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The Movies That Made Me

Podcast Series The Movies That Made Me

Filmmakers and entertainers discuss the movies that inspired them. Hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter and TFH Guru Josh Olson and fearless leader himself, director Joe Dante. The Movies That Made Me is recorded live in Hollywood and engineered by film composer Don Barrett.

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Series Episodes

Will Tracy Returns!

Will Tracy Returns!

Screenwriter Will Tracy (BUGONIA, THE MENU, SUCCESSION) returns to walk Josh and Joe through movies that themselves have been cancelled or have been made with a cancelled person. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Menu (2022) Bugonia (2025) Heathers (1988) Song of the South (1946) Jezebel (1938) The Little Foxes (1941) The Princess and the Frog (2009) Treasure Island (1950) The Devil and Max Devlin (1981) The Usual Suspects (1995) Get Him to the Greek (2010) Casablanca (1942) Clownhouse (1989) Powder (1995) Jeepers Creepers (2001) Boys Town (1938) Stand by Me (1985) Lord of the Flies (1960) Bound (1996) An Officer and a Spy (2019) Crimes and Misdemeanors  (1989) Match Point (2005) Manhattan (1979) The Two Jakes (1990) Chinatown (1974) The Godfather Part III (1990) Knife in the Water (1962) Rosemary’s Baby (1968) Repulsion (1965) Predator (1987) Die Hard (1988) The Hunt for Red October (1990) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) Rollerball (1975) Rollerball (2002) The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) The 13th Warrior (1999) I Love You, Daddy (2017) Blue Jasmine (2013) One Battle After Another (2025) Life is Beautiful (1997) Crash (2005) Green Book (2018) Driving Miss Daisy (1989) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Succession TV series (2018-23) The Onion The Academy Awards Stavros Halkias Wikipedia Daniel Waters William Hurt Our Thomas Jane podcast episode Disney Dalton S. Reymond Maurice Rapf Morton Grant The Hays Code Splash Mountain at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA James Baskett  M*A*S*H* TV series (1972-83) Br'er Rabbit  Elliott Gould Bill Cosby “The Devil and Daniel Webster” short story by Stephen Vincent Benét (1936) Kevin Spacey Bryan Singer Russell Brand Diddy Jonah Hill Christopher McQuarrie Humphrey Bogart Richard Wagner  Woody Allen Roman Polanski Victor Salva  Francis Ford Coppola American Zoetrope The Wachowski sisters Colombo TV series (1971-78, 1989-2003) Johnny Cash Donald Pleasence Ruth Gordon The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007) Breaking Bad TV series (2007-13) Robert Towne Jack Nicholson The Dreyfus affair  Sofia Coppola Winona Ryder The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood book by Sam Wasson (2020) Peter Bogdanovich Polly Platt Andrew Hickey’s The History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast “Waterloo Sunset” song by The Kinks (1967) Ray Davies The Beatles John Lennon Yoko Ono “I’m Not Angry” song by Elvis Costello (1977) John McTiernan Anthony Pellicano Chris Klein LL Cool J Sean Connery Sam Neill Stellan Skarsgard Alec Baldwin Antonio Banderas Louis C.K. Louie TV series (2010-15) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV series (2014-26) John Malkovich Apropos of Nothing memoir by Woody Allen (2020) Dane Cook Roberto Benigni Steven Spielberg Jerry Lewis Nick Vallelonga Al Franken Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 hour 9 mins

