The Projection Booth

On this special episode, Mike talks with editors A.J. Catoline and Melissa McCoy about their work on Ted Lasso. They discuss how the show comes together in the editing room and wrapping up the series. 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 

We continue talking about comedic films this month with a look at Stacy Title’s The Last Supper. Released in 1995, the film is a dark comedy where a handful of liberals decide to try and make the world a better place by poisoning scuzzball right-wingers and planting them in their garden. Martin Kessler and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the movie while producer and star Jonathan Penner and writ...

On this special episode, Mike talks with producer Natalie Perrotta about her career including one of her latest films, God is a Bullet which opens June 23, 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 

Yes, you read that right, this is the long-delayed episode with coverage of Fantasia 2022. This episode features three interviews. On the first you'll hear from director Mali Elfman and actress Katie Parker about Next Exit (streaming now on Hulu), then director Rodrigo Gudiño about his movie The Breach, and finally director Luke Higginson and actress Gabrielle Graham discuss Relax, I'm from The Fu...

We’re kicking off a month of discussing comedy films with a look at Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. Released in 1985 the film was written by Joseph Minion and stars Griffin Dunne as Paul Hackett, a yuppie stuck in a Kafkaesque night in Soho. Chris Stachiw and Tim Luz join Mike to discuss one of Scorsese's more unusual films. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-p...

We conclude our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. We wrap up with 1979’s Murder by Decree. Directed by Bob Clark, the film is a mix of British and Canadian actors including Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes and James Mason as Doctor Watson. The fictional pair are put on the path of the very real Jack the Ri...

We continue our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. On this episode we’re discussing The Seven-Per-Cent Solution from 1976. Directed by Herbert Ross and written by Nicholas Meyer -- and based on his first of many Sherlock Holmes books -- the film finds Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) in the grip of cocaine addi...

On this special episode, Mike talks with filmmaker Sheldon Lettich, actor Brian Thompson, and author Corey Danna (who wrote Sheldon Lettich: From Vietnam to Van Damme). We discuss Mr. Danna's book as well as Mr. Lettich's first short film, Firefight, which is now available to view on YouTube. Book: https://amzn.to/3HvhnEr Firefight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-54CUoY_380 Become a supporter of...

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with actors Kate Nash and Toby Sebastian about the 2023 film, Coffee Wars. It's the story if an idealistic young woman, Jo (Kate Nash) who is struggling to make ends meet while making environmentally-friendly coffee. She enters into a contest in hopes of making enough money to make ends meet only to be met by her rival, Rudy (Toby Sebasti...

We continue our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. On this episode we’re discussing 1975’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother. Written and directed by, and starring Gene Wilder, the film tells the tale of Sigerson Holmes. The movie also stars some other familiar faces from Mel Brooks’s troupe of a...

Filmmaker Adam Leipzig discusses a fraction of his long, illustrious career from his early days at Disney to producing films like Titus and The Associate to March of the Penguins and A Plastic Ocean and his latest venture as the CEO of MediaU. Learn more at https://www.mediau.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a...

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--5513239/support . Become a supporte...

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 Privat...

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--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

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...

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--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

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....

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--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Pr...

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--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/pr...

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/ Becom...

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--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth 

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--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbo...

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...

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....

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--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth