Filmmaker Robert McGinley (Shredder Orpheus, Danger Diva) and actor Chris Mulkey (Broken Arrow, Boardwalk Empire) join Mike to talk about Jimmy Zip, the 1999 film that has been restored and slightly re-cut for a 2023 re-release. Visit https://boomcult.com for more details. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 27, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 385
The game is afoot as we kick off a month looking at four films featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. One of the most adapted characters in the history of cinema, we’ve all grown up with a variety of actors and interpretations of Holmes. In this series we’re looking at four from the 1970s and, in this episode, we are discussing Billy WIlder’s 1970 film The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. The film stars Robert Stephens as Holmes and Colin Blakely as Watson alon...
Apr 26, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 622
On this special episode, Mike talks with Jalmari Helander about his latest film, Sisu (2022), an exhilarating revenge film from Finland. The film opens on April 28, 2023 in the U.S. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 25, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 384
Chris Gore returns to The Projection Booth to talk about his latest project, the 2023 documentary Attack of the Doc! which relates the story of G4 TV and its flagship show, Attack of the Show. It's a great look at an era not-so-long ago that had a big impact on today's nerd culture. The film will be available streaming starting April 24, 2023. Visit https://www.attackofthedoc.com/ for more details. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast-...
Apr 24, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 386
On this special episode, Mike talks with Oscar Harding about his 2023 documentary, A Life on the Farm. The film's all about a particular, peculiar VHS tape and the man behind it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 20, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 383
We conclude French Month with Luis Bunuel’s 1930 film L’Age D’Or. Released in the wake of the Sound revolution, the film straddles the line between silence and sound presenting a series of stories that represent the five prismatic segments of a scorpion’s tail. Rob St. Mary and Robert Bellissimo join Mike to discuss this surrealist classic. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Boo...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Season 1Ep. 621
On this special episode Mike speaks with Chie Hayakawa the director of the 2022 film Plan 75. It's a slightly sci-fi look at Japan in ten years and how they handle the elderly. Find out where the film is playing near you at: https://www.kimstim.com/film/plan-75/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 18, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 381
On this special episode, Mike talks with writer/director/actor Mickey Reece on his latest film, Country Gold, which tells the tale of an up-and-coming star's time with legend George Jones. Country Gold is now streaming. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 17, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 380
On this special episode Mike speaks with Goran Topalovic. He currently serves as a Board Director and programmer at Subway Cinema and he's one of the folks who programmed the 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Swordfighting Heroes Edition which plays the Metrograph theater in New York April 21st to 30th 2023. See the line-up and buy tickets at https://metrograph.com/category/oldschool-kungfufest/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--551323...
Apr 16, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 382
On this special episode, Mike talks with Michelle Garza Cervera about her feature film debut, Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022). The film is now available to stream! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 14, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 379
Mike speaks with writer and co-director Dan Katzir about American Pot Story: Oaksterdam, a documentary about the struggle to legalize marijuana in California. Find out more at https://www.americanpotstory.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 13, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 375
Black History Month continues with a look at Phillip Fenty’s 1977 film The Baron. Originally known as Baron Wolfgang Von Tripps, the film stars Calvin Lockhart as Jason, a filmmaker who is trying to complete his film on Von Tripps only to have everything go wrong. His money man, Coke Man (Charles McGregor), is in dutch with one of his connections in the mob while Jason’s people in California want to re-cast the movie with a white guy and remove him from the project. Father Malone and David Walke...
Apr 12, 2023•2 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 611
On this special episode, Mike speaks with Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret about their feature film directing debut, The Worst Ones (Les Pires). The film is now available on Blu-Ray/DVD from Kino-Lorber. The French-Only interview is available at https://soundcloud.com/projectionbooth/lise-akoka-and-romane-gueret-on-the-worst-ones-french-version Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Boo...
Apr 11, 2023•16 min•Season 1Ep. 378
Cinematographer Julia Swain discusses her career including her latest work, Scrambled and The Wrath of Becky. Find out more at her website https://www.juliaswain.net/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 10, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 377
Chris Stachiw joins Mike to discuss the 1993 film from directors Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, Super Mario Bros. It's the story of two brothers, Mario Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi Mario (John Leguizamo) who cross over from Brooklyn, USA to another dimension ruled by the ruthless King Koopa (Dennis Hopper), in an attempt to rescue Princess Daisy (Samantha Mathis). Is their princess in another castle or will they be able to rescue her and make some coin along the way? This episode is a little ...
