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Episode 47: Score (1974) Special Guest: Radley Metzger Break out the pepper mill and poppers, it’s time to talk about Radley Metzger’s groundbreaking erotica, Score. Bring someone you want to excite. This week’s co-host knows a thing or two about erotic films. Lisa Vandever of the Cinekink Film Festival has seen more than her fair […]
Episode 306: Fantastic Planet (1973) Vincenzo Natali and Jeffrey Babcock join Mike to look at the 1973 film from René Laloux, Fantastic Planet.Also known as La Planète Sauvage, this animated film was based on a book by Stefan Wul called Oms en série with visuals designed by Roland Topor of the Panic Movement. The film […]
Episode 304: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) Special Guests: Dean Defino, Jimmy McDonough Guest Co-Hosts: Beth Accomando, Miguel Rodriguez Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to violence-the word and the act. A trio of busty go-go dancers (Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams) kill a man in the desert and kidnap his girlfriend before attempting to rob a […]
Special Guests: Roger Christian, Michael Kaminsky, Chris Taylor, Alexandre O. Philippe, Harmy Guest Co-Host: Mr. Chris Continuing our Maudit May series, we look at George Lucas’s Star Wars (AKA Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), the sci-fi film from 1977 that has been rendered unavailable in its original form due to its creator’s tampering. […]
Special Report: Manos the Hands of Fate Redux Special Guests: Jackey Neyman Jones, Rachel Jackson, Ben Solovey The may be the first time we’ve done a sequel episode. Not the sequel to a film but the sequel to an episode we did back in January, 2012. On there we discussed the classic film Manos: The […]
Episode 242: Häxan Special Guest: Robert Thurston A look at the 1922 film by director Benjamin Christensen, Häxan, an odd artistic mash-up of what can only be described as a university slide show lecture, a documentary featuring reenactments, and a horror film. That’s what makes Häxan such a singular film over 90 years later. Links: Buy […]
Special Guests: Peter Tscherkassky & David Labiosa Guest Co-Host: Daniel Kremer Based on a book by and adapted by Frank De Felitta, The Entity was directed by Sidney J. Furie and stars Barbara Hershey as Carla Moran, a woman haunted by a malevolent spirit that sexually terrorizes her. We’re joined by Daniel Kremer, the author […]
Guest Co-Host: Troy Howarth Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond stars Catriona MacColl as Liza who opens a hotel built on a hellmouth in Louisiana. This proximity to a center of evil only helps spur some pretty strange occurrences and maybe a few lapses in judgment along the way. Fortunately, we have Fulci expert Troy Howarth, author […]
Special Guests: Rolf de Heer, Ian Jones Guest Co-Host: Miguel Rodriguez Ten Canoes is a story about stories. It tells the multi-layered tale of brothers in an Australian aboriginal tribe. It’s brought to us by director Rolf de Heer and cinematographer Ian Jones, one of several of their collaborations along with actor David Gulpilil. We’re […]
Guest Co-Host: Jeffrey Schwarz In William Castle’s Homicidal, “Jean Arless” stars as Emily, a murderess who may herself be a victim of abuse. We’re joined by Jeffrey Schwarz, director of Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story, to discuss the film. Links: Buy Homicidal on DVD Buy Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story on DVD Buy […]
Special Guests: Stephen Sayadian & Jerry Stahl Guest Co-Host: Heather Drain We see you looking at us… We’re discussing the 1989 film, Dr. Caligari. Directed by Stephen Sayadian and co-written by Jerry Stahl, the film is the third in a series of sexy, surrealistic films. It’s the tale of Mrs. Van Houten (Laura Albert), a […]
Special Guests: Michael Moorcock & Sarah Douglas Guest Co-Host: Eric Cohen Welcome to the Multiverse! We’re discussing Robert Fuest’s The Final Programme where Jerry Cornelius (Jon Finch) helps a cadre of shadowy figures steal the formula for his father’s work which may save humanity from the end of the world… We’re joined by the author […]
Special Guest: Paul Schrader Guest Co-Host: Maitland McDonagh We’re looking at the 1978 film all about the working man, Blue Collar. Directed and co-written by Paul Schrader it tells the tale of three men played by Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, and Richard Pryor working the line in our fair city – Detroit – dealing with […]
