The Movies That Made Me

Idiots director/co-writer Macon Blair breaks down his favorite comfort movies with podcast host Josh Olson!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018)

Idiots (2026)

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

State of Grace (1990)

Jaws (1975)

Goodfellas (1990)

Bugsy (1991)

The Godfather Part III (1990)

Miller’s Crossing (1990)

Rattle and Hum (1988)

Suburbia (1983)

Repo Man (1984)

Green Room (2016)

Trust (1990)

Amateur (1994)

Simple Men (1992)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Inherent Vice (2014)

Licorice Pizza (2021)

The Late Show (1977)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Near Dark (1987)

Dracula (1931)

Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

The Taking of Pelham 123 (1998)

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Batman Returns (1992)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Heat (1995)

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

Elephant (2020)

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)

Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)

Highlander (1986)

Point Break (1991)

Commando (1985)

Alien (1979)

Aliens (1986)

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Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Henry Cavill

Dave Franco

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Kiernan Shipka

Nicholas Braun

Peter Dinklage

Ice Cube

Macon’s last podcast episode

Phil Joanou

The Washington Post

Gary Oldman

Mickey Rourke

Robert Shaw

Ed Harris

Robin Wright

John C. Reilly

Sean Penn

Thomas Jane

U2

Penelope Spheeris

The Vandals

T.S.O.L.

D.I.

Hal Hartley

The Catcher in the Rye novel by J.D. Salinger (1951)

Adrienne Shelly

Martin Donovan

Edie Falco

Oz TV series (1997-2003)

The Beat TV series (2000)

Mark Ruffalo

Derek Cecil

Gary Shandling

Paul Thomas Anderson

Art Carney

Lily Tomlin

Inherent Vice novel by Thomas Pynchon (2009)

The Lost Boys musical by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch (2026- )

The Tony Awards

Tina Turner

Bela Lugosi

Kiefer Sutherland

Tim Cappello

Joel Schumacher

Jason Patric

Jami Gertz

Edward Herrmann

Kino Lorber

David Shire

Walter Matthau

Robert Shaw

Adam Sandler

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three novel by Morton Freedgood (1973)

John Travolta

Denzel Washington

Edward James Olmos

Vincent D'Onofrio

Lorraine Bracco

Preston Sturgess

Veronica Lake

Joel McCrea

William Demarest

Our Peter Ramsey podcast episode

Boaz Yakin

Batman

Shaun the Sheep TV series (2007- )

Aardman Animation

Wallace and Gromit

Walt Disney Pictures

Christopher Lambert

Sean Connery

Clancy Brown

Patrick Swayze

Keanu Reeves

Mark L. Lester

Crime and Punishment novel by ​Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)

The Idiot novel by ​Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869)

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Onslaught star Adria Arjona joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk the movies that made her!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Onslaught (2026)

The Guest (2014)

The Belko Experiment (2014)

Blink Twice (2024)

Hit Man (2023)

Splitsville (2025)

John Wick (2014)

Star Wars (1977)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Step Brothers (2008)

Bridesmaids (2011)

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

White Dog (1982)

Them That Follow (2019)

Thelma & Louise (1991) - 28:13

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Scorn (2026)

School of Rock (2003)

Before Sunrise (1995)

Before Sunset (2004

Before Midnight (2013)

Blue Moon (2025)

Nouvelle Vague (2025)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Hard Eight (1995)

Ratcatcher (1999)

The Rider (2017)

Hamnet (2025)

Buddy (2026)

Notting Hill (1999)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Love Actually (2003)

Kill Bill: Vol. I (2003)

Kill Bill: Vol. II (2004)

Opening Night (1977)

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Gloria (1980)

The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Other Notable Items

Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

A24

Adam Wingard

Irma Vep miniseries (2022)

Our Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin podcast episode

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Criminal TV series (TBD)

Criminal comic book series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (2006- )

Andor TV series (2022-25)

Tony Gilroy

Our Lexi Alexander podcast episode

Will Ferrell

Jack Black

Adam McKay

Ennio Morricone

Sergio Leone

Matthew Pusti

Ricardo Arjona

The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York

Our Walton Goggins podcast episode

Olivia Colman

Ridley Scott

Callie Khouri

Richard Linklater

Glenn Powell

The Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Brad Pitt

Penélope Cruz

Javier Bardem

Woody Allen

Paul Thomas Anderson

Lynne Ramsay

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Chloé Zhao

Anne Hathaway

Richard Curtis

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rhys Ifans

Quentin Tarantino

Uma Thurman

Gena Rowlands

John Cassavettes

The Smokehouse Restaurant in Burbank

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Coyote vs. Acme director Dave Green unpacks his favorite animated movies with a live-action sensibility and his favorite live-action movies with a cartoon sensibility with Josh Olson and (sometimes) Joe Dante!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Modern Times (1931)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

