Talking Pictures
Patton Oswalt
Published: 21 May 2026 at 08:00 Europe/London
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Episode notes
Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt joins host Ben Mankiewicz for a live taping of Talking Pictures recorded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on the eve of the 2026 TCM Classic Film Festival. An obsessive movie fan, Patton sees hundreds of films a year; he hates talkers in theaters but loves when going to a movie turns into a bonding experience with strangers. From his acting career, he tells stories of being suspended in a tree on the set of “Magnolia” and doing a sex scene with Charlize Theron in “Young Adult.” In the Super 8, Oswalt shares films you’ll want to remember and see the first chance you get.
Films Mentioned:
- Young Adult
- Ratatouille
- The D.I.
- Halloween
- Magnolia
- Hard Eight
- Young Adult
- Stalag 17
- The Great Escape
- Yojimbo
- Bad News Bears, 1976
- Casablanca
- Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
- Return of the Living Dead
- Three Kings
- Gates of Heaven
- Bachelor Party
- Baby Driver
- After Life
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- Planet of The Apes
- Wait Until Dark
- Man With No Name
- A Catered Affair
- The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming
- Sergeant York
- The Taking of Pelham 123
- Female Trouble
- Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- The Twelve Chairs
- Blazing Saddles
- Ikiru
- Kingpin
- Quick Change
- Pig
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