Special Guests: Noah Isenberg, Edward G. Pettit Guest Co-Host: Maitland McDonagh The first big American studio film — and last big American studio film – directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, The Black Cat is, uh, “inspired” by Edgar Allan Poe’s short story and stars Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in a taut game of life […]
Special Guest: D.A. Metrov Guest Co-Host: Patrick Bromley What was once “the kids’ version of THX-1138“, Solarbabies is the story of seven orphans looking for salvation in a water-starved post-apocalyptic world. The neon-colored film from second-time director Alan Johnson was originally conceived by the artist Metrov. The story behind Solarbabies might be more compelling than […]
Special Guest: Nat Segaloff Guest Co-Host: Carol Borden Arthur Penn’s Night Moves (1975) stars Gene Hackman as Harry Moseby, a private eye trying to find himself in a post-Watergate America. We’re joined by Nat Segaloff, author of Arthur Penn: American Director and Carol Borden of the Cultural Gutter. Links: Buy Night Moves on DVD Buy […]
Special Guests: Lance Henriksen, Holt McCallany, Vincent Ward, John Fasano, Mark Verheiden Guest Co-Host: Brad Jones One of the most hated — and possibly most misunderstood — sequels around, David Fincher’s Alien³ had contentious production history. We’ll attempt to unwrap the behind-the-scenes turmoil and on-screen mayhem along with Brad Jones, the Cinema Snob. We talked […]
Special Guests: Mark Gallagher & Anthony Kaufman We’re looking at The Limey – the 1999 film from director Steven Soderbergh. The film tells the tale of Wilson (Terence Stamp) – a recently released career criminal from the U.K. who heads to L.A. to figure out what happened to his daughter, Jennifer. Along the way Wilson […]
Special Guest: David Gregory On this Special Report we look at David Gregory’s documentary Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau about the harrowing behind-the-scenes story of Richard Stanley and the making of 1996’s The Island of Dr. Moreau. Links: Buy Lost Soul on DVD Buy Richard Stanley’s Dust Devil […]
Special Guests: Lexi Alexander, Gerry Conway & Doug Hutchinson Guest Co-Host: Adam Spiegelman Marvel Comics’ vigilante anti-hero The Punisher has been adapted for the big screen three times. We look at the third incarnation from director Lexi Alexander, Punisher: War Zone. This candy-colored symphony of violence stars Ray Stevenson as the titular “super hero.” We’re […]
Special Guest: James Foley & Ed Harris Guest Co-Host: Chris Stachiw Put that coffee down! We’re going to talk about something important. We’re going to talk about Glengarry Glen Ross, the film from James Foley based on the Tony- and Pulizer-winning play by David Mamet. It’s about a group of shady real estate salesmen in […]
Special Guests: James Foley & Robert Redlin Guest Co-Host: Robert Polito Based on a novel by hardboiled scribe Jim Thompson, James Foley’s After Dark My Sweet is a neo-noir from 1990 starring Jason Patric, Bruce Dern, and Rachel Ward. The film tells the tale of Kevin “Kid” Collins, a punchdrunk palooka who falls in with […]
Special Guests: Allan Arkush, Dean Cundey, Russ Dvonch, Clint Howard, Joseph McBride, PJ Soles, Richard Whitley, Mary Woronov, Dey Young Guest Co-Host: Adam Schartoff School’s out for summer and we’re talking Rock ‘N’ Roll High School, the 1979 film starring The Ramones. Riff Randell (PJ Soles), a rock & roll fan, wants to get her […]
Special Guests: David Desser & Linda Hoaglund Guest Co-Host: Miguel Rodriguez Cruel Story of Youth (AKA Naked Youth, Seishun Zankoku Monogatari, and 青春残酷物語) is a 1960 film from Nagisa Oshima at the forefront of the Japanese New Wave cinema movement. The film tells the tale of two youths who fall in love — or lust, […]
Special Guests: Sam Chamberlain & Frank Cavestani Maudit May concludes with a discussion of Brand X by Wynn Chamberlain (AKA Win Chamberlain). This counter-culture comedy skewers advertising of the day (1970) and stars a host of Factory players such as Tally Brown, Taylor Mead, and Candy Darling. Links: Be sure to like Brand X on […]
Special Guests: Tom Schiller, Lauren Tom, Michael Streeter, Laila Nabulsi Guest Co-Host: Skizz Cyzyk Maudit May continues with Tom Schiller’s Nothing Lasts Forever which tells the story of Adam Beckett (Zach Galligan), a disillusioned young man who wants to be an artist. He gets everything he wants… just not in the way he expects it. […]
Special Guests: Josh Karp & Joseph McBride Guest Co-Host: Andrew Rausch We’re kicking off “Maudit May” with a discussion of Orson Welles’s The Other Side of the Wind. A film some fifty years in the making, it has yet to be completed and released. The film stars John Huston as Jake Hannaford, an aging film […]
Special Guests: Bob Balaban & Charles Haid Guest Co-Host: Scott Clickers Based on the book by and adapted for the screen by Paddy Chayefsky, Ken Russell’s Altered States tells the tale of Edward Jessup (William Hurt), a scientist who’s looking for answers to some of the big questions of life, memory, spirituality, and more. He […]
Special Guests: William F. Nolan & George Clayton Johnson Guest Co-Host: Eric Cohen Welcome to the future! Logan 5 (Michael York) and Jessica 6 (Jenny Agutter) live in the City of Domes where life seems idyllic with just one little catch: everyone dies at 30. We discuss Michael Anderson’s Logan’s Run, the dystopian sci-fi classic, […]
Special Guests: Ian Jones, David Mooney, Skip, Todaler, and Chrissy Guest Co-Host: Fräulein von B On this special episode we’re looking at three films — Bad Boy Bubby, The Baby, and La Videa Lactee — in which grown men either get treated like or actively choose to live like babies. Special guests include the cinematographer […]
Special Guests: Ellen Burstyn, Keith David, Christopher McDonald, Mark Margolis Guest Co-Host: Emily Intravia “Everyone is a junkie.” – William S. Burroughs We talk about Darren Aronofsky’s 2000 film, Requiem for a Dream. Based on the 1978 book by Hubert Selby, Jr., it tells the tale of four New Yorkers whose lives spiral out of […]
Special Guest: Oded Carmeli Guest Co-Host: Yaniv Eidelstein In Message from the Future (AKA Sheder Min Ha’Atid AKA שדר מן העתיד), a visitor from 3005 comes back to 1985 to encourage the world to engage in WWIII. Written and directed by (and starring) poet and futurist David Avidan, the film is a remarkable science fiction […]
Special Guest: Ashlie Atkinson Guest Co-Host: John Kenneth Muir In the future there will be no war. There will only be Rollerball. Writer John Kenneth Muir joins us in our discussion of Norman Jewison’s 1975 dystopian film, Rollerball wherein Jonathan E (James Caan) is a star in a game where individual achievement is a threat […]
Special Guests: Geoff Murphy, Sam Pillsbury, Jonathan Rayner Guest Co-Host: Keith Gordon Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) wakes at 6:12 one sunny morning to find that he may be the last man on Earth in this compelling Kiwi film from director Geoff Murphy and writer/producer Sam Pillsbury. We’re joined by actor/writer/director Keith Gordon to discuss this […]
Special Guests: Steve De Jarnatt & O-Lan Jones Guest Co-Host: David J. Moore In Miracle Mile trombonist Harry Washello (Anthony Edwards) receives a random phone call, tipping him off that nuclear Armageddon is imminent. He works to get across Los Angeles to his new love, Julie (Mare Winningham), and to safety. We talk about the […]
Special Guests: Edward R. Pressman, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Gerry Lopez, Roy Thomas, Paul M. Sammon, Mark Finn, Sean Hood, Josh Adkins Guest Co-Hosts: Josh Hadley & El Goro Let us tell you of the days of high adventure…. In a truly epic episode of The Projection Booth, we look at John Milius’s Conan the Barbarian. The […]
Special Guests: David Schmoeller, Charles Band, Nicholas Von Sternberg Guest Co-Host: Alex Jowski We’re talking about the 1979 film from David Schmoeller, Tourist Trap. When a quintet of young people meet creepy Mr. Slaussen (Chuck Connors) — the proprietor of a roadside wax museum — bad things happen. We talked to the co-writer/director David Schmoeller, […]
Special Guests: Mike Marvin, Clint Howard, Jamie Bozian Guest Co-Host: Patrick Bromley Released in 1986, The Wraith was directed by Mike Marvin and stars Charlie Sheen as Jake Kesey, a new face in the town of Brooks, Arizona. Jake makes his appearance around the same time as a dark-helmeted, supernatural figure arrives; the mysterious Wraith […]
Special Guests: Charles Band, Danny Bilson, Tim Thomerson Guest Co-Host: Jay Bauman Listen up, squids. We’re talking about the sci fi flick Trancers. Directed by Charles Band, the film stars Tim Thomerson as Jack Deth, a detective in the future who travels back in time to track down a cultish criminal named Whistler. He ends […]
Special Guest: Ron Underwood & S.S. Wilson Guest Co-Host: Jonathan Melville Tremors stars Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward as Val McKee and Earl Bassett, two handymen living in the desert valley town called Perfection. They’re hoping to get to greener pastures but, before they can, they have to save themselves — and the town — […]
