The Movies That Made Me

Author/historian Daniel Bessner discusses his favorite dystopian films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Vanishing Point (1971) Mad Max (1971) Casablanca (1941) Looper (2012) Hollywood Boulevard (1976) Chronicle (2012) Fruitvale Station (2013) Black Panther (2018) Knives Out (2019) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Children of Men (2010) Idiocracy (2006) The Matrix (1999) The Animatrix (2003) Batman: Gotham Knight (2008) They Live (1988) Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) Minority Report (2002) Magnolia (1999) War of the Worlds (2005) Mission: Impossible (1996) Escape From LA (1996) Escape From New York (1981) Robocop (1987) The Warriors (1979) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 12 Monkeys (1995) Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988) The Fisher King (1991) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) Brazil (1985) Time Bandits (1981) V for Vendetta (2005) Gattaca (1997) Mad Max (1979) The Road Warrior (1981) Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles Spike Lee George Miller Steven Seagal Daniel’s American Prestige podcast Lawrence Summers  Daniel’s “Life and Death of Hollywood" article in Harper’s Bazaar Rian Johnson Bruce Willis Joseph Gordon-Levitt Josh Trank  Ryan Coogler Dante Alighieri Barack Obama Poker Face TV series (2023- ) Laura Dern Carrie Fisher Clive Owen Julianne Moore Lana Wachowski Lily Wachowski Slavoj Zizek Keith David Rowdy Roddy Piper Joe Pantoliano John Carpenter Harlan Ellison Tom Cruise The Mission: Impossible film franchise Philip K. Dick Steven Spielberg Max von Sydow Kurt Russell Peter Fonda “Theme From New York, New York” song by Frank Sinatra (1977) 12 Monkeys TV series (2015-18) Bruce Willis Brad Pitt Terry Gilliam Henry Jaglom The Occupy Wall Street movement V for Vendetta graphic novel series by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (1982-89) Ethan Hawke Jude Law Ernest Borgnine Nicholas Hoult Tom Hardy Charlize Theron George Miller Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road book by Kyle Buchanan (2022) The Star Wars franchise The Indiana Jones franchise Mel Gibson Daniel’s American Prestige interview with Glen Lowry This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Filmmaker/TFH Guru/Cinema Aficionado Edgar Wright returns to discuss a few of his favorite cinematic dystopian futures with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) The Running Man (2025) Hellzapoppin (1941) The Chocolate War (1988) A Boy And His Dog (1975) Soylent Green (1973) The Second Civil War (1997) The China Syndrome (1979) Halloween (1978) Halloween (2007) Halloween (2018) The Howling (1981) The Deadly Affair (1967) A Deadly Affair (2017) His Deadly Affair (2019) Deadly Affair (2024) Deadly Affair a.k.a. Star Struck (2000) The Chain Reaction (1980) Chain Reaction (1996) Mad Max (1979) Crash (1996) Crash (2005) Baby Driver (2017) Boss Baby (2017) Star Wars (1977) The Ruins (2008) The 10th Victim (1965) The Prize of Peril (1983) Danger: Diabolik (1968) John Wick (2014) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Our Man Flint (1966) In Like Flint (1967) The President’s Analyst (1967) Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) Barbarella (1968) Modesty Blaise (1966) Rollerball (1975) Battle Royale (2000) The Hunger Games (2012) Die Hard (1988) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) The Detective (1968) Three Days of the Condor (1975) Terminator: Genisys (2015) Punishment Park (1971) Privilege (1967) Culloden (1964)  The War Game (1966)  Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) Threads (1984) Logan’s Run (1976) Walkabout (1971) I Start Counting (1970) The Shuttered Room (1967) Looker (1981) Escape From New York (1981) Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) The Creator (2023) Prom Night (1980) Scanners (1981) Phantasm (1979) Brazil (1985) Blade Runner (1982) 1984 (1984) Robocop (1987) Total Recall (1990) Robodoc (2023) The Terminator (1984) Starship Troopers (1997) Delicatessen (1992) A History of Violence (2005) Super Vixens (1976) Doberman (1997) Demolition Man (1993) Idiocracy (2006) The Adventures of Ford Farlaine (1990) Heathers (1988) Death Race 2000 (1976) Series 7: The Contenders (2001) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Our Lee Daniels podcast episode This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Stetler shares some of her best experiences producing discs for The Criterion Collection with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Black Narcissus (1947) The Apple (1980) A History of Violence (2005) Raging Bull (1980) Dead Ringers (1988) Naked Lunch (1991) Scanners (1981) Crash (1996) The Brood (1979) Videodrome (1983) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Taxi Driver (1976) Citizen Kane (1941) King Kong (1933) The Red Shoes (1948) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989) Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979) Time Bandits (1981) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) The Fisher King (1991) The African Queen (1951) Dark of the Sun (1968) Sons and Lovers (1960) I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) Oliver Twist (1948) Major Barbara (1941)  Brief Encounter (1945) The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Tunes of Glory (1960)  The Horse’s Mouth (1958) *The Cloud-Capped Star (1960) *Cairo Station (1958) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Nashville (1975) *3 Women (1977) *McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) Don’t Look Now (1973) The Player (1992) Short Cuts (1993) *Matewan (1987) *Devil In A Blue Dress (1995) One False Move (1992) The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) Shaft (1971) Shaft (2000) The Terminator (1984) *Withnail & I (1987) How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) *The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965) *Downhill Racer (1968) The French Connection (1972) War of the Worlds (1953) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1959) Avatar (2009) *The Prince of Tides (1991) *Funny Girl (1968) Yentil (1983) The Tales of Hoffman (1951) Birth of a Nation (1915) A Matter of Life and Death (1956) Mother (1996) *The Dead (1987) The Howling (1981) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Michael Powell Pia Zadora The Criterion Collection Menachem Golan Severin Films The Chicago International Film Festival Bosch TV series (2014-21) Tom Bernardo David Cronenberg A History of Violence graphic novel by John Wagner (1997) Janus Films Martin Scorsese Thelma Schoonmaker Sugar Ray Leonard Frank Warner Terry Gilliam Sid Sheinberg The Battle of Brazil book by Jack Mathews (1987) Kim Greist Hunter S. Thompson Ralph Steadman Johnny Depp Benicio del Toro Lynda Obst  Richard LaGravense Robin Williams Our 2025 Halloween Jam episode Emeric Pressburger Marius Goring  Moira Shearer  Jack Cardiff Ian Christie  The Cannes Film Festival ITV The Film Foundation Lauren Bacall TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski DH Lawrence Erwin Hillier  Wendy Hiller Ronald Neame David Lean Alex Corda BAFTAAlec Guinness Video Archives Quentin TarantinoRitwik Ghatak Satyajit Ray Saeed Akhtar Mirza Kumar Shahani The Indiana National Film Archive Film and Television Institute of India Professor Joseph Fahmy Farid Shawqi   Hind Rostom The Criterion Channel Playboy Magazine Alexander Payne  Robert Altman Sissy Spacek Shelley Duvall Vilmos Zsigmond Keith Carradine Michael Murphy Rene Auberjonois Joan Tewkesbury  Graham Clifford Ingmar Bergman TFH Guru John Sayles Chris Cooper Mary McDonnell  David Strathairn Maggie Renzi Walter Mosley’s Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins novel series Attica Locke Carl Franklin Don Cheadle Billy Bob Thornton Denzel Washington Picket Fences TV series Woody Allen Bruce Robinson Peter Hannan Richard E. Grant Margaret Thatcher The Spy Who Came In From The Cold novel by John Le Carre  Martin Ritt director Richard Burton Mikhail Gorbachev Robert Redford The Sundance Film Festival Joe Jay Jalbert Michael Ritchie Gene Hackman The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting by Craig Barron and Mark Cotta Vaz (2004) Ben Bird The Star Wars film franchise Ray Harryhausen Barbra Streisand Elliott Gould Our RZA podcast episode The Wu-Tang Clan Wayne Wang Ang Lee TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro Albert Brooks John HustonThis list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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