About this episode
Writer, director, producer Ari Aster discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Eddington (2025) Midsommar (2019) Beau Is Afraid (2023) Heathers (1988) Batman Returns (1992) 3 Ninjas (1992) A Face In The Crowd (1957) Surf Ninjas (1993) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) Babe: Pig In The City (1998) Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Goodfellas (1990) Taxi Driver (1976) The Passion of the Christ (2004) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) A History of Violence (2005) The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Black Narcissus (1947) Peeping Tom (1960) Age of Consent (1969) Happiness (1998) The Piano Teacher (2001) Cul-de-sac (1966) The Servant (1963) Wake in Fright (1971) Four Lions (2010) Jam (2006) Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996) Abigail’s Party (1977) Grown-Ups (1980) Home Sweet Home (1982) Nuts in May (1976) Hard Labor (1973) Naked (1991) Secrets and Lies (1996) Vera Drake (2004) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Mr. Turner (2014) Topsy-Turvy (1999) Breaking The Waves (1996) Dogville (2003) Europa (1991) An Element of Crime (1984) Seventh Continent (1989) Benny’s Video (1992) 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) Caché (2005) The White Ribbon (2009) Funny Games (1997) Funny Games (2007) Punishment Park (1971) Edvard Munch (1974) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) The War Game (1966) Threads (1984) Ghost World (2001) Crumb (1995) Other Notable Items Our Patreon ! Our pals at Movies Unlimited The Hollywood Food Coalition The Chapo Traphouse Podcast Daniel Waters Tim Burton Batman Leslie Nielsen Rob Schneider Looney Tunes Tex Avary Harrison Ford Indiana Jones Martin Scorsese David Cronenberg Willem Dafoe The Criterion Collection Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger Harold Pinter Luis Buñuel Chris Morris Joseph Losey Blue Jam radio series (1997-99) Jam TV series (2000) Brass Eye (1997, 2001) The Chris Morris Music Show (1994) On the Hour radio show (1991-92) The Day Today radio show (1994) David Lynch Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- ) Mike Leigh BBC Michael Haneke Lars Von Trier The Kingdom TV series (1994, 1997, 2022) Dogme 95 Robert Bresson Peter Watkins Darius Khondji Our Daniel Clowes podcast Eightball comic by Daniel Clowes (1989-2003) Robert Crumb Zap Comix comic series (1968-2014) Terry Zwigoff Monica graphic novel by Daniel Clowes (2023) This list is also available on Movies Unlimited . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices