990)
Forrest Gump (1994)

Other Notable Items

Our new pals at Hello Fresh!
Our new Patreon page!
Cavity Colors
The DGA
Carnival Row TV series (2019-23)
Marvel
WandaVision miniseries (2021)
Moon Knight miniseries (2022)
Werewolf By Night TV special (2022)
Kathryn Hahn
Agatha: Darkhold Diaries TV series (2024)
Walt Disney Pictures
Charles Fleischer
Bob Hoskins
Robert Zemeckis
Christopher Lloyd
Anthony Hopkins
Michael Caine
Anjelica Huston
Peter’s new book The Elves & The Shoemakers (IndieGoGo page, Instagram)
The Elves And The Shoemaker story by The Brothers Grimm
Robert Loggia
The Best Of Trailers From Hell: Volume 1 DVD
Trailers From Hell! Volume Two DVD
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!

Feature Presentation – Richard Shepard – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Perfection (2018)
The Matador (2005)
Dom Hemingway (2013)
I Knew It Was You (2009)
Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1973)
Film Geek (2023)
Savage Man Savage Beast (1975)
Mondo Cane (1962)
Faces Of Death (1978)
Roar (1981)
The Verdict (1982)
King Kong (1976)
The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Hud (1963)
Bustin’ Loose (1981)
Das Boot (1981)
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1997)
Caligula (1979)
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The Other Side Of The Wind (2018)
Starstruck (1982)
Mrs. Soffel (1984)
Fame (1980)
The Decline Of Western Civilization (1981)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)
Panic In Needle Park (1971)
Valley Girl (1983) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Porky’s (1981)
Porky’s II: The Next Day (1983)
Losin’ It (1983)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
Curly Sue (1991)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Local Hero (1983)
To Live And Die In LA (1985)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Staying Alive (1983)
Paradise Alley (1978)
F.I.S.T. (1978)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky III (1982)
First Blood (1982)
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Perfect (1985)
Urban Cowboy (1980)
Moment By Moment (1978)

Other Notable Items

John Cazale
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Meryl Streep
Sidney Lumet
Gene Hackman
Francis Ford Coppola
HBO
Christopher Walken
Michael Cimino
The American Cinematheque
Clint Eastwood
The Motion Picture Daily magazine
The 8th Street Playhouse in New York
The Criterion Theatre in New York
Paul Newman
The Ethan Hawke pod episode
The Last Movie Stars docuseries (2022)
Richard Pryor
Charlotte Rampling
Jack Warden
Malcolm McDowell
Sir John Gielgud
Peter O’Toole
Tinto Brass
Bob Guccione
Gillian Armstrong
Tower Records
Jo Kennedy
Mel Gibson
Criminal Minds TV series (2005- )
Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist TV series (2020-21)
Universal Pictures
Audie Murphy
Penelope Spheeris
The Criterion Channel
Hüsker Dü
Fred Astaire
St. Marks Cinema in New York
Nicolas Cage
Martha Coolidge
Jennifer Jason Leigh
John Hughes
Ally Sheedy
Molly Ringwald’s piece “What About ‘The Breakfast Club?’” in The New Yorker
Elizabeth Daily
Sam Rockwell
Steve Buscemi
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bill Forsyth
Peter Riegert
Burt Lancaster
Mark Knopfler
The William Friedkin podcast episode
Wang Chung
Sergio Leone
Sylvester Stallone
John Travolta
The Loews Astor Plaza in New York
Carrie Fisher
Quentin Tarantino
Jamie Lee Curtis
James Bridges
Laraine Newman
Jann Wenner
Rolling Stone magazine

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John Sayles is BACK

Filmmaker and TFH Guru John Sayles returns to discuss unions in the movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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John Sayles – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Matewan (1987)
The Life of Riley (1949)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Wild In The Country (1961)
Salt Of The Earth (1954)
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979)
On The Waterfront (1954)
Slaughter On 10th Avenue (1957)
Lianna (1983)
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
The Organizer (1963)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
The Great War (1959)
The Passionate Thief (1960)
Z (1969)
Rashomon (1950)
8 ½ (1963)
Harlan County, USA (1976)
American Dream (1990)
Blue Collar (1978)
Mean Streets (1973)
Easy Rider (1969)
American Graffiti (1973)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Norma Rae (1979)
The Second Civil War (1997)
The Landlord (1970)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
Silkwood (1983)
The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
The Killing Floor (1984)
Act Of Vengeance (1986)
The Long Good Friday (1980)
10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Slap Shot (1977)
The Set-Up (1949)

Other Notable Items

The International Alliance Of Theatrical Stage Employees
Bugsy Siegel
How Green Was My Valley novel by Richard Llewellyn (1939)
John Ford
Philip Dunne
Elvis Presley
The WGA
John Huston
Adlai Stevenson
Roddy McDowall
Walter Pidgeon
Maureen O’Hara
Donald Crisp
Joseph McCarthy
The House Un-American Activities Committee
Herbert Biberman
Michael Wilson
Paul Jarrico
Will Geer
The Hollywood 10
Ring Lardner Jr.
Ring Lardner
Italian Neorealism
Rosaura Revueltas
Bertolt Brecht
The Taft-Hartley Act
Haskell Wexler
Johnny Dio
Jimmy Hoffa
Arthur Miller
Stephen King
Harry Cohn
Elia Kazan
Zero Mostel
Marlon Brando
Eva Marie Saint
Frank Sinatra
Karl Malden
Mario Monicelli
Anna Magnani
Marcello Mastroianni
Renato Salvatori
Costa-Gavras
Bernard Blier
Bertrand Blier
The Nicholas Meyer podcast episode
Barbara Kopple
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
“Which Side Are You On?” song by Florence Reece (1931)
Hazel Dickens
The Paul Schrader podcast episode
“Mannish Boy” song by Muddy Waters (1955)
“Hard Workin’ Man” song by Jack Nitzsche and Captain Beefheart
Frank Zappa
“Be My Baby” song by The Ronettes (1963)
Yaphet Kotto
Harvey Keitel
Richard Pryor
The Los Angeles Free Press
Harlan Ellison
“My Sharona” song by The Knack (1979)
Harry Bellaver
Horace McMahon
Naked City TV series (1958-63)
Beau Bridges
The Emmy Awards
James Brady
Sally Field
The Academy Awards
Martin Ritt
Mike Nichols
Meryl Streep
Cher
Rolling Stone
Nora Ephron
Alice Arlen
Jane Fonda
Warner Brothers
Karen Silkwood
David Strathairn
Martin Scorsese
American Playhouse
PBS
John’s old union, the Amalgamated Meat Cutters And Butcher Workmen Of North America
Damien Leake
Alfre Woodard
John Mahoney
Dennis Farina
Moses Gunn
TFH Guru Bill Duke
“I Put A Spell On You” song by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (1956)
HBO
John Mackenzie
Ken Loach
Charles Bronson
Joseph Yablonski
W.A. Boyle
The Matewan massacre
Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Barkin
Keanu Reeves
Anthony Hopkins
YouTube
Amazon Prime Video
Showtime
Robert Townsend
A. Philip Randolph
Andre Brauer
Charles S. Dutton
Mario Van Peebles
Brock Peters
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Fifty Grand” short story by Ernest Hemingway (1927)
Disney