30 June Finished

Ron Howard

Ron Howard

Oscar-winning superstar director Ron Howard talks to his former New World Pictures colleague Joe Dante and co-host Josh Olson about the movies that made him and continue to impress him! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Limit Up (1989) Grand Theft Auto (1977) Infested (2002) The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963) Hollywood Blvd. (1976) I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) Citizen Kane (1941) Rush (2013) Curious George (2006) *One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) - 24:00 Amadeus (1984) American Graffiti (1974) 12 Angry Men (1957) The Howling (1981) The ’Burbs (1989) *The Graduate (1967) - 31:49 Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Romeo and Juliet (1968) White Heat (1949) The Searchers (1956) *The Apartment (1960) - 39:26 Some Like It Hot (1959) Sunset Blvd. (1950) Night Shift (1982) Splash (1984) Parenthood (1989) Silver Streak (1976) Foul Play (1978) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) *As Good As It Gets (1997) - 44: 37 All The President’s Men (1976) Three Days of the Condor (1975) Network (1976) *Schindler’s List (1993) - 49:00 Amistad (1997) The Color Purple (1985) Jurassic Park (1993) Cape Fear (1991) Apollo 13 (1995) Frost/Nixon (2008) *Dog Day Afternoon (1976) - 53:41 *Das Boot (1981) - 56:43 Eight Days A Week (2016) A Hard Day’s Night (1964) Unforgiven (1992) *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - 63:05 It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) It Happened One Night (1934) *A Boy And His Dog (1975) - 70:22 David and Lisa (1962) Mad Max (1979) The Road Warrior (1981) Backrooms (2026) Obsession (2026) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Michael Curtiz Ron and Clint Howard’s memoir The Boys (2021) Rance Howard Jean Speegle Howard  The University of Oklahoma Dennis Weaver Gary Cooper Bruce Dern Harry Dean Stanton Vincente Minnelli The Andy Griffith Show TV series (1960-67) Samuel Fuller TFH Guru Allan Arkush TFH Guru Roger Corman New World Pictures Our latest RZA podcast Imagine Entertainment Brian Grazer Curious George TV series (2006-22) Milos Forman Danny DeVito Christopher Lloyd Kirk Douglas Michael Douglas Haskell Wexler Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest novel by Ken Kesey (1962) Gary Sinise Death of a Salesman play by Arthur Miller (1949) Nathan Lane Lee J. Cobb Henry Fonda Mister Roberts play by Joshua Logan (1948) John Ford The ’Burbs TV series (2026- ) Mike Nichols Robert Surtees Franco Zeffirelli  The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007) Sidney Hickox  Warner Bros. Pictures French New Wave Andy Griffith The Cornell Theatre in Burbank, CA Charles Martin Smith Happy Days TV series (1974-84) Penny Marshall Billy Crystal Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel Thomas L. Miller Glenn Close James L. Brooks Cliff Robertson Ned Beatty Steven Spielberg Michael Jordan Peter Morgan The Crown TV series (2016-23) Tom Hanks Making Movies memoir by Sidney Lumet (1995) On Directing Film book by David Mamet (1991) Bill Connor Dog Day Afternoon play by Stephen Adly Guirgis (2026) Wolfgang Peterson Ringo Starr Paul McCartney Meryl Streep Gene Hackman Clint Eastwood James Stewart Frank Capra Sam Rosen John Carradine D.W. Griffith Don Knotts Sheldon Leonard The Beverly Hillbillies TV series (1962-71) Petticoat Junction TV series (1963-70) Anson Williams Bobby Sherman Linda Purl L.Q. Jones  John Cassavetes Alvy Moore George Miller Harlan Ellison Jason Robards Robby the Robot Don Johnson TechniscopeSpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 hour 22 mins

23 June Finished

TASK creator Brad Ingelsby

TASK creator Brad Ingelsby

TASK creator Brad Ingelsby walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies that have had the most sustained impact on him. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode 52 Pickup (1986) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) A History of Violence (2005) Boogie Nights (1997) Hard Eight (1996) One Battle After Another (2025) Phantom Thread (2017) There Will Be Blood (2007) Breaking Away (1979) Stand By Me (1986)  Freaky Tales (2025) Wild Tales (2014) Half Nelson (2006) Captain Marvel (2019) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Mean Streets (1973) Straight Time (1978) The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) Goodfellas (1990) Deliverance (1973) The 400 Blows (1959) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Other Notable Items Our revamped Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Mare of Easttown miniseries (2021) Task TV series (2025- ) Mark Ruffalo Fabien Frankel  Emilia Jones Alison Oliver Kate Winslet The Cannon Group, Inc. Elmore Leonard Roy Scheider Ann-Margret John Frankenheimer John Glover Viggo Mortensen Maria Bello Beef TV series (2023- ) Frank Rizzo Attila the Hun Paul Thomas Anderson The Toronto International Film Festival Alfred Molina John C. Reilly Phillip Seymour Hoffman William H. Macy Don Cheadle Heather Graham The San Fernando Valley in Southern California Pedro Pascal Tom Hanks Ryan Gosling Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Ang Lee “Brokeback Mountain” short story by Annie Proulx (1997) Heath Ledger Michelle Williams Anne Hathaway Ernest Borgnine Larry McMurtry  Diana Ossana  The Academy Awards The BAFTAs The WGA Awards Quentin Tarantino Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia “Backstreets” song by Bruce Springsteen (1975) Mahershala Ali SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 hour 6 mins

