Patton Oswalt

Talking Pictures

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Tv & Film

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.9	Have you honed your Hermione impression
0:23.7	or defended your Draco crush at a dinner party?
0:26.8	Same.
0:27.5	I'm Rihanna Dillon, host of Harry Potter, the official film podcast,
0:31.3	but we dive deep into each film to dissect the hottest takes,
0:34.7	the tiniest details, and behind the scenes magic.
0:37.8	Oh, Harry, snatch that snitch.
0:40.3	Hey, this is our guy.
0:41.6	So grab your wands and join us.
0:44.0	Watch Harry Potter, the official film podcast on HBO Max, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:53.0	Hello again.
0:54.1	Thanks for joining me on Talking Pictures. So we just launched this new season out of my home office,
1:00.5	aka Citizen Cave. Thanks to Edgar Wright for that. He was the first person I interviewed this season,
1:07.0	our third. That episode gave you a sense of how the show looks. Well, now we are immediately
1:13.0	breaking format with a live conversation with Pat and Oswald. It's not live right now, obviously.
1:19.7	I mean, this is a podcast, but it was recorded live in front of an audience at the Roosevelt
1:24.4	Hotel in late April in Hollywood the night before the start of the TCM
1:28.9	classic film festival. It was a great event and a packed house. I knew it would be. Patton Oswald
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