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Remembering William Friedkin

Remembering the iconic director William Friedkin.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Exorcist (1973)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
The Exorcist III (1990)
Casablanca (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Lust For Life (1956)
Lost Horizon (1937)
Citizen Kane (1941)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Drive (2011)
The Shining (1980)
Room 237 (2012)
Diabolique (1955)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Vertigo (1958)
North by Northwest (1959)
Psycho (1960)
The Trial (1962)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
The Stranger (1946)
Touch of Evil (1958)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Zabriskie Point (1970)
The Outside Man (1972)
L’Avventura (1960)
Blow-up (1966)
La Notte (1961)
L’Eclisse (1962)
The Guilty (2018)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Brief Encounter (1945)
The Bridge Over The River Kwai (1957)
Fail Safe (1964)
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1997)
Ronin (1998)
The French Connection (1971)
French Connection II (1975)
To Live And Die In LA (1985)
The General (1926)
Bullitt (1968)
Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Jason Bourne (2016)
First Man (2018)
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
The Verdict (1982)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Parallax View (1974)
All The President’s Men (1976)
The Front Runner (2018)

Other Notable Items

Friedkin’s Twilight Zone revival episode, “Nightcrawlers”.
The 217 film directing credits of Michael Curtiz, and his epic biography, which comes highly recommended from Joe.
William Friedkin tells students when he speaks at film schools: “Leave school immediately, and go watch Hitchcock. You’ll learn everything you need to know from Hitchcock.”
The Exorcist compelled James Cagney’s beloved longtime barber to join the priesthood!
The Play That Goes Wrong on Broadway.
Making Movies memoir by Sidney Lumet.
Playhouse 90 live television broadcast shows directed by John Frankenheimer (Friedkin’s idol) and Sidney Lumet.
Friedkin’s favorite painters include Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer and Vincent Van Gogh.
The performative physicality employed by Steve McQueen and Spencer Tracy.
Prior podcast guest Caleb Deschanel’s fascinating cinematography work — without a camera! — on Disney’s upcoming remake of The Lion King (2019).
Buzz Aldrin and moon conspiracy theorists.
Friedkin re-reads The Great Gatsby every six months.
The Strange Death of Vincent Foster.
Bob Woodward‘s book on John Belushi, Wired.

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Miguel Arteta

Director Miguel Arteta discusses Dennis Hopper’s 1986 comeback with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Also featuring writer Andra Whipple in the Strike Force Spotlight.

Support TMTMM on Patreon.

WGA Spotlight: Andra Whipple – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Boxcar Bertha (1972)
The King Of Comedy (1982)
Pride (2014)

Other Notable Items

The SAG-AFTRA strike
The WGA strike
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Our brand-new Patreon page!

Feature Presentation – Miguel Arteta – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Star Maps (1997)
Chuck And Buck (2000)
Duck Butter (2017)
Beatriz At Dinner (2017)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)
River’s Edge (1986)
Something Wild (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Hoosiers (1986)
Over The Edge (1979)
Innerspace (1987)
Amazon Women On The Moon (1987)
Colors (1988)
Dune (1984)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Inland Empire (2006)
Manhunter (1986)
Melvin And Howard (1980)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Swing Shift (1984)
She’s Gotta Have It (1986)
Down By Law (1986)
Working Girls (1986)
Working Girl (1988)
The Sacrifice (1986)
Sid And Nancy (1986)
The Three Amigos (1986)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Top Gun (1986)
Aliens (1986)
Howard The Duck (1986)
Eight Million Ways To Die (1986)
Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
Big (1988)
A League Of Their Own (1992)
Mona Lisa (1986)
The Hitcher (1986)
The Hitcher (2007)
Barfly (1987)
Trainspotting (1996)
Beautiful Boy (2018)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
JFK (1991)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Children Of A Lesser God (1986)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Apt Pupil (1998)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
The ’Burbs (1989)
The Wrestler (2008)
Nightmare Cinema (2019)
Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
Rachel, Rachel (1968)
Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)

Other Notable Items

VistaVision
Dave Anthony
Miguel’s (and our) first podcast episode!
Russ Meyer
Succession TV series (2018-2023)
Brian Cox
Jonathan Demme
Dennis Hopper
Neal Jimenez
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Midge Sanford
TFH Guru Tim Hunter
Keanu Reeves
James Dean
Ronald Reagan
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
The Variety Club in Los Angeles
James Cameron
The Titanic
Bill Paxton
David Lynch
Bob’s Burger in Burbank
Dean Stockwell
Roy Orbison
Dino De Laurentiis
Isabella Rossellini
John Waters
Spy Magazine
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Ray Liotta
Quentin Tarantino
TFH Guru Allison Anders
Mike Nichols
Lizzie Borden (not that one)
Hal Ashby
Handmade Films
George Harrison
Penny Marshall
Rutger Hauer
Steve Carrell
Timothy Chalamet
James Woods
Oliver Stone
Willem Dafoe
Different Seasons novella collection by Stephen King (1982)
JAG TV series (1995-2005)
New Line Cinema
Willie Nelson
Kris Kristofferson
James Caan
Bob Dylan
Warner Brothers
Steve Bing
Tobe Hooper
L.M. Kit Carson
Mickey Rourke
NYU
The Cannon Group, Inc.
Stewart Stern
Sundance Film Festival
James Stewart
Vincent Price
James Gandolfini
The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007)
Tom Berenger
TFH Guru Dennis Lehane
Henry Fonda
Big Love TV series (2006-2011)
The Morning Show TV series (2019- )
The Martin Short podcast episode
Glenn Close
Damages TV series (2007-2010)

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Allison Anders

Director and TFH Guru Allison Anders returns to discuss her favorite fictitious rock bands from movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Also, featuring Howard Rodman in the Strike Force Spotlight.

