TRAIN DREAMS writer/director Clint Bentley
6 January - 1 hour 4 minsFilmmaker Clint Bentley discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Train Dreams (2025)
Thief (1981)
Heat (1995)
*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
Gremlins (1984)
Goonies (1985)
Sometimes A Great Notion (1971)
*Jules et Jim (1962)
Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
*Princess Mononoke (1997)
Spirited Away (2001)
My Neighbor Totoro (1994)
Ponyo (2008)
Cars (2006)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Bambi (1941)
The Jungle Book (1967)
Robin Hood (1973)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
La Strada (1954)
I Vitelloni (1953)
Il bidone (1955)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
8 ½ (1963)
Happy As Lazzaro (2018)
*Days of Heaven (1978)
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