Special Guest: John Baxter Guest Co-Host: Jim Tushinski We delve into Fellini territory again with a discussion of Juliet of the Spirits. This 1965 film was Federico Fellini’s first foray into the wonderful world of color film. The film is something of a flip side of one of Fellini’s most popular films, 8½. It stars […]
Special Guests: John Badham & Lloyd Kaufman Guest Co-Host: Mark Christopher Put on your boogie shoes and get ready to get down with The Projection Booth as we discuss the 1977 disco classic Saturday Night Fever. We’re joined by the director of 54, Mark Christopher, to talk about Tony Manero, Norman Wexler, Staying Alive, and […]
12 Special Guest: Sir Christopher Frayling Guest Co-Host: Josh Johnson On our 200th episode we look at Sergio Leone’s epic Western, Once Upon a Time in the West. Released in 1968, the film was a follow-up to his “dollars trilogy” and hailed as many as one of the best Westerns ever made. The film tells […]
Special Guests: Daniel Waters, Sam Hamm, Mark Reinhart Guest Co-Host: Mark Gledhill In this special year-end episode, we’re looking at Batman, focusing especially on Tim Burton’s Batman Returns. We’re joined by Mark Gledhill of Comic Book Consideration to discuss The Bat (Michael Keaton), The Cat (Michelle Pfeiffer), and The Penguin (Danny DeVito). Our special guests […]
Special Guest: Scott Phillips In The Ice Harvest, Charlie (John Cusack) is a mob lawyer in Wichita, Kansas who decides to rip off his boss (Randy Quaid) of just over $2 million. Charlie decides to bring in his pal, Vic (Billy Bob Thorton) to help on this Christmas Eve caper. Soon the partnership between Charlie […]
Special Guests: Adam Resnick & Danny Woodburn Guest Co-Host: Mike Sullivan After Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams) falls from grace, it’s up to Sheldon Mopes (Edward Norton) as Smoochy, the singing rhino, to save the network. He quickly finds himself embroiled in the shady underworld of children’s television in Death to Smoochy. Links: Buy Death To […]
Special Guest: Luke Wilson Guest Co-Host: Jeff Wattrick You should listen to this episode because “Brawndo’s got electrolytes!” This week we look at Mike Judge’s 2006 devolution satire Idiocracy. Find out what happens when Private Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson), the “average American”, wakes up 500 years in the future. Sadly, he discovers he’s easily the […]
Guest Co-Host: Duane Swierczynski Originally slated for release in 1955, Paul Wendkos’s The Burglar didn’t hit theaters until 1957 when one of it’s stars, Jayne Mansfield, had gained popularity. The film stars Dan Duryea as Nat Harbin, our titular burglar. He and his crew rob Sister Sarah, a Philadelphia spiritualist, of a pricey necklace. We’ll […]
Special Guests: Patrick McGilligan, Steven Rybin, Will Scheibel, & Steve Anderson Guest Co-Host: Jared Case Noir November continues with Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place. Based loosely on a novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as a screenwriter on the edge of madness and Gloria Grahame as the woman who tries […]
Special Guest: Noah Isenberg Guest Co-Host: Richard Edwards Noir November continues with a discussion of Edgar G Ulmer’s Detour. Tom Neal stars as a down-on-his-luck musician who picks up the wrong hitchhiker (Ann Savage) in a tale of fickle fate, phones, and flashbacks. We’re joined once again by Professor Rich Edwards of the Out of […]
Special Guest: Patrick McGilligan Guest Co-Host: Jay A. Gertzman We start off Noir November with a bang! It’s Fritz Lang’s 1953 flick The Big Heat, starring Glenn Ford as a straight-arrow cop who takes on corruption in Philadelphia. Links: Visit the official site for Jay A. Gertzman Buy Fritz Lang: Nature of the Beast by […]
Special Guests: Herschell Gordon Lewis & Harry Lennix Guest Co-Host: Josh Gravel Vote early, Vote often! With Election Day right around the corner, we’re talking about three films of guitar-toting demagogues, A Face in the Crowd from Elia Kazan, Year of the Yahoo from Herschell Gordon Lewis and Bob Roberts from Tim Robbins. We’ll be […]
Special Guest: Slava Tsukerman Guest Co-Host: Skizz Cyzyk Directed in 1982 by Slava Tsukerman, Liquid Sky tells the tale of Margaret (Anne Carlisle), a model who lives with her lover Adrian (Paula E Sheppard). The pair have a UFO above their apartment and live in a world steeped in sex, drugs, and that wacky New […]
Rob and Mike answer your emails and voice mails on this special episode. Find out how The Projection Booth sausage is made and learn what Rob and Mike are up to outside of TPB like Rob’s new book, Re-Entry: The Orbit Magazine Anthology, and Mike’s Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection. Thanks to @peybak for […]
Special Guests: Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Tristan Risk Guest Co-Host: Iris-Dora Saravia We’re joined by Iris from the Badasses, Boobs and Bodycounts podcast as we look at the 2012 film, American Mary. Directed by the twisted twins, Jen and Sylvia Soska, the film tells the tale of a med student, Mary Mason (Katherine Isabelle), who […]
Special Guest: Jason Retiman Jason Reitman, director of Juno, Thank You for Smoking & Up In the Air returns with Men, Women & Children – a look at how the internet is changing and affecting our relationships. He spoke to our Rob St. Mary about the film, producing Whiplash, working with actor J.K. Simmons, his […]
Special Guest: Candida Royalle On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to entrepreneur, author, director and former adult film star Candida Royalle about her career and the upcoming documentary about her from director Sheona McDonald, While You Were Gone. Links: Donate to While You Were Gone Visit the official Candida Royalle website […]
Special Guests: Tom McLoughlin & Joseph Maddrey Recently released by BearManor Media, A Strange idea of Entertainment (978-1-59393-560-3) chronicles the life and career of mime, musician, actor and director Tom McLoughlin. Written by Joseph Maddrey (Not Bad For A Human), the book gives an in-depth look to an often overlooked talent. Links: Buy A Strange […]
Special Guests: John D. Hancock & Lee Kalcheim Guest Co-Host: Cameron Cloutier We’re looking at the 1971 film Let’s Scare Jessica to Death. Directed by John D Hancock and based on a screenplay by Lee Kalcheim, the film tells the tale of… you guessed it… Jessica (Zohra Lampert) a woman who’s back from a time […]
Special Guests: Lizzie Borden & Amanda Goodwin Guest Co-Host: Grace Smith Lizzie Borden’s second feature film, Working Girls (1986) looks at the day in the life of a sex worker, her co-workers, her boss, and her clients. We spoke to director Lizzie Borden and actress Amanda Goodwin (Dawn) about this groundbreaking film. We’re joined in […]
Special Guests: Dr. Philip Stone & Richard Loncraine Guest Co-Host: Ed Pettit Shakespeare September continues with a look at the 1995 film Richard III. Directed by Richard Loncraine and based on the historical tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare it tells the tale of a scheming hunchback with a bad arm played by […]
Special Guest: Jim Hunter Guest Co-Host: Ed Pettit Shakespeare September continues with the 1990 film from writer/director Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Based upon Stoppard’s own award-winning mid-sixties play, the film tells the tale of Rosencrantz (Gary Oldman) and Guildenstern (Tim Roth), two supporting characters from Hamlet. We see them as characters in […]
Special Guests: Dave Thomas, Steve De Jarnatt, Lynn Griffin, Jeff Robbins Guest Co-Hosts: Craig Bierko, Skizz Cyzyk It’s time to take off to the Great White North and officially kick-off Shakespeare September with The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew, an unorthodox take on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet with Bob & Doug playing Rosencrantz […]
Special Guest: John Baxter Guest Co-Host: Jim Tushinski Roman Month continues with the 1969 film, Fellini Satyricon. Based loosely on the remaining fragments of Petronius’s voluminous work, the film is a series of vignettes about Encolpio (Martin Potter) and his friend Ascilto (Hiram Keller). The film mixes sex, philosophy, and death in the era […]
Special Guest: Roger Christian, Will Yapp & Owen Harris Guest Co-Host: Ken Stanley (Bloody) Roman Month continues with the 1979 film Life of Brian – the second feature film from the legendary British comedy troupe – Monty Python’s Flying Circus. The film finds the lads in Roman occupied Judea circa 33 AD – a […]
Special Guest: Ranjit Sandhu & Alexander Tuschinski Guest Co-Host: Maitland McDonagh We begin “Roman Month” with the 1979 film Caligula is a biopic about one of the most-wicked rulers of Rome. It was directed by Tinto Brass until he took his name off it. It was written by Gore Vidal until he took his name […]
Special Guest: Jerry Chandler This week we’re looking at Naosuke Kurosawa’s 1980 Japanese Roman Porno film Zoom In: Sex Apartments (AKA Zoom In: Rape Apartments). The film tells the tale of a young married woman who gets raped on the way to visit an old flame. The assault appears to be a part of a […]
