The Projection Booth

One of the best films of 2022, Mike speaks with director/co-writer Graham Mason and actor/co-writer Ikechukwu Ufomadu about their modern "howcatchem" Inspector Ike, a throwback to Columbo with a modern twist. Break out your chili and enjoy! Buy the movie at https://amzn.to/3v8aLpt Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a...

Jeremy Richey returns to the Projection Booth to discuss his new book, Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol. Pick up the book at https://www.cultepics.com/product-detail/sylvia-kristel-from-emmanuelle-to-chabrol/ 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/pro...

Carol Borden (The Cultural Gutter) and Samm Deighan (Twitch of the Death Nerve) join Mike to discuss two adaptations of Edogawa Rampo's Kurotokage. The 1962 was adapted by Kaneto Shindô and directed by Umetsugu Inoue while the 1968 was adapted by Masashige Narusawa and directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Both were based on the stage play version by Yukio Mishima. Professor Earl Jackson discusses the stran...

On this special episode Mike talks with filmmaker Harrison Atkins about his work as a director and editor. Harrison recently edited Jake Wachtel's Karmalink and Alex Heller's The Year Between which is playing festivals now. Learn more about The Year Between at https://www.theyearbetweenfilm.com/ and Harrison Atkins at https://harrisonatkins.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spre...

On this special episode, Mike talks to Anna Gutto about her career in the theater as well as her feature film debut, Paradise Highway (2022). Check your local movie listings to see Paradise Highway. 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 Sci-Fi July with a look at Mike Hodges’s Morons from Outer Space. Written by Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, the film tells the tale of a quartet of less-than-bright intergalactic travelers who crash land on Earth. The film lampoons the idea that we of Earth may be visited by beings from outer space only to find that they’re not as enlightened as we’d fancy them to be. Cecil Trachenbur...

Mike talks with director / co-writer Jake Wachtel about his feature film debut, Karmalink (2021), a Cambodian sci-fi film. The film is available now. Find out more at https://gooddeedentertainment.com/karmalink/ 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/projection...

On this special episode, Mike talks with filmmaker Bryan Mason about his work including the new film Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (2022) as well as earlier work including 52 Tuesdays, and Shut Up, Little Man! 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/projectionboo...

We continue Sci-Fi July with a look at Jack Arnold’s The Incredible Shrinking Man. Based on the book by, and adapted by, Richard Matheson, the film tells the story of Scott Carey (Grant Williams), a man who goes through a mysterious fog bank on the ocean only to find that it’s caused his body to inexplicably shrink. John Atom (Heroic Purgatory) and Emily Intravia (Feminine Critique) join Mike to d...

On this special episode, Mike talks with director Stacey Souther about his documentary, Valerie (2019). The film focuses on Valerie Perrine (Lenny, Superman, Can't Stop the Music), her career, and her struggle with Parkinson's Disease. Buy the film now at https://amzn.to/3PS0YM5 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Become a su...

On this special episode, Mike talks to Mark Jason Murray, author of Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself: The Authorized Biography of Rudy Ray Moore AKA Dolemite. A book 30 years in the making, Murray discusses his friendship with Moore, working on Dolemite is My Name, and much more. Pick up your copy today at https://www.rudyraymoore.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com...

Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and produced by Andrew Eaton, Code 46 stars Tim Robbins as William Geld, a fraud investigator who travels to Shanghai to interview the employees of The Sphinx, a company that produces letters of transit. Meanwhile, Samantha Morton plays Maria Gonzalez, the forger of these papers. The two have a connection... a very deep connection... which will eventually doom their...

Sci Fi July with the first entry in the Star Trek film franchise, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). After a decade without a live-action version of Star Trek the crew reunite to embark on a very familiar mission: a Gene Roddenberry special where a god-like creature judges humanity to be lacking. Our episode features interviews with story writer Alan Dean Foster, associate producer Jon Povill,...

Hear about some of the titles that are playing at the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival. Learn more at https://fantasiafestival.com/en/ 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 Sullivan and Josh Hadley join Mike White to discuss the 1986 comedy Whoops Apocalypse. Loosely based on the 1982 British TV series of the same name, it’s a story of chicanery and political intrigue centered on the obscure and fictional British territory of Santa Maya. A power struggle around this small island leads to heightened tensions between the UK, US, and USSR. Producer Brian Eastman an...

Heather Drain and Kat Ellinger join Mike to discuss Billy Wilder’s Buddy Buddy (1981). The movie is yet another pairing of Walter Mathau and Jack Lemmon. This time they’re filling the shoes of Lino Ventura and Jacques Brel in this remake of Edouard Molinaro’s L'Emmerdeur. Matthau plays Trabucco, a ruthless hitman, while Lemmon plays Victor Clooney, a milquetoast whose wife left him three months pr...

On this special episode, Mike talks with director Neysan Sobhani about his feature film debut, Guidance (2021), a sci fi film shot in China about a new bit of technology that allows the user to know if someone is telling the truth or not. Find out more at https://www.guidancefilm.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support . Becom...

It's time to sine your pitty on the running kine with our episode all about Pootie Tang. Written and directed by (rightfully) disgraced comedian Louis CK, the film stars Lance Crouther as the titular Mr. Tang, a performer, poet, and potter who learns a lesson about himself and the evil corporate empire run by Dick Lecter (Robert Vaughn). Mike McGranahan and Josh Stewart join Mike to discuss this m...

On this special episode Mike talks with Joshua Grannell about his 2010 film All About Evil. The film stars Natasha Lyonne as Deborah Tennis, a movie theater manager who becomes a filmmaker, specializing in making gore films about those who have wronged her. The film will be streaming on Shudder and is getting a new blu-ray release from Severin Films. Pre-order here: https://amzn.to/39n4VJ7 Become...

Jonathan Penner discusses his career and his work programming three exploitation classics -- Tenement, Ms. 45, and Basket Case -- for the 2022 Tribeca film festival. Find out more at https://tribecafilm.com/festival/film/midnight 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.patr...

We’re looking at the 1980 film from director Robert Altman and writer Jules Feifer, Popeye. Based on the King Syndicate comic by E.C. Segar, it’s the story of a mariner (Robin Williams) who comes to the port town of Sweethaven looking for his father. He finds a town under the control of a mysterious man known only as The Commodore who has left his right hand man, Bluto (Paul L Smith), in charge of...

Mike speaks with producer Noa Durban and director Tom Stern about their upcoming feature documentary, The Butthole Surfers Movie. The film looks at the groundbreaking alternative art band The Butthole Surfers. The film is still in the funding stages. Donate at the film's official website, https://buttholesurfersmovie.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pro...

On this special episode, Mike talks to Dan Mirvish the director and co-writer of 18 1/2 (2022). It's a comedy thriller about the missing minutes from Nixon tapes starring Willa Fitzgerald and John Magaro. 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 

On this special episode Mike talks with Stuart Pankin a bit about his illustrious career including his work on Not Necessarily the News, Fatal Attraction, and his latest film, Deep in the Forest. 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 our month of discussions about Soviet Cinema with a double feature from Kira Muratova, Brief Encounters from 1967 and The Long Farewell from 1971. Brief Encounters got a very limited release while The Long Farewell was shelved before release. Both films finally got their day in the sun as the Cold War began to thaw. In Brief Encounters, two women are in love with the same man. The film...