Patton Oswalt

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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