Special Guests: Shaun Costello, Sharon Mitchell, Jeanne Silver A notorious adult film which blends the true crime of Michael H. Kenyon and the movie Taxi Driver, Shaun Costello’s Waterpower stars Jamie Gillis as Burt, the Enema Bandit, who terrorizes women with his Bardex bag and nozzle. We spoke to director Shaun Costello about the strange […]
We examine this sci-fi classic from Mario Bava, Planet of the Vampires (AKA Terrore nello spazio) along with Troy Howarth, author of The Haunted World of Mario Bava. Links: Buy The Haunted World of Mario Bava Buy Planet of the Vampires on DVD Buy It! The Terror Beyond Space Learn more about the Midnight Marquee […]
Special Guest: Heatherleigh Navarre We examine Alejandro Jodorowsky’s landmark 1973 philosophical film, The Holy Mountain, about nine adepts searching for immortality, undertaking a sacred journey. Joining us is Stephen Scarlata, co-producer of the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune. Our special guest, Heatherleigh Navarre of The Boston Tea Room, discusses the history and significance of Tarot and reads […]
Special Guest: Keith W. Strandberg Step into the ring and fight for your independence on this Independence Day episode where Jean Claude Van Damme plays an evil Soviet fighter – it’s No Retreat, No Surrender! The 1986 low-budget martial arts film stars Kurt McKinney as Jason Stillwell – a young man who continues to learn […]
Special Guests: Bob Weide, Gregory D. Sumner & Mary Kenny Perhaps the best adaptation of a Kurt Vonnegut work, Mother Night stars Nick Nolte as Howard W. Campbell, Jr. an American playwright whose Nazi broadcasts may have helped America win the war. But, at what cost? Mother Night stars Alan Arkin, Sheryl Lee, Frankie Faison, […]
Special Guest: Ellen Burstyn Bob Rafelson’s 1972 film, The King of Marvin Gardens, stars Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern as David and Jason Staebler. Jason is a small time conman who’s working on a big deal and wants to bring in his somewhat depressed radio monologist brother, David, to share in the score. Along the […]
Special Guests: Tom Noonan, Chris Elliott, Adam Resnick, Jonathan Rayer Have you ever seen blood in the moonlight? It appears quite black… Michael Mann’s Manhunter was a stylish serial killer film that has proved influential for decades. Other than being known as the first film appearance from Hannibal Lecter (a sublime Brian Cox), Manhunter helped […]
Special Guest: Adam Resnick Mike spoke to writer/director Adam Resnick about his new book, Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation, a collection of short stories from the misanthropic writer of Death to Smoochy. Links: Buy Will Not Attend Listen to Adam Resnick on our Cabin Boy episode Stay tuned to hear more […]
Special Guest: Richard Crouse It’s fun for the whole family as we talk about Ken Russell’s controversial 1971 film “The Devils”. Censored for over 40 years because of content, “The Devils” tells the tale of Urbain Grandier – the priest of Loudun, France who in 1634 was persecuted through an unholy mix of Church, State […]
Special Guests: Frederic Tuten & Daniel Bird We’re joined by Mr. Chris of the Outside the Cinema and Are You Serious podcasts to talk about Andrzej Zulawski’s 1981 film Possession, a beautiful and challenging tale of a marriage falling apart in Cold War Berlin. Links: Visit the official Frederic Tuten website Visit the official Daniel […]
Special Guest: Fred “The Hammer” Williamson Boss Nigger is one of the American Westerns that used the feel of the Euro-westerns that came to the fore in the mid-1960s, but with an African-American twist. The film stars Fred “The Hammer” Williamson as “Boss” and D’Urville Martin as “Amos” – two bounty hunters who become sheriff […]
Special Guest: Stephen Scarlata A secret report within the guild… Take a look at one of cinema’s greatest tragedy’s (and greatest influences), Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune. The 2013 documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune tells the incredible tale of the surrealistic filmmaker gathering one of the most impressive rosters of talent around in order to make an ill-fated attempt […]
Special Guest: Allen Baron Danger signal! It’s an episode all about Allen Baron’s 1961 neorealistic Blast of Silence, the story bad boy Frankie Bono, a hit man who comes to New York City at Christmas to fulfill a contract. He’s torn between his obligation to pull the trigger and his heart. We’re joined this week […]
Special Guests: Edward Pressman & William M. Finkelstein This week we’re talking about Bad Lieutenant – the original and the sort of loose re-make by filmmakers Abel Ferrara and Werner Herzog. The 1992 original stars Harvey Keitel as the Bad Lieutenant in question who gets in over his head with drugs, prostitutes and a gambling […]
