The Movies That Made Me

We've got auteur royalty on The Movies That Made Me today! The one and only GUS VAN SANT joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk about, yes, the movies that made him! Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Dead Man’s Wire (2026) Song Sung Blue (2025) The Princess Bride (1987) Burying The Ex (2014) Citizen Kane (1941) Sátántangó (1994) The Turin Horse (2011) Elephant (2004) Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) Gerry (2002) Last Days (2005) Lawrence of Arabia (1962) The Third Man (1949) The Celebration (1998) 8 ½ (1963) The Last of England (1987) Jubilee (1978) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Mala Noche (1985) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Fail-Safe (1964) House of Dynamite (2025) Lord of the Flies (1963) The Plague (2025) Whistle (2026) The Nun (2018) The Groove Tube (1974)  Modern Problems (1981) Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) To Die For (1995) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The Boys in the Band (1970) Staircase (1969) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Cassian Elwes Veronica Raedelli Sam Pressman  Luigi Mangione Austin Kolodney Cary Elwes Stan Brakhage Béla Tarr Chantal Akerman Sight and Sound The Criterion Collection Matt Damon  Casey Affleck John Cassavettes HBO Diane Keaton Woody Allen Colin Callender  David Lean Carol Reed The Screen Actors Guild Sergio Leone Thomas Vinterberg  Lars von Trier Dogme 95 Focus Features Barry Diller Harris Savides Our Paprika Steen podcast episode Federico Fellini Anthony Quinn Richard Basehart Robert Altman Derek Jarman Stanley Kubrick John F. Kennedy Netflix Peter Brook The Tower East Theatre in New York Lord of the Flies novel Adam Sandler Ken Shapiro Chevy Chase Lane Sarasohn Tom Schiller The Smothers Brothers TFH Guru John Landis Al Pacino William Friedkin Bill Skarsgaard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE RIP writer/director Joe Carnahan returns to our podcast The Movies That Made Me. This time, Joe takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante on a sonic journey to unpack the John Williams scores that made him! Check out Joe's first appearance on the podcast here. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The Rip (2026) The Man Who Would Be King (1975) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Cool Hand Luke (1967) Fiddler on the Roof (1971) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) The Towering Inferno (1974) Earthquake (1974) Jaws (1975) Images (1972) The Cowboys (1972) Shaft (1971) Shaft’s Big Score! (1972) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Superman: The Movie (1978) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Gremlins (1984) Poltergeist (1982) Cobra (1986) JFK (1991) The Usual Suspects (1995) Munich (2005) The Great Escape (1968) Stripes (1980) 1941 (1979) Animal House (1978) The A-Team (2010) The Howling (1981) The Trouble with Harry (1955) Maestro (2024) Not Without Hope (2025) Shadow Force (2025) ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Always (1989) Empire of the Sun (1987) The Last Emperor (1987) Last Tango in Paris (1973) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Orson Welles Matt Damon Ben Affleck Brad Pitt “Debbie Downer” on Saturday Night Live Netflix John Huston Paul Newman Robert Redford Humphrey Bogart Clark Gable Sean Connery Michael Caine The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, CA John Williams “The Sabbath Prayer” song from Fiddler on the Roof Irwin Allen Steven Spielberg Robert Altman John Wayne Dede Allen Bruce Dern Jason Patrick Roscoe Lee Brown The Smokehouse Restaurant Richard Roundtree “Theme From Shaft” song by Isaac Hayes (1971) Glen Ford Glen Campbell Frank Oz Sylvester Stallone John Ottman Donald Surherland Jerry Goldsmith David Mamet Elmer Bernstein Dick Miller Nancy Allen Tim Matheson Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale Our Stephen Bissette podcast episode Swamp Thing comic books Pino Donaggio Bernard Hermann The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-64) Bradley Cooper Clinton Shorter Kerry Washington James Cameron Christopher Nolan Omar Sy The Hollywood Bowl Bernardo Bertolucci Maria Schneider Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE SECRET AGENT writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho on this week’s episode of The Movies That Made Me! Catch up with the pod here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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