The Movies That Made Me

IDIOTS co-writer/director Macon Blair

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: Impo

ONSLAUGHT star Adria Arjona

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

COYOTE VS. ACME director Dave Green

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 wit

BUDDY writer/director Casper Kelly

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 Reference

BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL director David Kittredge

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

GIVE IT UP writer/star Gareth Reynolds

Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante! Show Notes: Movies Referenced I

AMERICAN PSYCHO co-writer/director Mary Harron

Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante chop it up with writer/director Mary Harron, the maestro behind the immortal American Psycho, about the movies that made her as a kid! Sho

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

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

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

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 Reference

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:

HOKUM writer/director Damian McCarthy

HOKUM writer/director Damian McCarthy breaks down the movies that had a massive impact on him growing up in the '80s and '90s with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show N

ARROW UK's Neil Snowdon

Arrow UK’s Neil Snowdon walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through five movies he’s proud to have released via Arrow, and five he wishes he could release. Show Notes:

TRAILER SHOW: RZA

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE director RZA on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me! Check out the full episo

ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE writer/director RZA

The RZA is BACK! He breaks down the 10 movies that inspired him while making his latest flick, One Spoon of Chocolate — in theaters this Friday! As a bonus, he and host J

TRAILER SHOW: Severin Films' David Gregory

Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with Severin Films head honcho David Gregory on a new episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me! Watch the full episode ⁠⁠

THE MUMMY writer/director Lee Cronin

Writer/director Lee Cronin (THE MUMMY, EVIL DEAD RISE) breaks down the eight movies that made him before he turned 10 — plus movies he's seen since that deserve more shin

Severin Films' David Gregory

Severin Films co-founder David Gregory joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down five of his favorite movies that Severin has released in special restorations, a

FOR ALL MANKIND visual effects maestro Todd Sheridan Perry

Our podcast The Movies That Made Me returns from our post-Oscar hiatus with a brand-new guest! Visual effects supervisor and artist Todd Sheridan Perry breaks down the to