The Projectors

Against all odds we managed to watch every best picture nominee before the 98th Academy Awards this coming Sunday so we got you a bonafide Oscars preview show! We reflect on some of the less boring Oscars moments, Bob finally weighs in on that time when James Franco & Anne Hathaway hosted the awards (15 years ago jfc), we discuss every best picture nominee and revisit the ones we previously di...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

We have a THICCCCC episode for you here. That’s just how it works with our states series. Pennsylvania begins and we got a lot of quality material to discuss. It’s bursting with fun facts of film and regionality. Angela sees “Rocky”for the first time. Chapterized for your convenience.    0:00 - Intro 10:19 - Angela’s PA book report 17:36 - The Philadelphia Story (1940) 46:38 - geography of “The Ph...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

This week we hit up four films from the pride of the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, Charles Burnett. Our “Body & Soul” theme means “black directors and black leads” and Charles Burnett is gonna scratch that auteur itch we’ve been craving. We’re discussing all of his feature films except for 2. “To Sleep With Anger” we’re saving for when we get to California in our states series and we coul...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

For our second edition of TRILOGISTS we figure we might want to discuss an ACTUAL trilogy and we might already have a contender for “Best Trilogy” that we’ve reviewed so far. It’s Valentines time so we’re already in the feeling but this romantic tale has no holiday obligation. The dude doesn’t even have money in the first movie. HE’S A BUM AND SHE’S MADE OF FRENCH PORCELAIN. Richard Linklater’s 19...

These special drops are anthology collections of “Shorty” episodes from our first film podcast “Documenteers” The episodes featured were originally Documenteers Shorty episode #’s 5, 60, & 71. These episodes were originally dropped in 2017 & 2019.   2026 Intro - 0:00 Men Buy Sex - 3:23 Gallery 33 Art Auction 1992 - 21:33 Pickup Artist Can’t Take a Hint - 40:01   Discussion Links: Men Buy S...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

We didn’t want to go quite as long as our opening episode of “Ain’t That America” but we just can’t get enough of Delaware! We gotta get our mouths on some of that SCRAPPLE! For part 2 of our film study of Delaware, we go to the more inland parts of the state, tackle some very low budget fare, encounter an all powerful writer/god  and get a proper introduction to a cartoon cult phenomenon. No stat...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

RIGHT HERE is where we begin “AIN’T THAT AMERICA” our state by state movie breakdown that will encompass years. At least 10 movies per state, with two episodes of 5 movie discussions. (see our parameters for the theme below) We’re going in order of statehood and the first U.S. state is amongst the hardest states to pull movies from but we got deep cuts, cult classics, and notorious film fare here...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

This is the premier episode of our series TRILOGISTS in which we discuss trilogies both obvious and unexpected. For this discussion we break down the first three numerical Mission: Impossible films that were produced under Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner’s production company from 1996 to 2006. We also revisit and score many of the trilogies that we’ve already discussed. 0:00 - Intro 4:46 - What is a T...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

In this precursor to our upcoming Trilogists episode we discuss some recent fare by three critically acclaimed directors. We talk Jimmy’s new Navi pic, recent movies from solo Safdies and we make some Oscar nomination predictions! 0:00 - Intro / Oscar Nominee Predictions 22:59 - Avatar: Fire & Ash 38:05 - Marty Supreme 1:06:42 - The Smashing Machine 1:34:45 - Outro Subscribe to THE PROJECTORS...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

These special drops are anthology collections of “Shorty” episodes from our first film podcast “Documenteers”   The episodes featured were originally Documenteers Shorty episode #’s 4, 19, 32 & 55 respectively originally dropped in 2018/2019 0:00 - Intro 2:21 - Arrival of a Train in La Ciotat 19:01 - Franz Reichelt Jumps from the Eiffel Tower 32:46 - Werner Herzog’s “The Herakles” 48:33 - A Ni...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

2025’s overall theme was “Getting it Twisted with M. Night Shyamalan”, in which we discussed every film from the twist master general himself. In the last stretch of the year we hit up his last three…er…four (we forgot one) and lay down a final Director Score for our favorite Indian-American Thrilladelphian. Will he score better than last year’s director, Lars Von Trier? At the end of the episode...

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

These special drops are anthology collections of “Shorty” episodes from our first film podcast “Documenteers” The episodes featured were originally Documenteers Shorty episode #’s 43 thru 46 originally dropped in December of 2019 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - We Are Wal-Mart 22:32 - Christmas With Dad 37:15 - Mr. Christmas 53:50 - The Christmas Light Killer

THE NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (1:31) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT Documenteers was a documentary themed podcast that ran from 2016 to 2020. The RSS feed was taken down but now we’re reposting these classic documentary film discussions every Tuesday for well over a hundred weeks. You can subscribe for more episodes of Documenteers and The Projectors on Youtube and podcast.

It’s our 3rd annual “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”. Obviously we’re discussing Christmas movies plus one we thought was a Christmas movie but it wasn’t. Oh well. Happy Holidays! 0:00 - Intro 7:31 - We’re No Angels (1955) 24:34 - Babes in Toyland (1961) 44:10 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) 52:47 - Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 1:18:39 - Prancer (1989) 1:42:24 - Outro Subscribe t...