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Strike Force Spotlight: Howard Rodman – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Charley Varrick (1973) – Josh Olson and Howard Rodman’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Savage Grace (2007)
Joe Gould’s Secret (2000)
Chinatown (1974) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
Out Of The Past (1947)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, TFH’s Mogwai Madness
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing

Other Notable Items

Our new pals at Hello Fresh!
Our new Patreon page!
Howard’s new novel The Great Eastern (2019)
Howard Rodman Sr.
Route 66 TV series (1960-64)
The Writers’ Guild of America West
John Huston
Robert Towne
Bertolt Brecht
Adam Rodman
The Screen Writers’ Guild
Thompson Buchanan
Rupert Hughes
The “Hollywood Ten”
Tom Schulman
Phil Alden Robinson
David Young
Jean-Patrick Manchette
Dr. Seuss
Irving Thalberg
Harry Cohn
Paramount Pictures
Amazon Studios
Netflix
Sherry Lansing
The Sundance Labs
Martin Ransohoff
The Union Solidarity Coalition
The Entertainment Community Fund
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!

Followed by our feature presentation… the return of TFH Guru Allison Anders!

Feature Presentation – Allison Anders – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Gas Food Lodging (1992) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Josh Olson’s favorite movies of 1992
Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) – John Landis’ trailer commentary
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion review
Still Crazy (1998) – Mick Garris’ Blu-ray review
Love Actually (2003)
Things Behind the Sun (2001)
Josie And The Pussycats (2001)
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023)
Barbie (2023)
Speed Racer (2008) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Spinout (1966)
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982) – Ti West’s trailer commentary
Quadrophenia (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Breaking Glass (1980)
What’s Love Got To Do With It? (1993)
The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Having a Wild Weekend a.k.a. Catch Us If You Can (1965)
Grace Of My Heart (1996)
Nashville (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Dan Perri’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio wrote multiple reviews
Emperor Of The North Pole (1973) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972)
The Plastic Dome Of Norma Jean (1966)
Privilege (1967) – Allison Anders’ trailer commentary
Lonely Boy (1962)
Culloden (1964)
Punishment Park (1971)
The Adding Machine (1969)
In Search Of Gregory (1969)
Bedazzled (1967) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Stardust (1974)
That’ll Be The Day (1973)
Grease (1978)
All You Need Is Cash (1978)
The Blues Brothers (1980) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary
Sing Street (2016)
Once (2007)
The Commitments (1991)
Wild In The Streets (1968)
Peyton Place (1957) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
Valley Of The Dolls (1967) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle (1980)

Other Notable Items

The Boots Riley podcast episode
Michel Gondry
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
The first Allison Anders podcast episode
The Thomas Jane podcast episode
The Eli Roth podcast episode
Anthony Mann
Ida Lupino
M. Night Shyamalan
Bill Nighy
Billy Connolly
Ian La Frenais
Dick Clement
Elvis Presley
Deborah Walley
Sarah Jacobson
Journey
Lou Adler
The Professionals
Paul Simonon
The Sex Pistols
Steve Jones
Paul Cook
Ray Winstone
Phil Daniels
Mark Wingett
Brian Gibson
Hazel O’Connor
Brinsley Schwarz
Nick Lowe
Stiff Records
The Hope And Anchor pub
Tony Visconti
Gary Busey
Buddy Holly
Charles Martin Smith
Bruce Springsteen
John Boorman
The Dave Clark Five
Matt Dillon
J Mascis
For Real
Lesley Gore
Keith Carradine
Peter, Paul and Mary
Cristina Raines
Allan F. Nicholls
Robert Altman
“I’m Easy” song by Keith Carradine (1975)
“It Don’t Worry Me” song by Keith Carradine/Barbara Harris (1975)
Nashville: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1975)
Robert Aldrich
“For the Sake of the Children” by Henry Gibson (1975)
“My Idaho Home” song by Ronee Blakley (1975)
Joe Don Baker
Film Bulletin
“Dues” song by Ronee Blakley (1975)
Loretta Lynn
Lynn Anderson
Juleen Compton
Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors and the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema by Maya Montañez Smukler (2018)
UCLA Film Archive
Sam Waterston
Skip Hinnant
The Electric Company TV series (1971-77)
Morgan Freeman
The Patty Duke Show TV series (1963-67)
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Peter Watkins
The American Cinematheque
Daniel Waters
Paul Jones
Manfred Mann
Paul Anka
Peter Watkins
David Watkin
The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-1964)
Universal Pictures
Jean Shrimpton
“Free Me” song by Paul Jones (1967)
“Privilege (Set Me Free)” cover by Patti Smith (1978)
Peter Cook
“Bedazzled” song by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (1967)
“Numb” song by U2 (1993)
Zooropa album by U2 (1993)
Michael Apted
Don’t Knock The Rock Film And Musical Festival
Ray Connolly
David Puttnam
Mike McCartney
Paul McCartney
Billy Fury
Ringo Starr
David Essex
Godspell musical (1971)
Dick Clark
77 Sunset Strip TV series (1958-1964)
MeTV
“Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)” song by Edd Byrnes and Connie Stevens
UC Santa Barbara
The Beatles
The Beatles: Get Back miniseries (2021)
Neil Young
Howard Stern
The Rutles
Billie Eilish
Neil Innes
Eric Idle
Lorne Michaels
Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )
Gilda Radner
Bill Murray
Booker T. & the M.G.s
The Blues Brothers
John Carney
Christopher Jones
Richard Pryor
Diane Varsi
20th Century Studios
American International Pictures
“Shape of Things to Come” song by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (1968)
David Lean
Roger Ebert
Russ Meyer
Edy Williams
Dolly Martin
Rowan and Martin
John LaZar
Richard D. Zanuck
The Sex Pistols
Robert Rosen
Julien Temple
Johnny Rotten

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Guillermo Del Toro

Celebrated filmmaker and TFH Guru Guillermo Del Toro returns to discuss his favorite color film noir films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Also featuring actor Jack Mulcahy in the Strike Force Spotlight.

