The Movies That Made Me

• Criterion Collection producer Karen Stetler

  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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• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author WARREN ZANES

  Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author Warren Zanes discusses the ten most important Bruce Springsteen songs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere writer/director SCOTT COOPER

  Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere writer/director Scott Cooper discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (2025) Crazy Heart (2009) The Last Picture Show (1971) Out of the Furnace (2013) The Deer Hunter (1978) Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) Tender Mercies (1983) Black Mass (2015) The Conversation (1974) Badlands (1973) Days of Heaven (1978) Hostiles (2017) Antlers (2021) Heat (1995) Thief (1981) Ferrari (2024) A Boy And His Dog (1975) Unforgiven (1992) A History of Violence (2005) Naked Lunch (1991) Spyder (2002) Gerry (2002) The Instigators (2024) Gone Baby Gone (2007) Se7en (1995) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Martin Scorsese Bruce Springsteen Deliver Me from Nowhere book by Warren Zanes (2023) Our Warren Zanes podcast episode Nebraska album by Bruce Springsteen (1982) Telluride Film Festival Stephen Graham “Born To Run” song by Bruce Springsteen (1975) "Dream Baby Dream" song by Suicide (1979), cover by Bruce Springsteen Somewhere North of Nashville album by Bruce Springsteen (2025) Nebraska ‘82: Expanded Edition album by Bruce Springsteen (2025) Jon Landau Born In The USA album by Bruce Springsteen (1984) “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” song by Bruce Springsteen (1978) Sam Cooke Al Teller Our David Krumholtz podcast episode “Mansion On The Hill” song by Bruce Springsteen (1982) “My Father’s House” song by Bruce Springsteen (1982) Columbia Records Al Teller Jean Renoir Peter Bogdanovich Jeff Bridges Christian Bale Casey Affleck Woody Harrelson Forest Whitaker Zoe Saldana Willem Dafoe Sam Sheppard Michael Cimino Clint Eastwood The American Cinematheque The DGA Building William Friedkin Mike Nichols Robert Duvall Johnny Depp Whitey Bulger Terrence Malick Guillermo del Toro “Badlands” song by Bruce Springsteen Sissy Spacek Charles Starkweather Caril Ann Fugate Michael Mann Miami Vice TV series (1984-89) Don Johnson James Caan Al Pacino Francis Ford Coppola Willie Nelson Merle Haggard The El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles Quentin Tarantino Ron Howard Vince Vaughn David Cronenberg Ed Harris Viggo Mortensen New Line Cinema Ralph Fiennes The Criterion Collection Maria Bello Darkness On The Edge Of Town album by Bruce Springsteen (1978) Our Casey Affleck podcast episode Matt Damon  Gus Van Sant TFH Guru Dennis Lehane Ben Affleck Toby Emmerich Spike Lee Chuck D “Fight The Power” song by Public Enemy (1989) Petty: The Biography book by Warren Zanes (2015) This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• The Movies That Made Me Halloween Jam 2025

  It’s Halloween 2025, and The Movies That Made Me is getting gruesome. Josh and Joe call in the ghosts of episodes past for a wicked roundtable of horror favorites—ranging from cult curiosities to midnight movie masterpieces. If you crave atmosphere, mayhem, and monsters, this year’s Halloween Jam is your cinematic séance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• EDDINGTON writer/director Ari Aster - Part 2

  The discussion continues between The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante and Eddington writer/director Ari Aster. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Barry Lyndon (1976) Lolita (1962) Lolita (1997) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Defending Your Life (1991) Real Life (1979) Mother (1996) High Anxiety (1977) Silent Movie (1976) Blazing Saddles (1974) Elephant Man (1981) Robocop (1987) Flesh + Blood (1985)  The Fourth Man (1983) Soldier of Orange (1977) Turkish Delight (1973) Starship Troopers (1997) Infested (2002) Basic Instinct (1992) Total Recall (1990) Showgirls (1995) Hollow Man (2000) Black Book (2006) Taxi Driver (1976) The Wild Bunch (1969) Straw Dogs (1974) Audition (1999) Ichi The Killer (2001) Gozu (2003) Devils On The Doorstep (2000) Twentynine Palms (2003) Zabriskie Point (1970) Looking For Mr Goodbar (1977) Fat Girl (2001) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Blue Velvet (1986) Walkabout (1971) Psycho (1960) Vertigo (1958) A History of Violence (2005) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Ivan’s Childhood (1962) Andrei Rublev (1966) Imitation of Life (1959) The Baby of Mâcon (1993) The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982) Written on the Wind (1956)  There’s Always Tomorrow (1956) Mildred Pierce (1945) The Butcher Boy (1997) The Heart of the World (2000) Rumours  (2024) Dimensions of Dialogue (1983) Daisies (1966) The Cremator (1969) Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) World of Glory (1991) Songs From The Second Floor (2000) A Swedish Love Story (1970) Playtime (1967) Billy’s Balloon (1998) World of Tomorrow (2015) Elephant (1989) Eddington (2025) Matinee (1993) Other Notable Items Our Patreon! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition Marx Brothers  Woody Allen Albert Brooks Stanley Kubrick Mel Brooks Coen BrothersBruce Jay Friedman  James Mason Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) Adrian Lyne Peter Sellers Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- ) Carl Reiner David Lynch Paul Verhoeven Casper Van Dien Michael Douglas Takashi Miike Bruno Dumont  Michelangelo Antonioni Vinegar Syndrome Diane Keaton Catherine Breillat  Alfred Hitchcock David Cronenberg Pedro Almodovar Douglas Sirk Terrence Malick Roy Andersson  Jacques Tati Spike Lee Nicolas Roeg The Criterion Collection Russ Meyer Daniel Clowes Steven Spielberg Brian De Palma Robert Altman Andrei Tarkovsky Peter Greenaway Rembrandt Sacha Vierny  Dallas TV series (1978-91) Dynasty TV series (1981-89) Fred MacMurray Eamonn Owens  Neil Jordan The Butcher Boy novel by Patrick McCabe (1992) Guy Maddin Evan Johnson Sergei Eisenstein The Toronto International Film Festival Our Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode Jan Švankmajer  The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson (1979-1995) Don Hertzfeldt Alan Clarke This list is also available on Movies Unlimited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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