Batman (1989)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Batman Returns (1992)

Ghostbusters (1984)

The Conjuring (2013)

The Addams Family (1991)

Addams Family Values (1993)

Get Shorty (1995)

Ratatouille (2007)

The Incredibles (2004)

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

The Lost Weekend (1945)

The Last Action Hero (1993)

Airplane! (1980)

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)

Raising Arizona (1987)

Predator (1987)

M (1931)

M (1951)

The Black Vampire (1953)

Barney's Great Adventure (1998)

Other Notable Items

Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

Samy Burch

Mel Blanc

Charlie Chaplin

Abbey Road Studios in London, England

Tim Burton

Wes Anderson

Michael Keaton

Batman: The Animated Series TV series (1992-95)

The Real Ghostbusters TV series (1986-91)

Beetlejuice TV series (1989-91)

The Simpsons TV series (1989- )

The Ren & Stimpy Show TV series (1991-95)

Ralph Bakshi

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures TV series (1987-88)

The Tick TV series (1994-96)

The Maxx TV series (1995)

Christopher Nolan

Daniel Waters

Batman TV series (1966-68)

ArcLight Cinemas

Joan Cusack

Barry Sonnenfeld

Pixar

Brad Bird

Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! TV series (2007-10)

Warner Bros.

Peter Lorre

The Animated Peter Lorre book by Matthew Hahn (2024)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mad magazine (1952- )

Sergio Aragonés

Lee J. Cobb

Sam Raimi

Ted Raimi

Joel Coen

Ethan Coen

Nicolas Cage

Bugs Bunny

Wile E. Coyote

Woody Woodpecker

Paul Chadwick

Mega Man TV series (1994-96)

Joseph Losey

David Wayne

David Wain

The State

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Writer/director Casper Kelly unpacks his favorite movies about television with host Josh Olson. Casper's new movie Buddy opens August 28th!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Buddy (2026)

Mandy (2018)

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983)

UHF (1989)

The Ring (2002)

Ringu (1998)

Death to Smoochy (2002)

Stay Tuned (1992)

Switching Channels (1988)

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

Network (1976)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Heaven’s Gate (1980)

Room 237 (2012)

Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein (2015)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Soylent Green (1973)

Falling Down (1994)

Raising Cain (1992)

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

On the Waterfront (1954)

Good Night and Good Luck (2005)

The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

The King of Comedy (1982)

Nightcrawler (2014)

Sound of Metal (2019)

My Favorite Year (1982)

Ten From Your Show of Shows (1973)

Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Irreversible (2002)

Memento (2000)

Enter the Void (2009)

Drive (2011)

Videodrome (1983)

Poltergeist (1982)

Scanners (1981)

The Brood (1979)

Being There (1979)

Mulholland Drive (2001)

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The Hollywood Food Coalition

Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell TV series (2013-19)

Too Many Cooks TV special (2014)

Adult Swim Yule Log TV special (2022)

Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin’ Out TV special (2024)

Our first podcast episode with Casper

Weird Al Yankovic

Barry Levinson

John Ritter

Reacher TV series (2022- )

Jane Schoenbrun

Justice Smith

Martin Scorsese

Steven Soderbergh

The Airport film franchise

Rodney Ascher

William Holden

Paddy Chayefsky

Faye Dunaway

Peter Finch

GG Allin

Sterling Hayden

Beatrice Straight

Ned Beatty

Robert Duvall

Brian De Palma

Arrow Video

Batman TV series (1966-68)

Andy Griffith

Walter Matthau

Elia Kazan

Jimmy Kimmel

Clifford Odets

Robert De Niro

Shelley Hack

Paul Schrader

Dan Gilroy

Jake Gyllenhaal

Riz Ahmed

The Sid Caesar Show TV show (1963-64)

The Dick Van Dyke Show TV show (1961-65)

Mel Brooks

Errol Flynn

Selma Diamond

Night Court TV series (1984-92)

Peter O'Toole

Mark Linn-Baker

Your Show of Shows TV series (1950-54)

Mr. Show with Bob and David TV series (1995-98)

The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1990, 1992-95)

Ellen Burstyn

Gaspar Noé

Nicolas Winding Refn

Grand Theft Auto video game series

David Cronenberg

Jack Warden

Melvyn Douglas

Twin Peaks: The Return TV series (2017)