WGA Spotlight: Jack Mulcahy – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Brothers McMullen (1995)
Porky’s (1981)
Infested (2002)
Creating Rem Lezar (1989)
Innerspace (1987)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
West Side Story (1961)

Other Notable Items

SAG-AFTRA Strike
Bob Clark
Law and Order TV series (1990-2010, 2022- )
Sex And The City TV series (1998-2004)
Blue Bloods TV series (2010- )
Amy Jo Johnson
John Hora
The Late Show on CBS (1957-1959)
The Late Late Show on CBS (1957- )
William Holden
Ken Howard
The death of Batgirl
Duncan Crabtree Ireland
Fran Drescher
Universal Studios’ possibly illegal tree-trimming decision
Sheraton Universal
Christian Slater
Bowen Wang
F. Murray Abraham
Paramount Pictures
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Our brand-new Patreon page!

Feature Presentation – Guillermo del Toro – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Niagara (1953)
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
Point Blank (1967)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Thief (1981)
Cutter’s Way (1981)
Scarface (1983)
To Live And Die In LA (1985)
Internal Affairs (1990)
Leave Her To Heaven (1945)
Reign Of Terror (1949)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
Magnificent Obsession (1954)
Imitation Of Life (1959)
Interlude (1957)
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Spartacus (1960)
Wicked Woman (1953)
New York Confidential (1955)
The Oscar (1966)
The Well (1951)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Zero Effect (1998)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Rififi (1955)
Animal Factory (2000)
Bad Influence (1990)
Unlawful Entry (1992)
Chinatown (1974)
Strangers On A Train (1951)
Miami Blues (1990)
On The Border (1998)
Bad Day At Black Rock (1955)
Straight Time (1978)
Detour (1945)
Heat Lightning (1934)
The Killing (1956)
The Counselor (2013)
Bound (1996)
Cronos (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Breathless (1960)
Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)
One False Move (1991)
Fear And Desire (1952)

Other Notable Items

Quentin Tarantino
The TCM Noir Festival
Eddie Muller
Edmund Wilson
Black Mask
Dashiell Hammett
Raymond Chandler
John M. Stahl
Douglas Sirk
Russell Metty
Marilyn Monroe
Stanley Kubrick
Gabriel Figueroa
John Ford
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Russell Rouse
Mildred Pierce novel by James M. Cain (1941)
Jack Davis
Elliott Gould
Robert Altman
Henry Gibson
Sterling Hayden
Ryan O’Neal
Luc Bresson
Paul Schrader
Jeff Bridges
Michael Mann
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jack Black
The American Cinematheque
Richard Gere
Andy Garcia
George Armitage
Anthony Mann
Budd Boetticher
L.M. Kit Carson
Matthew Robbins
The Count Of Monte Cristo novel by Alexandre Dumas (1846)
Warner Brothers
Cormac McCarthy
The Coen Brothers
Ridley Scott
The Wachowski sisters
Alice In Wonderland novel by Lewis Carroll (1865)
Rubén Blades
Jean-Paul Sartre
Albert Camus
No Happy Ending novel by Paco Ignacio II Taibo (1994)
Monte Hellman
Barry Levinson
Wes Anderson
Ray Bradbury
John Dahl
Carl Franklin
The Criterion Collection
Picket Fences TV series (1992-96)
Don Cheadle
Devil In A Blue Dress novel by Walter Mosley (1990)
Spencer Tracy
William Friedkin
Alan J. Pakula
Hal Ashby
Alfred Hitchcock
Mario Bava

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Scott Alexander

First, the WGA Spotlight, featuring Barry Schwartz.

WGA Spotlight: Barry Schwartz – Show Notes:

The Cleaning Lady TV series (2022- )
All My Children TV soap opera (1970-2011, 2013)
One Life To Live TV soap opera (1968-2012, 2013)
General Hospital TV soap opera (1963- )
Susan Lucci
NYU
ABC Daytime
Harvey Keitel
Star Trek: Discovery TV series (2017- )
Warner Brothers
Walt Disney Pictures
Universal Studios
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!

Followed by our feature presentation… the return of Alex Winter!

Feature Presentation: Alex Winter – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The YouTube Effect (2023)
Zoo (2007)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Reefer Madness (1936)
Land Without Bread (1933)
Nanook of the North (1922)
Day For Night (1973)
Irreversible (2002)
Night And Fog (1956)
Last Year In Marienbad (1961)
Titicut Follies (1967)
Shock Corridor (1963)
The Naked Kiss (1964)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
The Flash (2023)
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
I Am Somebody (1970)
Integration Report 1(1960)
Norma Rae (1979)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Kagemusha (1980)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Sans Soleil (1983)
La Jetée (1962)
Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
Decasia (2002)
The Monkey in the Machine and the Machine in the Monkey (2011)
HyperNormalisation (2016)
Massacre At Central High (1976)
This Is Not a Film (2011)
No Bears (2022)
The White Balloon (1995)
Citizenfour (2014)
Three Days Of The Condor (1975)
The Panama Papers (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Bill And Ted Face The Music (2020)
One Child Nation (2019)
Mondo Cane (1962)

Other Notable Items

The Alamo Drafthouse
Gamergate
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Gale Ann Hurd
Jerry Lewis
Luis Bunuel
Salvador Dali
Søren Kierkegaard
Washington University
Francois Truffaut
Buster Keaton
Charlie Chaplin
Nineteen Eighty-Four novel by George Orwell (1949)
John The Baptist
Gaspar Noe
Alan Resnais
The Holocaust
Roots miniseries (1977)
Samuel Fuller
Frederick Wiseman
The King And I play by Rodgers and Hammerstein (1951)
Constance Towers
The Sight And Sound 2022 Greatest Films Of All Time Poll
The Criterion Collection
PBS
Exile On Main Street album by The Rolling Stones (1972)
Fox Venice Theatre
Keith Richards
Madeline Anderson
The myth of Sisyphus
MTV
Godfrey Reggio
Buzz Brindle
David Bowie
Klaus Nomi
The Mudd Club
Francis Ford Coppola
The Tribeca Film Festival
The Telluride Film Festival
The New York Film Festival
Grand Central Station in New York
Chris Marker
Gang Of Four
Bill Morrison
Adam Curtis
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace miniseries (2011)
Jafar Panahi
The Cannes Film Festival
Laura Poitras
The Academy Awards
Edward Snowden
Robert Redford
The New York Times
Cliff Robertson
Nanfu Wang
The Sundance Film Festival
HBO

