The Projection Booth

On this special episode Mike talks with three of the folks behind the film Quicksand, director JohnPaul Morris and stars Tanner Presswood and Simon Elias. The film opened September 19 2023 and is available as a limited theatrical run as well as digital on-demand. Find out more at: https://www.quicksandmovie.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-bo...

On this special episode Mike talks with Kevyn Major Howard, Lou Pizarro, and Stephen Rigg about their new film, A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of the Making of Full Metal Jacket. Currently, the project is seeking funding via IndieGoGo. Help make the project a success at: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-modern-art-masterpiece-full-metal-jacket Become a supporter of this podcast: ht...

Our request month continues with one from listener and Patreon donor Dallas Norvell. "Mondo" Heather Drain and Brad "Cinema Snob" Jones join Mike to look at Gary Sherman’s 1982 film Vice Squad. The film stars Season Hubley as Princess. She’s a devoted mom by day and a working girl by night who works hard for the money so you better treat her right. She gets into all kinds of hi-jinks over one craz...

Beth Accomando and John Atom on our month of requests with one from John Atom himself! It’s Kim Ki-Duk’s Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring from 2003. It’s a meditative film about a young man and his master as they pass through different stages of life represented by the different seasons of the title. The film stars writer/director Kim Ki-Duk as the adult version of the young monk and Oh...

Writer/director/star Michael Jai White talks with Mike White about his latest film, Outlaw Johnny Black, an action/western homage to movies like Take A Hard Ride, Buck and the Preacher Man, Joshua, etc. The film plays select theaters starting September 15, 2023. Check local listings. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become...

On this Special Episode, Mike talks with Gary Smart, Christopher Griffiths, and Eastwood Allen,, three of the filmmakers behind the four+ hour documentary RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop. The doc is currently being released one episode a week via ScreamBox. and will be released on Blu-Ray on October 17, 2023. Order it via https://amzn.to/3Ld2Ejr Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spr...

Otto Bruno and Rahne Alexander join Mike to discuss the 1937 Archie Mayo film, Black Legion. Based loosely on the actual racist terrorist organization from Detroit, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as Frank Taylor, a man who gets passed over for a promotion by one of those darned immigrants. He does the only thing that makes sense by joining a hate group and trying to bolster his manhood with violen...

On this special episode, Mike talks with author Frank Uhle about his book Cinema Ann Arbor: How Campus Rebels Forged a Singular Film Culture, it's a terrific book about the history of film societies (and film culture) on the University of Michigan's campus and around Ann Arbor. Buy the book at https://www.cinemaannarbor.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-...

Adam Schartoff and Joseph Aisenberg join Mike to talk about about the 1969 film The Night of the Following Day. Directed by Hubert Cornfield, the film is based on Lionel White’s novel, The Snatchers, where the kidnapping plot was so ingenious that some French criminals used it to abduct the Peugeot heir. Ironically, the film would move the New York setting of the novel to France though it stars mo...

Screenwriter Ed Solomon discusses his work with Steven Soderbergh including the new Max show, Full Circle. He also talks about his podcast, Word by Word, and spills the beans on why the sequel to Now You See Me wasn't what one would expect... Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at ht...

On our long-delayed ninth chapter of "Reading of the Lost Ark", Mike talks with Howard Kazanjian about the J.W. Rinzler biography, Howard Kazanjian: A Producer's Life. They discuss working with Alfred Hitchcock, on The Empire Strikes Back, The Return of the Jedi, Demolition Man, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Get Howard's book at https://amzn.to/45M3wTQ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://ww...

We conclude Sci-Fi July with a look at Robert Longo 's Johnny Mnemonic (1995). The film was based on a story by and adapted by William Gibson and stars Keanu Reeves as the titular Mr. Mnemonic, a data courier with an implant in his cranium. He’s hired by a trio of scientists who overload his hard drive with the cure for a disease of the future. Duane Swierczynski and Dahlia Schweitzer join Mike to...

Mike talks with author Nat Segaloff about his latest book, The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear, a comprehensive look at William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist and all of the film's unholy progeny. Buy the book at https://amzn.to/3Pd84x2 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projecti...

Sci-Fi July continues with a look at Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017). It’s the story of K (Ryan Gosling). He’s a replicant experiencing memories where he thinks he’s the chosen one, a product of a replicant and human pairing. Of course, that Replicant is Rachel (Sean Young) and the human is Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) which, I guess settles the whole thing about Deckard being a human...

Concluding coverage of Fantasia 2023, Mike talked with filmmaker Todd "Max" Carey about his documentary tOuch Kink, a look at the stigmatization of fetishism and BDSM. Get more information at http://www.touchkink.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/proje...

Mike fanboys about RuPaul's Drag Race again as he talks with Jamie Martin, Lead Editor. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Mike talks with Anthony Penta, the creative force behind the new documentary video essay We Kill for Love (2023) all about the erotic thriller phenomenon of the 1980s and '90s. The film looks at the history, production, themes, and impact of the genre. Find out more at https://yellowveilpictures.com/we-kill-for-love/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projecti...

Mike fanboys about RuPaul's Drag Race again as he talks with Gianna Costa and her career as a production designer. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Stunt coordinator Deven MacNair discusses her career as a stunt woman, intimacy coordinator, wrestler, and more. She also talks about her work on the new film, Bottoms, which opens August 25, 2023. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Friend of The Projection Booth, Stephen Scarlata (host of The Best Movies Never Made podcast) discusses his directorial debut, Sharksploitation, a terrific documentary about the vilification and exploitation of sharks in movies. The film is streaming on Shudder. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Pr...

Director Melissa Miller Costanzo talks about her career and her latest film, The List (2023), a comedy about a couple's "free pass" list. The film opens on August 25, 2023. Check local listings! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Sci-Fi July continues with a discussion of Ralph Bakshki’s WIZARDS. Released in 1977, the film stars the voices of Bob Holt as Avatar and Jesse Welles as Elinore. The film is an illuminating history bearing on the everlasting struggle for world supremacy fought between the powers of technology and magic. Or something like that. Vincenzo Natali and Agatha Luz join Mike to discuss this Tolkeinesque...

Mike speaks to directors Charles and Thomas Guard about their latest feature, Deadshot (2023) which opens at select theaters August 18, 2023. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

Mike talks to Emmy-nominated casting director Theo Park about her work on Ted Lasso. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

In John Woo's Face/Off, Sean Archer (John Travolta), a FBI Agent whose son was killed by his enemy, Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage). Six years later Troy has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. and, after he’s accidentally put into a coma, Archer must put on Troy’s face in order to find where the bomb is at. Samm Deighan and A.J. Black join Mike to discuss this landmark action film while screenwriters Mi...