Special Guest: Joey Figueroa On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talked to Joey Figueroa about co-directing the feature documentary Milius. Figueroa discusses his early work with Kevin Smith and the challenges of capturing the larger-than-life persona of writer/director John Milius. Links: Watch Milius on Amazon Instant Video Watch Milius on Netflix Watch […]
Special Guest: Alexia Anastasio On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to Alexia Anastasio about a few of her current projects — Little Fishes and Ginger Girls — as well as crowdfunding and her early works such as Adventures in Plymptoons. Music: “Redhead Girl” – Air “Three Little Fishies” – Spike Jones […]
Special Guest: Bobb Cotter A run for the border is in order. We’re talking about the Mexican icon, El Santo, and his thirteenth film, El hacha diabólica with El Goro of the Talk Without Rhythm podcast. Plus, we discuss the idea of luchadores (Mexican masked wrestlers) with Bobb Cotter, author of The Mexican Masked Wrestler […]
Special Guest: Lee Demarbre & Ian Driscoll From the director of the Harry Knuckles films, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter resurrects the Christian messiah in modern day Ottawa to fight a plague of lesbian-hunting blood suckers. May the power of Christ impale you! Links: Buy Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter on DVD Follow Lee Demarbre on YouTube […]
Special Guests: Brett & Drew Pierce Mike and Brett are zombies. Somehow, they awake and decide to take a road trip to find Mike’s lost love. The pair are unaware they are being chased by a company trying to hush up the zombie invasion as well as Mike’s love. Deadheads is a zom-rom-com with heart!. […]
In the fall of 1997, Projection Booth co-host Rob St. Mary co-produced (among other jobs) a low-budget vampire/comedy called Tainted. Troma picked up the film, screened during the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, put it out on VHS and, then, DVD. But, because of cost (and probably total lack of interest), no commentary track was ever […]
Special Guest: Jaco Van Dormael Thomas feels like his life was stolen from him when he was switched at birth. He lives a life of quiet desperation and fantasy as “Toto le Heros.” Writer/director Jaco Van Dormael gives us Thomas’s life, the reality and the fantasy. This 1991 film along with his 1995 film, The […]
Special Guests: Ron Jeremy, Sharon Mitchell, David Christopher, Susie Bright Smoker tells the tale of Madame Suque (Sharon Mitchell), a sexual terrorist who creates an explosive device in the form of a marital aid. When her lackey (Ron Jeremy) accidentally sells it, all manner of voyeurism and bondage break out. Guest co-host Heather Drain joins […]
Special Guest: Mink Stole Just in time for International Women’s Day, we’ll be looking at John Waters’s Female Trouble. The 1974 film from the bard of Baltimore stars Divine as Dawn Davenport, a juvenile delinquent who runs into a fashionable crowd that believes crime increases your beauty. Following the birth of Dawn’s daughter, Taffy (played […]
Special Guests: Scott Sanders & Byron Minns For our third anniversary show, we’re taking a look at Black Dynamite, one of the baddest muthas to ever take down kung-fu treachery. Our guests include director/writer Scott Sanders and writer/actor Byron Minns (Bullhorn). Links: Buy Black Dynamite on Blu-Ray Learn more about Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca’s […]
Special Guest: Larry CohenWe’re rounding out Black History Month with a look at Larry Cohen’s Bone, the story of a mysterious visitor (Yaphet Kotto) who tears apart the facade of suburban couple Bill (Andrew Duggan) and Bernadette (Joyce Van Patten). Joining us this week is author Joe Bannerman of the Daily Grindhouse podcast. Links: […]
Special Guest: John Strausbaugh Burn some cork, put on your tap shoes and get ready to put on the “coon show” to end all “coon shows” as we talk about Spike Lee’s 2000 satire of African-American representation in culture, Bamboozled. The film stars Damon Wayans as a TV writer who wants to get fired, so he […]
Special Guest: Sidney J. Furie We’re looking at the 1973 action film HIT! from director Sidney J. Furie. The film stars Billy Dee Williams as federal agent Nick Allen. When Nick’s sister takes a hot shot, he goes on the warpath for the people that put the smack on the streets. Rather than dealing with two bit […]
