Movie star Kristen Stewart, who's making her directorial debut with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, unpacks the movies that made her with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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Movies Referenced In This Episode

Punch Drunk Love (2002)

Uncut Gems (2019)

The Chronology of Water (2025)

Infested (2002)

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

St. Maud (2019)

River of Grass (1994)

First Cow (2019)

Meeks Cutoff (2010)

Badlands (1973)

The Mastermind (2025)

Panic Room (2002)

Female Perversions (1996)

Working Girl (1988)

Working Girls (2025)

9 to 5 (1980)

Angela (1995)

Angela’s Ashes (1999)

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Burden of Dreams (1982)

Hearts of Darkness (1991)

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Jingle All The Way (1996)

Waterworld (1995)

Solaris (1972)

The Greatest Night in Pop (2025)

The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)

The Brutalist (2024)

Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Rachel, Rachel (1968)

Wanda (1971)

Targets (1968)

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Shadows (1959)

Faces (1968)

A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

Husbands (1979)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

Opening Night (1977)

Gloria (1980)

Sometimes A Great Notion (1971)

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Jeopardy! TV series (1964- )

Adam Sandler

Ken Kesey 

Our Rose Glass podcast episode

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Kelly Reichardt 

Sissy Spacek

Larry Fessenden

David Fincher

Tony Plana

The Criterion Channel

Jesse Eisenberg

The New Yorker

Melanie Griffith

The Laemmle Theatres

AMC Theatres

Our Rebecca Miller podcast episode

Girls TV series (2012-17)

Marlon Brando

Imogen Poots

Klaus Kinski

Jim Belushi

Brian Levant

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Kevin Costner

Thora Birch

Andrei Tarkovsky 

Bob Dylan

“All Along The Watchtower” cover by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)

Frank Sinatra

“We Are The World” song by USA For Africa (1985)

Mona Fastvold

Amanda Seyfried

Christopher Abbott

Paul Newman

Ethan Hawke

Joanne Woodward

The Last Movie Stars documentary miniseries (2022)

Barbara Loden

Elia Kazan 

Peter Bogdanovich

Polly Platt

A History of Rock in 500 Songs podcast

The Kinks

Ray Davies 

Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation Against Themselves book by Sophie Gilbert (2025)

Francis Ford Coppola

The Palme d’Or

The Academy Awards

American Zoetrope

John Cassavetes

Gena Rowlands

Paul Newman
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Filmmaker Clint Bentley discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with writer/director Mary Bronstein

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Mary Bronstein discusses a few of her favorite formative films with Josh Olson.

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Movies Referenced In This Episode

If You Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)

Repulsion (1965)

Antichrist (2009)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Marty Supreme (2025)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

Shampoo (1975)

The Matrix (1999)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Wanda (1971)

Rules Don’t Apply (2016)

Gypsy (1962)

West Side Story (1961)

Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)

The Hot Rock (1972)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

East of Eden (1955)

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Bus Stop (1956)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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Conan O’Brien

A$AP Rocky

TFH Guru Illeana Douglas’ Connecticut in the Movies book (2023)

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PBS

Turner Classic Movies

The Video Archives rental shop in Manhattan Beach, CA and later Hermosa Beach, CA

Quentin Tarantino

Kim’s Video shop in NYC

Warren Beatty

Faye Dunaway

Arthur Penn

French New Wave

Jean Luc Godard

Natalie Wood

Barbara Loden 

Eliah Kazan

Ella Beatty

Howard Hughes

Ethel Merman

Rosalind Russell

Steve McQueen

Robert Redford

Elizabeth Taylor

Richard Burton

Betty Davis

Joan Crawford

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92)

The Academy Awards

James Dean

Raymond Massey

East of Eden novel by John Steinbeck (1952)

Nicholas Ray

Rose Byrne

Marilyn Monroe

Lee Strasberg

The Actor’s Studio

Ridley Scott

Callie Khouri

Brad Pitt

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Featured trailers for films mentioned in the previous episode.

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DUST BUNNY writer/director Bryan Fuller discusses his favorite gateway horror films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Gremlins (1984)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

The Running Man (2025)

Dust Bunny (2025)

Dirty Harry (1971)

Explorers (1985)

Piranha (1978)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

The Howling (1981)

Coma (1978)

The Great Train Robbery (1976)

The ‘Burbs (1989)

Alien (1979)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Humanoids From The Deep (1980)

The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Scream (1996)

The Terminator (1984)

Time Bandits (1981)

Mad Max (1979)

Weapons (2025)

Hostel (2005)

Saw (2004)

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Poltergeist (1982)

Star Wars (1977)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

ET The Extraterrestrial (1982)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Thing (1982)

Stand By Me (1985)

Goonies (1985)

The Shining (1980)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Invaders From Mars (1986)

Labyrinth (1986)

The Dark Crystal (1982)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Casino Royale (2006)

The Black Hole (1979)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Bambi (1941)

Escape From Witch Mountain (1975)

The Cat From Outer Space (1978)

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Grimm's Fairy Tales of Lustful Couples (1969)

Silent Running (1971)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1983)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990)

Die Hard (1988)

Rocky (1976)

Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985)

Howling III: The Marsupials (1988)

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Laurence Fishburne

Margery Simkin

Sophie Sloan

Columbia Pictures

Our Ethan Hawke podcast episode

Jerry Goldsmith

Pino Donaggio

Brian De Palma

Alexandre Desplat

David Byrne

Brian Eno

John Williams

Alien photo novel by Richard J Anobile (1979)

Star Trek TV series (1966-68)

Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79)

Johnny Mathis

Watchmen graphic novel series by Alan Moore (1986-87)

Pushing Daisies TV series (2007-09)

Sean Connery

Robin Hood 

Terry Gilliam

Sid Sheinberg

Tobe Hooper

Steven Spielberg

Amblin

Craig T. Nelson

JoBeth Williams

Howard Hawks 

TFH Guru John Sayles

Bryan’s Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror TV series (2022)

Briana Venskus

Wil Wheaton

River Phoenix

Dave Grusin

The MPAA’s PG-13 rating

Louise Fletcher

Jim Henson

Animal the Muppet

The Muppet Show TV series (1976-81)

Zach Galligan

Kate Capshaw

Harrison Ford

Ke Huy Quan

Mads Mikkelson

Walt Disney Pictures

The Love Boat

Ernest Borgnine

Joseph Bottoms

Shudder

Cinderella 

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Marie Liljedahl

Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Bruce Dern

Wolfgang Petersen

Barrett Oliver

Noah Hathaway

James Bond

Sybil Danning
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Featured trailers for movies discussed with Daniel Bessner

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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)

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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)

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The Indiana Jones franchise

Mel Gibson

Daniel’s American Prestige interview with Glen Lowry

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Selected trailers for movies discussed with Edgar Wright.

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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)

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