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Lesli Linka Glatter

After the WGA Spotlight featuring John Lopez, Director and DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter discusses a few of her favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

WGA Spotlight: John Lopez

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary
Gattaca (1997)
Gremlins (1984)
The ’Burbs (1989) – Ti West’s trailer commentary, TFH’s ’Burbs-Mania!
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
Fargo (1996)

Other Notable Items

Seven Seconds TV series (2018)
Netflix
Strange Angel TV series (2018-19)
Paramount Plus
The Man Who Fell To Earth TV series (2021-22)
Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet’s podcast episode
David Bowie
Bill Nighy
Homeland TV series (2011-20)
Deric A. Hughes
John Rogers
Adam Conover
Johann Sebastian Bach
The dangers of AI
Beyonce
The Weeknd
Drake
Ernest Hemingway
Steven Spielberg
Vanity Fair
Grantland
The Czechkoslovakian Tom And Jerry cartoons
Bruce Dern
Tom Hanks
The Coen Brothers

Show Notes – Lesli Linka Glatter:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

To Live And Die In LA (1985)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Love And Death (1975)
To Die For (1995)
American Beauty (1999)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Freeway (1996)
Election (1999)
Fargo (1996)
The Insider (1999)
The Accused (1988)
Rashomon (1950)
The Verdict (1982)
A Civil Action (1998)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Blue Collar (1978)
All The President’s Men (1976)
The Godfather (1972)

Other Notable Items

Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Love & Death miniseries (2023)
Amazing Stories TV series (1985-87)
Sheila E.’s “The Glamorous Life” music video (1984)
William Friedkin
The DGA
Jon Avnet
Tom Holland
Karen Gaviola
The Morning Show TV series (2019- )
Homeland TV series (2011-20)
True Blood TV series (2008-14)
House TV series (2004-12)
Heroes TV series (2006-10)
Grey’s Anatomy TV series (2005- )
The Gilmore Girls TV series (2000-07)
Freaks And Geeks TV series (1999-2000)
NBC
Universal Studios
Robby The Robot
The Jetsons TV series (1962-63, 1985-87)
Elizabeth Olsen
Jesse Plemons
Krysten Ritter
Woody Allen
Texas Monthly
Evidence Of Love book (1984) by John Bloom and Jim Atkinson
David E. Kelley
Martha Graham
Hanya Holm
Alwin Nikolais
Nicole Kidman
Gus Van Sant
Matt Dillon
TFH Guru Illeana Douglas
David Lynch
Twin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017)
ABC
Kyle MacLachlan
Michael Ontkean
Chris Cooper
Wes Bentley
Reese Witherspoon
Fargo TV series (2014- )
The Coen Brothers
Michael Mann
Frances McDormand
Steve Buscemi
Jodie Foster
Paul Newman
Steven Zaillian
Aaron Sorkin
John Travolta
“Hard Workin’ Man” song by Jack Nitzsche and Captain Beefheart (1978)
Paul Schrader
The Sundance Lab
Robert Redford
The Watergate scandal
HBO
“Stayin’ Alive” song by The Bee Gees (1977)

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Boots Riley

First, the WGA Spotlight, featuring Brenden Gallagher.

WGA Spotlight: Brendan Gallagher – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Dollar Generals (2022)
Only Wore Them Once (2023)
Raising Arizona (1987)
O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000)
Fargo (1996)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
True Grit (2010)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Blood Simple (1984)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Sorry To Bother You (2018)

Other Notable Items

Warner Brothers
Netflix
Warrior Nun TV series (2020-22)
Claire Downs
The Tallgrass Film Festival
Martha Kelly
Baskets TV series (2016-19)
Euphoria TV series (2019- )
The Coen Brothers
Preston Sturges
John Ford
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Angelyne
Democratic Socialists of America
Hugo Soto-Martinez
Ayn Rand
The impending Netflix pop-up restaurant
I’m A Virgo TV series (2023- )
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Samuel L. Jackson

And now for our feature presentation… writer/director Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You, I’m a Virgo) discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Stay tuned for a post credits update in which Boots and Josh discuss the ongoing WGA strike.

Feature Presentation: Boots Riley – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Gremlins (1984)
Small Soldiers (1998)
Infested (2002)
The Big Chill (1983)
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Sorry To Bother You (2018)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
The Last Dragon (1985)
A History Of Violence (2005)
Nashville (1975)
Matewan (1987)
Men With Guns (1997)
Crooklyn (1994)
Black Swan (2010)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Cape Fear (1962)
Minions (2015)
Tremors (1990)
Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (1985)
The Hawks And The Sparrows (1966)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Teorema (1968)
Mood Indigo (2013)
Mulan (1998)
Ratatouille (2007)
Delicatessen (1991)
Amelie (2001)
Tampopo (1985)
History of the World Part I (1981)
PlayTime (1967)
Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013)
Magic Magic (2013)
Anchorman (2004)
Men In Black (1997)

Other Notable Items

Todd Perry
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Boots’ new TV series I’m A Virgo (2023- )
Boots’ band The Coup
Todd Sheridan Perry
Scott Kirvan
Amazon Prime Video
Walton Goggins
Jean-Luc Godard
Tessa Thompson
The New Parkway Theater in Oakland
The Sundance Feature Film Program
Joan Tewkesbury
Judd Apatow
Gaspar Noé
David Cronenberg
David Letterman’s Top 10 Lists
TFH Guru John Sayles
Ted Hope
Chris Cooper
James Earl Jones
Haskell Wexler
Arthur Jafa
Spike Lee
Tze Chun
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai TV series (2023- )
Bernard Herrmann
Jerry Goldsmith
Emir Kusturica
Gogol Bordello
Paul Schrader
Tune-Yards
Sony Pictures
Leonard Coen
Stu Fine
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Totò
Ennio Morricone
Michel Gondry
Froth On The Daydream novel by Boris Vian (1947)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Mel Brooks
David Lynch
Alice Waters
Jacques Tati
Busy, Busy Town book by Richard Scarry (1966)
Roy Andersson
Steve Martin
Michael Cera
Adam McKay
Will Ferrell
Star Trek
Sebastián Silva
David Zaslav
The infamous Apple TV+ executive interview by Rick Ellis
Paramount
IATSE
The Ed Solomon podcast episode
SAG
The DGA
The WGA
Payday Report
Netflix
Christopher Keyser
SEIU
The Taft-Hartley Act
The Cannes Film Festival
TFH Guru Howard Rodman

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Cinco Paul

First, the WGA Spotlight featuring Elliott Kalan.

