This week, writer/director Jason Reitman (Saturday Night, Juno, Up in the Air) joins host Ben Mankiewicz to talk about growing up on a movie set, his brief stint writing for Saturday Night Live, and the joys of directing George Clooney. Reitman also reveals what his father, the late director Ivan Reitman, taught him about storytelling and making movies. During the Super 8, Jason surprises Ben with the movie props in his enviable collection.

Films Mentioned:

Meatballs
Stripes
Ghostbusters
Dave
Thank You For Smoking
Juno
Inglourious Basterds
Animal House
Up in the Air*
Saturday Night
The Front Runner
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
The Fabelmans
Westworld
Jurassic Park*
Twins
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Back to the Future
Jaws
The Godfather
Election
Dr. Strangelove
Harold and Maude
Shampoo
Carnal Knowledge
The Graduate
Taxi Driver
The Conversation
Run Lola Run
The Blair Witch Project
Sexy Beast
American Psycho
Wet Hot American Summer
Pulp Fiction
Dazed and Confused
Slacker*
Bad News Bears
Boyhood
A Scanner Darkly
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
Field of Dreams
Stand by Me
Breaking Away
Little Miss Sunshine
24 Hour Party People
Casablanca*
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Magnolia
Boogie Nights
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Singin' in the Rain*

*Available on Max as of 12/10 (Availability of titles subject to change)

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