Episodes

  • THE SECRET AGENT writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho
    Jan 13 2026
    THE SECRET AGENT director Kleber Mendonça Filho joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down the movies that made him! Kleber is fresh off winning this year's Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film for THE SECRET AGENT this weekend. His film's star, Wagner Moura, also took home a Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Small Change (1976) The Secret Agent (2025) Bacurau (2019) *Walkabout (1973) *Wake in Fright (1971) The Right Stuff (1983) Don’t Look Now (1973) Performance (1970) The Witches (1990) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Superman (1978) Star Wars (1977) Piranha (1978) *Fitzcarraldo (1982) Burden of Dreams (1982) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Blues Brothers (1980) Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) Paris, Texas (1984) *The Beguiled (1971) The Beguiled (2017) Escape From Alcatraz (1979) *The Long Goodbye (1973) *Punch-Drunk Love (2002) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) MASH (1970) Chinatown (1974) Boogie Nights (1997) Magnolia (1999) The Wedding Singer (1998) Happy Gilmore (1995) Assault on Precinct 13 (1975) Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) LA Plays Itself (2003) Pictures of Ghosts (2023) *Twenty Years Later (1984) The Big Shave (1967) The Longest Day (1962) Cleopatra (1963) Halloween (1978) La Jetée (1962) Green Vinyl (2004) *Gremlins (1984) *The Host (2006) E.T. The Extra-terrestrial (1982) Poltergeist (1982) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) *The Fly (1986) *Do The Right Thing (1989) Jungle Fever (1991) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! The Hollywood Food Coalition Francois Truffaut Wagner Moura Udo Kier The Lord of the Rings franchise Pedro Pascal Enzo Nunes Nicholas Roeg Ted Kotcheff Philip Kaufman The Criterion Collection TFH Guru Roger Corman Klaus Kinski Werner Herzog Nicolas Cage The Cologne Film Festival The French new wave Don Siegel Sofia Coppola Clint Eastwood Geraldine Page Paul Thomas Anderson Robert Altman Elliott Gould Jack Davis Mad Magazine Mark Rydell Roman Polanski Adam Sandler The Cannes Film Festival Columbia Pictures Philip Seymour Hoffman Robert Elswitt Emily Watson John Carpenter Kim Richards Scream franchise Eduardo Coutinho João Pedro Teixeira Martin Scorsese The Vietnam War Bong Joon Ho Jerry Goldsmith Steven Spielberg Tobe Hooper Dick Miller Polly Holliday Phoebe Cates David Cronenberg Spike LeeThis list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • TRAILER SHOW: Kristen Stewart
    Jan 10 2026
    Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER writer/director Kristen Stewart on this week’s episode of the pod. Check out Kristen’s conversation with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 mins
  • TRAILER SHOW: Clint Bentley
    Jan 10 2026
    Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with TRAIN DREAMS writer/director Clint Bentley on this week’s episode of the pod. Check out Clint’s full conversation with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante ⁠here⁠! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER writer/director Kristen Stewart
    Jan 9 2026
    Movie star Kristen Stewart, who's making her directorial debut with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, unpacks the movies that made her with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • TRAIN DREAMS writer/director Clint Bentley
    Jan 6 2026
    Filmmaker Clint Bentley discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • TRAILER SHOW: Mary Bronstein
    Dec 19 2025
    Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with writer/director Mary Bronstein on this week’s episode of the pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU writer/director Mary Bronstein
    Dec 16 2025
    Mary Bronstein discusses a few of her favorite formative films with Josh Olson. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode If You Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) Repulsion (1965) Antichrist (2009) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Taxi Driver (1976) Marty Supreme (2025) Bonnie and Clyde (1967) McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) Shampoo (1975) The Matrix (1999) The Blair Witch Project (1999) Splendor in the Grass (1961) Wanda (1971) Rules Don’t Apply (2016) Gypsy (1962) West Side Story (1961) Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) The Hot Rock (1972) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) East of Eden (1955) Rebel Without A Cause (1955) Bus Stop (1956) Thelma and Louise (1991) Sunset Boulevard (1950) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Conan O’Brien A$AP Rocky TFH Guru Illeana Douglas’ Connecticut in the Movies book (2023) NYU Blockbuster Video PBS Turner Classic Movies The Video Archives rental shop in Manhattan Beach, CA and later Hermosa Beach, CA Quentin Tarantino Kim’s Video shop in NYC Warren Beatty Faye Dunaway Arthur Penn French New Wave Jean Luc Godard Natalie Wood Barbara Loden Eliah Kazan Ella Beatty Howard Hughes Ethel Merman Rosalind Russell Steve McQueen Robert Redford Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Betty Davis Joan Crawford The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92) The Academy Awards James Dean Raymond Massey East of Eden novel by John Steinbeck (1952) Nicholas Ray Rose Byrne Marilyn Monroe Lee Strasberg The Actor’s Studio Ridley Scott Callie Khouri Brad Pitt This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • TRAILER SHOW: Bryan Fuller
    Dec 12 2025
    Featured trailers for films mentioned in the previous episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    25 mins