David Lynch

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Boorman and the Devil director David Kittredge walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies he loves that a lot of other people think are terrible!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Boorman and the Devil (2026)

The Exorcist (1973)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

The Exorcist III (1990)

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Blow-Up (1966)

Rocky (1976)

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Excalibur (1981)

Grease (1978)

Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990)

The Apple (1980)

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)

The Odyssey (2026)

Barbie (2023)

Oppenheimer (2023)

The Thing (1982)

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Sorcerer (1977)

The Wages of Fear (1964)

Cruising (1980)

Bad Boy Bubby (1993)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Dangerous Men (2005)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

The Black Hole (1979)

Star Wars (1977)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Condorman (1981)

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Can’t Stop the Music (1980)

The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)

Xanadu (1980)

Hudson Hawk (1991)

A History of Violence (2005)

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

Batman Returns (1992)

Batman Forever (1995)

Looker (1981)

The Stepford Wives (1976)

Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Animal House (1978)

Midnight Madness (1980)

Meatballs (1979)

1941 (1979)

Jaws (1975)

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Dumbo (1941)

Scavenger Hunt (1979)

The Love Guru (2008)

Southland Tales (2007)

Room 237 (2012)

Ghost Boy (TBD)

Spice World (1998)

A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

Black Narcissus (1947)

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Our revamped Patreon!

The Hollywood Food Coalition

The Aero Theatre in Hollywood

Mark Kermode

John Boorman

Martin Scorsese

Michael Schultz

The A-Team TV series (1983-87)

Victor Hsu

Aerosmith

Earth Wind and Fire

Steve Martin

Carol Channing

The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles

Richard Kelly

Robert Evans

IMAX

TCL Chinese Theatre

Christopher Nolan

John Carpenter

William Friedkin

Menahem Golan

Rolf de Heer

Nicholas Hope

Cinefile Video

The Cannon Group

Joss Ackland

Walt Disney Pictures

Roddy Macdowall

Slim Pickens

Anthony Perkins

Michael Eisner

Jeffrey Katzenberg

ILM

TFH Guru Edgar Wright

The Venice Film Festival

Caitlyn Jenner

Allan Carr

Valerie Perinne

Steve Guttenberg

The Village People

Tammy Grimes

Paul Sand

Bill Butler

Nancy Walker

Disco

Jeffrey Schwartz

The cursed 1989 Rob Lowe Oscars

Michael Beck

Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles

Bruce Willis

Danny Aiello

Andie MacDowell

James Coburn

David Caruso

Sandra Bernhard

Richard E. Grant

Steven de Souza

Daniel Waters

TFH Guru Michael Lehmann

The Unmaking of Hudson Hawk by David Hughes (2026)

David Hughes’ Rogue Commentary podcast

Tim Burton

Batman

Val Kilmer

Nicole Kidman

Michael Crichton

Albert Finney

Susan Dey

Leigh Taylor-Young

HBO

Rick Rossovich

Tim Rossovich

CinemaScope

Barry De Vorzon

Michael J. Fox

David Naughton

Stephen Furst

Andy Tennant

CalTech

Eddie Deezen

The Exorcist TV series (2016-17)

Steven Spielberg

The Zoot Suit Riots

William Fraker

Treat Williams

Ned Beatty

Dan Aykroyd

John Belushi

Joe Flaherty

Christopher Lee

Toshiro Mifune

Warren OatesRobert Stack

Mickey Rourke

Wendie Jo Sperber

Nancy Allen

Murray Hamilton

Lorraine Gary

Tim Matheson

Columbia Pictures

Universal Pictures

Samuel Fuller

John Williams

The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles

Dick Miller

Vincent Price

Richard Benjamin

James Coco

Scatman Crothers

Ruth Gordon

Cloris Leachman

Cleavon Little

Roddy McDowall

Robert Morley

Richard Mulligan

Tony Randall

Dirk Benedict

Willie Aames

Stephanie Faracy

Richard Masur

Meat Loaf

Avery Schreiber

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mike Meyers

Cannes Film Festival

Rodney Ascher

Steven Poster

Moby

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Sean William Scott

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

Cheri Oteri

John Lovitz

Nora Dunn

John Larroquette

Miranda Richardson

Justin Timberlake

Kevin Smith

Janeane Garofalo

Wallace Shawn

Zelda Rubinstein

The Spice Girls

Richard O’Brien

Michael Powell

Emeric Pressburger

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.

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