Followed by our feature presentation… Writer Cinco Paul (Despicable Me, The Lorax, Secret Lives of Pets) discusses a few of his favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes – Elliott Kalan:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Gremlins (1984)
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
Beneath The Planet Of The Apes (1970)

Other Notable Items

HouseBroken TV series (2021- )
The Daily Show TV series (1996- )
Jon Stewart
Elliott’s in-process book Joke Farming for The University of Chicago Press (TBD)
Elliott’s podcast The Flop House
Looney Tunes
The American Prestige podcast
Denzel Washington
The BFI National Archive
Janet Leigh
Laurence Harvey
John Frankenheimer
Madame Spivy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series (1955-1965)
James Gregory
Barney Miller TV series (1975-1982)
The Smokehouse in Burbank
Film Forum in New York
Frank Sinatra
George Axelrod
Angela Lansbury
Meryl Streep
I, Claudius miniseries (1976)
Elliott’s I, Podius podcast
The AMPTP
The DGA
SAG
Paramount Pictures

Show Notes – Cinco Paul:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Brigadoon (1954)
Hair (1979)
The Apple (1980)
Horton Hears A Who (2008)
Despicable Me (2010)
The Lorax (2012)
The Secret Life Of Pets (2016)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952)
Animal Crackers (1930)
The Big Store (1941)
Go West (1940)
At The Circus (1939)
Room Service (1938)
Polyester (1981)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Destry (1954)
Hail The Conquering Hero (1944)
The Miracle Of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
The Lady Eve (1941)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
I.Q. (1994)
Quiz Show (1994)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Silver Streak (1976)
Nine To Five (1980)
Foul Play (1978)
Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)
Crossing Delancey (1988)
Hester Street (1975)
Lucas (1986)
Animal House (1978)
Parenthood (1989)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Delicatessen (1991)
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
The General (1926)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
We Are The Best! (2013)
Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982)
Lilya 4-ever (2002)
Eighth Grade (2018)
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret. (2023)
Edge Of Seventeen (2017)
The Music Man (1962)
An American In Paris (1951)
Xanadu (1980)
The Muppet Movie (1979)

Other Notable Items

Cinco’s Schmigadoon TV series (2021- )
Lorne Michaels
Brigadoon musical (1947)
Daniel Waters
Hair musical
Godspell musical
Jesus Christ Superstar musical
Cannon Films
Ken Daurio partner
Dr. Seuss
The Marx Brothers
The Sombrero Theater in Phoenix
Chico Marx
Groucho Marx
Harpo Marx
George S. Kaufman
Morrie Ryskind
Bert Kalmar
Harry Ruby
Why A Duck? book by Richard J. Anobile (1980)
Hooray For Captain Spaulding! book by Richard J. Anobile (1975)
W.C. Fields
Star Trek
Woody Allen
Monty Python
James Stewart
Marlena Dietrich
Destry Rides Again musical play by Harold Rome and Leonard Gershe (1959)
Una Merkel
Audie Murphy
Frank Loesser
Preston Sturgess
Eddie Bracken
William Demarest
Betty Hutton
Cat Stevens
Ruth Gordon
Bud Court
Hal Ashby
Colin Higgins
TLA Theater in Philadelphia
Elton John
Joan Micklin Silver
John Heard
Mary Beth Hurt
Peter Riegert
Gloria Grahame
Chilly Scenes of Winter novel by Anne Beatty (1976)
David Seltzer
Corey Haim
Charlie Sheen
Kerri Green
Winona Ryder
Budd Boetticher
Ron Howard
Babaloo Mandel
Lowell Ganz
Steve Martin
Mary Steenburgen
Dianne Wiest
Tom Hulce
Jason Robards
Parenthood TV series (2010-15)
Baz Luhrmann
Rob Reiner
Ewan McGregor
“Your Song” by Elton John (1970)
Lukas Moodysson
Never Goodnight graphic novel by Coco Moodysson (2009)
Our pals at Movies Unlimited!
Bo Burnham
Elsie Fisher
Freaks And Geeks TV series (1999-2000)
Kelly Fremon Craig
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. novel by Judy Blume (1970)
Les Miserables musical (1980)
The Phantom Of The Opera musical (1986)
Evita musical (1976)
“Rainbow Connection” song by Jim Henson, Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher (1979)
Universal Pictures

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Matt Ruskin

Writer/director Matt Ruskin discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

First, here’s our WGA Spotlight featuring Grace N. Edwards.

Show Notes – WGA Spotlight: Grace N. Edwards:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Jodi (2023)

Other Notable Items

Grace’s podcast The Antidote
Insecure TV series (2016-2021)
SAG-AFTRA
The Ike Barinholtz podcast episode
The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
NYU
The WGA East
Columbia University
Jamal Joseph
Inside Amy Schumer TV series (2013-16, 2022)
Chris Rock
Broad City TV series (2014-19)
Dan Powell
Loosely Exactly Nicole TV series (2016-18)
Nicole Byer
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt TV series (2015-19)
Mr. Mayor TV series (2021-22)
Survival of the Thickest TV series (2023- )
Michelle Buteau
Mindy Kaling
David Stassen
Daria TV series (1997-2003)
Tracee Ellis Ross
Barry Jenkins
Living Single TV series (1993-1998)
Yvette Lee Bowser
The Showrunners Training Program
Erika Alexander
Queen Latifah
Kim Coles
Netflix
ABC
Dear White People TV series (2017-21)
A Different World TV series (1987-1993)
Run The World TV series (2021-23)
Bob’s Big Boy Restaurant
Warner Brothers
Drew Carey
Swingers Diner
Paramount Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures
Amazon Studios
Lena Waithe
Beyonce
Our friends at Movies Unlimited!