Special Guest: Estelle Parsons & Joe Angio It’s time for the uppity movie. Jeff Gerber has a problem. He used to be a White insurance salesman. But, now, he’s a Black man. Maybe it was too much soy sauce? Either way, it’s a brand new world for this suburban bigot in Watermelon Man. Join us as […]
Special Guest: Andrew Rausch Can your heart stand a bevy of beautiful women who try to dance their way into the afterlife, judged by the Emperor of the Underworld (Criswell) and the Princess of Darkness (Fawn Silver)? Hear all about the damnation and jiggling as we discuss Stephen C. Apostolof’s Orgy of the Dead with the Jordan […]
Special Guests: Don Scardino, Randy Jurgensen, & Travis Mathews A highly controversial film, William Friedkin’s Cruising was as confusing as it was confused. It’s a slasher film, of sorts, set in the leather bar scene of the late ’70s. We’re joined by Jeffrey Schwarz of I Am Divine, Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon, Vito! and […]
Special Guest: Marjorie Conrad On this special episode, former “America’s Next Top Model” contestant Marjorie Conrad talks about her upcoming feature film, Chemical Cut and gives the behind-the-scenes haps on ANTM, too. Download Now Links: Donate to the Kickstarter campaign Like Chemical Cut on Facebook Music: “The Garden” – Cut Chemist “Free for All” – Nick Nolan […]
Special Guest: Wakefield Poole Wakefield Poole’s Boys in the Sand was one of the first adult films to find mainstream success. By itself, this is remarkable, that the “gay porn” film came out a mere 18 months after Stonewall and a year before Deep Throat makes it even more so. We’re joined by Jim Tushinski, […]
Special Guest: Fred “The Hammer” Williamson We talked to Fred Williamson about Original Gangstas 2: Old School Gangstas, a project he’s trying to get funded via Kickstarter. Give our interview our listen and then give Fred some greenbacks. Download Now Links: Contribute to the Kickstarter Campaign [su_video url=”https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/743192/video-323893-h264_high.mp4″ width=”640″ height=”360″]
Special Guest: Brian Hoyle Ever want to see Sean Connery wearing a red diaper? Then look no further than John Boorman’s Zardoz, a political allegory with nods to The Wizard of Oz. We’re joined by our old friend, Josh Johnson, director of Rewind This. Download Now Bonus Brian Hoyle interview Zardoz music mix Links: Buy Rewind […]
Special Guest: Lloyd Kaufman Also known as Ha-Balash Ha’Amitz Shvartz (AKABrave Detective, Schwartz) this early film co-directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Ami Artzi has been described by Kaufman as being “more harmful to the Jews thanMein Kampf.” We’ll see if that’s true or a slight exaggeration on this first episode of 2014. We’re joined again by Yaniv Eidelstein, […]
Special Guests: Greydon Clark & Dean Cundey Can you feel the love? We wrap up 2013 with Mike’s favorite film, Black Shampoo, the tale of an African American salon owner who squares off against the mob when his true love is taken from him; going from a loving machine to a killing machine. We’re joined by […]
Special Guests: John Baxter & Jean-Claude Carrière We round out 2013 with coverage of our favorite films. This week, Rob picks The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, the surrealist masterpiece by director Luis Buñuel where a group of upper crust couples can’t seem to ever finish a dinner party. Download Now Links: Buy The […]
Special Guests: Jon Gillespie, Tom Sivak & Kevin Frei Is The Brain that Wouldn’t Die a schlock classic or a treatise on unfettered male desire? Why not both? We spoke to not one but three people who have worked on musical adaptations of the film (The Brain that Wouldn’t Die: A New Musical, The Brain that Wouldn’t Die: In 3-D!, and Head: […]
Special Guests: William Friedkin, Joseph McBride, Christopher Welles Feder, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Rosenbaum An episode two years in the making… Orson Welles’s follow-up to Citizen Kane adapted Booth Tarkington’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel about industrial progress and the loss of innocence set against a tumultuous family, the Ambersons. Welles infamously lost control of The Magnificent Ambersons before its final release. […]
Special Guest: Mark Mori America’s #1 pin-up girl, Bettie Page, still casts her alluring shadow over popular culture. In Mark Mori’sBettie Page Reveals All, we hear Bettie tell her own story about her rise to infamy and subsequent retreat from the limelight. The film is making its way around the country. Visit theofficial website to find […]