16 June Finished

LORD OF THE FLIES director Marc Munden

LORD OF THE FLIES director Marc Munden

Marc Munden takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies that inspired him while directing the new LORD OF THE FLIES miniseries. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Lord of the Flies (1963) Lord of the Flies (1990) If… (1968) - 12:04 Britannia Hospital (1982) O Lucky Man! (1973) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Walkabout (1973) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Monos (2019) Under The Skin (2013) Jackie (2016) Johnny Mad Dog (2008) The 400 Blows (1959) Zero for Conduct (1933) Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) Come and See (1985) Apocalypse Now (1979) The Tribe (2014) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Utopia TV series (2013-14) Lord of the Flies limited series (2026) BritBox Netflix House of Pies in Los Angeles Jack Thorne Lord of the Flies novel by William Golding (1954) Peter Brook  Richard Mosse  Lindsay Anderson  Malcolm McDowell Francois Truffaut Jean-Pierre Léaud   Graham Crowden  Peter Jeffrey  Mona Washbourne Stanley Kubrick Nicholas Roeg Jenny Agutter Luke Roeg John Barry Peter Weir Alejandro Landes Mica Levi Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire Jean Vigo Charlie Chaplin Rome TV series (2005-07) HBO Elem Klimov Francisco Goya Aleksei Kravchenko Olga Mironova Roger Deakins Heart of Darkness novella by Joseph Conrad (1899) SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 hour 9 mins

9 June Finished

SWARM co-creator/EP Janine Nabers

SWARM co-creator/EP Janine Nabers

SWARM co-creator/executive producer Janine Nabers runs hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies that made her that probably couldn't be made today! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Birth of a Nation (1915) Dirty Harry (1971) Bebe’s Kids (1992) House Party (1990) Fritz the Cat (1972) A Goofy Movie (1995) Speed Racer (2008) Tropic Thunder (2008) What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993) Do The Right Thing (1989) He Got Game (1998) Malcolm X (1992) She’s Gotta Have It (1985) School Daze (1988) In the Heat of the Night (1967) Lolita (1962) Lolita (1997) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Liberty Heights (1999) The Piano Teacher (2001) The Jerk (1979) The Mask (1994) Melania (2026) Airport (1970) Lemonade (2016) Beyonce: Year of 4 (2011) Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) Jaws (1975) Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) Undercover Brother (2001) Boyz N The Hood (1991) Menace II Society (1993) Scary Movie (2000) Scary Movie (2026) Perfect Blue (1997) KPop Demon Hunters (2025) The Rules of Attraction (2002) Less Than Zero (1987) Varsity Blues (1999) American Psycho (2000) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Atlanta TV series (2016-22) Watchmen limited series (2019) Swarm limited series (2023) Beyonce Robin Harris Richard Pryor Walt Disney Pictures Tevin Campbell Marques Houston The Wachowski Sisters Robert Downey Jr. Shonda Rhimes  Bridgerton TV series (2020- ) Ben Stiller Tom Cruise Joel Silver A24 Justin Theroux Spike Lee TFH Guru Ernest Dickerson Our latest RZA podcast episode Josh’s podcast Bronzeville Laurence Fishburne Walton Goggins Rod Steiger Sidney Poitier Roots miniseries (1977) OJ Simpson Stanley Kubrick Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) Shelley Winters Melanie Griffith Dominique Swain Woody Allen James Mason Peter Sellers Adrian Lyne Adrien Brody Barry Levinson Ben Foster John Waters David Simon Michael Haneke Steve Martin Jim Carrey Carl Reiner Bob and Ray Bernadette Peters Carl Gottlieb The Wayans Family In Living Color TV series (1990-94) Marlon Wayans Roger Avary The Shards novel by Brett Easton Ellis 2023) Dawson’s Creek TV series (1998-2003) James Van Der Beek Pose TV series (2018-21) What Would Diplo Do? TV series (2017) Our Steven Canals podcast episode This list is also available on Letterboxd. SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠spectrevisionradio.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠linktr.ee/spectrevisionsocial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 hour 23 mins

2 June Finished

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