Show Notes – Matt Ruskin:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Boston Strangler (1968) – J.D. Lifshitz’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Boston Strangler (2023)
Zodiac (2007)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Town (2010)
The Departed (2006)
Mystic River (2003)
The Last Detail (1973) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Star Wars (1977)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
In The Heat Of The Night (1967) – Michael Schlesinger’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Sisters (1973) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Smile (1975) – Jessica Bendinger’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Grand Prix (1966)
The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Booster (2012)
Monument Ave. (1998)
Blow (2001)
Boogie Nights (1997)
The Verdict (1982)
Spotlight (2015) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Gandhi (1982)
…And Justice For All (1979)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Scarface (1983) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Brink’s Job (1978)
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Straight Time (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Graduate (1967) – Neil LaBute’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Pieces Of A Woman (2020)
White God (2014)
Titicut Follies (1967)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Hurry Sundown (1967)

Other Notable Items

Tony Curtis
Keira Knightley
The Carrie Coon podcast episode
The Boston Stranglers book by Susan Kelly (1995)
Loretta McLaughlin
Jean Cole
David Fincher
Martin Scorsese
Alec Baldwin
Mark Wahlberg
Hal Ashby
Jack Nicholson
Otis Young
Randy Quaid
Indiana Jones
Norman Jewison
Steve McQueen
Faye Dunaway
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Brian De Palma
Michael Ritchie
John Frankenheimer
Richard Fleischer
James Bond
Buckminster Fuller
Robert Mitchum
Alex Rocco
The Winter Hill Gang
Paul Kelly
Michael Mann
Seymour Cassell
Ted Demme
Denis Leary
Colm Meaney
Sidney Lumet
Paul Newman
Charlotte Rampling
Ben Kingsley
Academy Awards
TFH Guru Dennis Lehane
Casey Affleck
Michelle Monaghan
The Titus Welliver podcast episode
Morgan Freeman
Ed Harris
Mark Margolis
Michael K. Williams
Ben Affleck
Kate Winslet
Mare Of Easttown miniseries (2021)
Chris Cooper
Chernobyl miniseries (2019)
William Friedkin
Peter Falk
Peter Boyle
Paul Sorvino
Gena Rowlands
Dustin Hoffman
M. Emmet Walsh
No Beast So Fierce novel by Edward Bunker (1973)
Kornél Mundruczó
Vanessa Kirby
Shia LaBeouf
Henry Fonda
Albert DeSalvo
Warren Beatty
Peter Hurkos
George Voskovec
Frederick Wiseman
The New York Film Festival
PBS
Otto Preminger
Michael Caine

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Rob Savage RETURNS!

The Boogeyman and Host director Rob Savage discusses some of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

First, here’s our WGA Spotlight featuring Abdi Nazemian.

Show Notes – WGA Spotlight: Abdi Nazemian

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Invisible Man (2020)
Gilda (1946)
Let’s Make Love (1960)
Winter Kills (1979)
Inland Empire (2006)
Strange Way Of Life (2023)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Peeping Tom (1960)
The Blood On Satan’s Claw (1971)
Elvis (2022)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
The Apple (1980)
Speed Racer (2008)
The Changeling (1980)

Other Notable Items

“Bees In The Trap” song by Nicki Minaj
Abdi’s new novel Only This Beautiful Moment (2023)
Universal Pictures
Doris Day
Rock Hudson
The Leigh Whannell podcast episode
Rita Hayworth
Marilyn Monroe
Joan Crawford
Judy Garland
The Chateau Marmont
Charles Vidor
Rudolph Maté
Elizabeth Taylor
Jeff Bridges
Technicolor
The Criterion Collection
David Lynch
Laura Dern
Michelangelo
Pedro Almodovar
“Don’t Tell Me” music video by Madonna (2000)
Nicholas Ray
Martin Scorsese’s list of his 130 favorite guilty pleasure movies in Film Comment
Baz Luhrmann
SAG
ABC’s strike-era schedule
The AMPTP
The Atlantic’s new piece on the spooky future of AI
Movies Unlimited
George C. Scott

Show Notes – Rob Savage:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Boogeyman (2023)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, TFH’s Mogwai Madness
Host (2020)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Ordinary People (1980)
Poltergeist (1982)
The Innocents (1961)
Jaws (1975)
Alien (1979)
Infested (2002)
The Big Chill (1983)
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave (1968)
Tales From The Crypt (1972)
Drive My Car (2021)
Babylon (2022)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – TFH’s Mogwai Madness
Midsommar (2019)
Hereditary (2018)
The Wicker Man (1973)
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Master Gardener (2023)
The Card Counter (2021)
First Reformed (2018)
Dog Eat Dog (2016)
The Canyons (2013)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
Something Wild (1986)
Se7en (1995)
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
A Quiet Place (2018)
Let Me In (2010)
Let The Right One In (2008)
Green Room (2016)
Burying The Ex (2015)
Sisu (2023)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Big Game (2014)
John Wick (2014)
Soft And Quiet (2022)
Irreversible (2002)
Memento (2000)
Man Bites Dog (1992)

Other Notable Items

Stephen King
TFH Guru Mick Garris
Timothy Hutton
Freddie Francis
Jack Clayton
Jeremy Woodward
Eli Born
William Hurt
Meg Tilly
Chris Messina
“Drive My Car” short story in the collection Men Without Women novel by Haruki Murakami (2014)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Vivien Lyra Blair
Obi Wan Kenobi TV series (2022)
Hulu
The New Beverly Cinema
The Arri Alexa digital camera
Quentin Tarantino
Ari Aster
Florence Pugh
The Paul Schrader podcast episode
Nicolas Cage
Jonathan Demme
The Silence Of The Lambs novel by Thomas Harris (1988)
Ray Liotta
Jodie Foster
Steven Spielberg
Julianne Moore
Juliet Binoche
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Sophie Tucker
Sophie Thatcher
Matt Reeves
Walt Disney Pictures
Anton Yelchin
Patrick Stewart
Jalmari Helander
Samuel L. Jackson
Deadwood TV series (2004-06)
Netflix
Blumhouse

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Tze Chun & Brendan Hay

WGA Spotlight with Tom Bernardo.