Apr 07, 2023•4 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 626
We conclude Black History Month with a look at Jamaa-Fanakaa’s Welcome Home Brother Charles. Released in 1975 it’s the story of our titular Brother Charles (Marlo Monte) who is picked up by the police and possibly castrated for being too “uppity”. Amid the crime and corruption of mid-seventies Los Angeles we follow Charles as he’s railroaded into jail and swears revenge upon his release. Gary Phillips and Jackie Stewart join Mike to discuss this bizarre story of vengeance. Sam Ingraffia talks ab...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 614
Mike talks with writer Randy Schmidt about his biography on Karen Carpenter and the 2023 documentary, Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection. Find out more at https://karencarpenterdoc.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Apr 03, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 376
French Month continues with a look at Jean Renoir’s Rules of the Game. Released originally in 1939, the film was based on Alfred de Musset's Les Caprices de Marianne and skewers French nobility in a comedy of manners. Released on the eve of World War II, the film was not a hit cut down to a mere 86 minute running time. It would later be expanded another 20 minutes in a version that not even Renoir had ever seen. Robert Bellissimo and Otto Bruno join Mike to discuss this beloved film. Become a su...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 619
Lee Demarbre (Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter) returns to The Projection Booth to discuss his latest film, Enter the Drag Dragon, a rollicking tale of kung fu, independent film, and drag. Do not watch this movie if you're from Tennessee. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Mar 28, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 374
Yaniv Eidelstein and Stephen Scarlata join Mike to look at Adrian Lyne’s 1990 film Jacob’s Ladder. It’s the story of Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) who’s platoon in Vietnam is attacked by unknown forces. He suffers from flashbacks of this horrific event in 1970s New York where he’s left his wife and is living with his co-worker, Jezebel (Elizabeth Peña). He is plagued, as well, by horrific visions of demons. Is Jacob going mad? Is he a victim of a government plot? Or is it something else entirely? S...
Mar 27, 2023•3 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 620
On this special episode, Mike talks with Quentin Dupieux all about his latest film, Smoking Causes Cancer, which is now playing at film festivals and will be streaming in late March, 2023. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Mar 24, 2023•13 min•Season 1Ep. 373
On this special episode, Mike talks with Artistic Director Kevin Monahan and Director of Programming Nicole McControversy about the 2023 Boston Underground Film Festival, a five-day fest focused on offbeat shorts and features. Check out the full program and buy tickets at https://bostonunderground.org/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projection...
Mar 24, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 372
On this special episode, Mike talks with Nate Orloff about his career as an editor from his early days at Bad Robot to his most recent gig, editing the fourth chapter of the John Wick series. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Mar 23, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 371
French Month continues with a look at Marcel Carne’s Children of Paradise. Released in 1945 and set in the early-mid 1800s, the film tells a winding tale of the woman Garance (Arletty) and the four men in her orbit: The mime Baptiste, the actor Frederick, the criminal Larcenaire, and the aristocrat Edouard. Keith Gordon and Samm Deighan join Mike to discuss the film as well as the compelling circumstances around its making. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 618
On this special episode, Mike talks with Austin and Meredith Bragg about their feature film debut, Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game. Based on the story of Roger Sharpe, the GQ journalist who proved that pinball is a game of skill, no chance, it's an ambitious and delightful debut. Find out more at https://pinballfilm.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www...
Mar 21, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 370
On this episode Mike talks with Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak about their new film A Disturbance in the Force. It's all about the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special and just had its premiere at South By Southwest. Be sure to visit their website https://www.holidayspecialdoc.com/ to find out when it's playing near you. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon....
Mar 15, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 369
Author and filmmaker Michael Maren discusses his latest film, A Little White Lie, which stars Michael Shannon as a reclusive writer invited to a conference that needs something to put it on the map for fear of shutting down. Find out more at https://www.instagram.com/mmaren/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Mar 14, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 368
On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Eric Hynes and Edo Choi about the First Look 2023 program from the Museum of the Moving Image. Find out more at https://movingimage.us/series/firstlook2023/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Mar 13, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 369
On this special episode, Mike talks with writer/director Matthew J. Saville about his film Juniper which stars Charlotte Rampling as Ruth, the cantankerous grandmother of Sam (George Ferrier), a rebellious teen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth...
Mar 10, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 367
French Month continues with a look at Jean-Pierre Melville’s Bob Le Flambeur. Released in 1956, the film was the first of many gangster films directed by Melville. Based on his story with dialogue by Auguste LeBreton, it tells the tale of Bob (Roger Duchesne), an aging man who robbed a bank 20 years prior, and now spends his time going from game to game -- craps, cards, whatever. He even has a slot machine in his Montmartre apartment. Samm Deighan and Andrew Leavold join Mike to discuss the film...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 617