Our feature presentation… writers Tze Chun and Brendan Hay delve into a conversation about some of their favorite films that inspired their new animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai. Join them as they engage in a fascinating discussion with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

WGA Spotlight: Tom Bernardo – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, TFH’s Mogwai Madness
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Verdict (1982)
Sweet Smell Of Success (1957) – John Landis’ trailer commentary

Other Notable Items

Our Titus Welliver podcast episode
Paramount Pictures
Bosch TV series (2014-2021)
Amazon Studios
Eric Overmyer
Bosch: Legacy TV series (2022- )
The Lincoln Lawyer TV series (2022- )
CBS
Netflix
Michael Connelly
Sidney Lumet
David Mamet
Paul Newman
On Directing Film book by David Mamet (1991)
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet (1995)
On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director book by Alexander Mackendrick (2005)
Clifford Odets
Tony Curtis

Tze Chun and Brendan Hay – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

His Girl Friday (1940) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Gremlins (1984) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, TFH’s Mogwai Madness
Gone With The Wind (1939)
The Proposition (2005)
Drug War (2012)
The Replacements (2000)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) – TFH’s Mogwai Madness
Robocop (1987) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray reviews
Journey To The West (2013)
Time Bandits (1981) – Chris Wilkinson’s trailer commentary
Goonies (1985)
Spaceballs (1987)
Spirited Away (2001) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Wizard Of Oz (1939) – John Badham’s trailer commentary
Ashes Of Time (1994)
In The Mood For Love (2000)
Chungking Express (1994) – Quentin Lee’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairing
Apocalypse Now (1979) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Romeo and Juliet (1968) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Godfather Part II (1974) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Eel (1997)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Straw Dogs (1971) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Joe Dante’s review
Trainspotting (1996)
The Heroic Trio (1993)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Stephen Chow retrospective
Police Story (1985) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
The Iron Giant (1999)
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
Shock Corridor (1963) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Adam Rifkin’s trailer commentary

Other Notable Items

Our friends at Movies Unlimited!
Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai TV series (2023- )
Johnnie To
The Replacements
Paul Westerberg
Del Shannon
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Gremlins 2: The New Batch novelization by David Bischoff (1990)
Robocop novelization by Ed Naha (1987)
Stephen Chow
Journey To The West novel (16th century) by Wu Cheng’en
Journey To The West miniseries (1986)
Shaw Brothers Studio
Amblin
Warner Brothers Animation
American Born Chinese graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang (2006)
Robin Hood
David Warner
Matthew Rhys
Indiana Jones
Hayao Miyazaki
Wong Kar-wai
John Hora
The Criterion Collection
The Criterion Channel
Grasshoppers Comics in Long Island
Michelle Yeoh
Jackie Chan
Bruce Lee
Marvel Comics
Disney
Warner Brothers
Brad Bird
Cartoon Network
Betamax
LaserDisc

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Paul Schrader

We’ve got a new segment on our show: the WGA Spotlight! We’ll be talking to working writers from the strike line about their careers, and one movie or TV show that inspires them.

First, here’s our WGA Spotlight featuring Hernando Cortes Watson.

WGA Spotlight: Hernando Cortes Watson – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

World Trade Center (2006)
Margot At The Wedding (2007)
Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)
The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Sunset Boulevard (1950) – John Landis’ trailer commentary
Peeping Tom (1960) – Allison Anders’ trailer commentary
Ed Wood (1994)
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
The Red Shoes (1948) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Rear Window (1954) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Taxi Driver (1976) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary
Nightcrawler (2014) – Joe Dante’s Top 10 of 2014
Psycho (1960) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings

Other Notable Items

Francis Ford Coppola
Ang Lee
UCLA
USC
Tennessee Williams
Sam Shepard
William Shakespeare
Oliver Stone
Noah Baumbach
Mike Nichols
Rebel Without A Crew memoir by Robert Rodriguez (1996)
Scott Alexander
TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski
The People Vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story miniseries (2016)
Ratched TV series (2020)
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story miniseries (2018)
Hollywood miniseries (2020)
Netflix
Thelma Schoonmaker
Martin Scorsese
Michael Powell
Ed Wood
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Sony Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Next, our feature presentation… Writer/director Paul Schrader discusses his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Paul Schrader – Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Master Gardener (2023)
Taxi Driver (1976) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Nashville (1975) – Larry Karaszewski’s trailer commentary, Dan Perri’s trailer commentary, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975) – Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Swamp Thing (1982)
American Gigolo (1980)
Reds (1981) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
A History Of Violence (2005)
Masked And Anonymous (2003)
Easy Rider (1969) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
The Conformist (1970) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Performance (1970) – Mark Goldblatt’s trailer commentary
The Wild Bunch (1969) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Joe Dante’s review
The Dead (1987)
Ikiru (1952)
Living (2022)
First Reformed (2017) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Winter Light (1963)
Breathless (1960) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
8 ½ (1963) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Blue Collar (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Which Way Is Up? (1977)
Vertigo (1958) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary, Brian Trenchard-Smith’s review, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Rear Window (1954) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Searchers (1956)
Obsession (1976)
Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans (1927)
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’ trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Collection Blu-ray review
Pulp Fiction (1994)

Other Notable Items

Our friends at Movies Unlimited!
Martin Scorsese
The Criterion Collection
Michael Powell
Philip Roth
Ari Aster
Kindle
Amazon Prime
Netflix
TCM
The Last Of Us TV series (2023- )
TFH Guru John Landis
The Hollywood Pacific Theater in Los Angeles
Warren Beatty
The Cannes Film Festival
David Cronenberg
Viggo Mortensen
Maria Bello
Bob Dylan
The Sundance Film Festival
Paul Schrader’s review of Easy Rider for the Los Angeles Free Press
Peter Fonda
Dennis Hopper
Donald Cammell
Nicolas Roeg
Anthony Perkins
Elia Kazan
The Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood
Lou Lombardo
Sam Peckinpah
The Death Of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy (1886)
Richard Gere
Foregone novel by Russell Banks (2021)
Everyman novel by Philip Roth (2006)
Akira Kurosawa
Bill Nighy
Francis Ford Coppola
Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
The Telluride Film Festival
Pierre Rissient
Norman Lear
Richard Pryor
Harvey Keitel
Universal Pictures
Ned Tanen
Alfred Hitchcock
Brian De Palma
Richard Dreyfuss
The Aero Theater
Bruce Springsteen
Robert De Niro
The Whisky-A-Go-Go
The Roxy Theatre
Ving Rhames

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Larry Karaszewski

Joe Carnahan

Writer/director Joe Carnahan (Narc, Smokin’ Aces, Copshop) discusses a few of his favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.