The Projection Booth Podcast

On this special episode, Mike talked with filmmakers Joan Kramer and David Heeley about their book, In the Company of Legends.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noirvember continues as we look at Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 sci-fi philosophical Noir starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina, Alphaville.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a rare "sequel episode" we return to Harold Warren's Manos: The Hands of Fate to check out the restored Blu-Ray release and talk to the creators of Manos Returns and Manos: The Hands of Felt.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Noirvember returns with a quartet of unusual titles. We kick off the month with a double dose from Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The story of Tower Records is one of entrepreneurship. Colin Hanks examines the story in the 2015 documentary All Things Must Pass: The Life And Death Of Tower Records.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shocktober concludes with 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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a special episode of The Projection Booth we look at Amy Berg's documentary An Open Secret, a hard-hitting expose about the exploitation of children in the entertainment industry.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In William Castle's Homcidal, "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.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 with actor David Gulpilil.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Tom Roston about his new book, I Lost It at the Video Store, an oral history of working at or going to the video store.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sven-Ole Thorsen has stories to tell. He spoke more with Mike about his work on the Conan films, Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, Red Heat, and so much more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When a chauvinist pig (Scott Baker) gets shot for harassing women, he's reincarnated as a woman (Jane Hamilton) in order to learn a lesson about life. Chuck Vincent's Cleo/Leo is a terrific look at gender relations and institutional sexism.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fifth feature Superman film took a dozen years and millions of dollars to come to fruition. Along the way the film was almost made as Superman Lives written by Kevin Smith, Wesley Strick, and Dan Gilroy, directed by Tim Burton and starring Nicolas Cage.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're discussing Stephen Sayadian's 1989 film, Dr. Caligari. Co-written by Jerry Stahl, the film tells the tale of a patient at an asylum run by the granddaughter of the infamous German doctor.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As mentioned on our recent EGO FEST III show, Mike led a couple of Q&A sessions at FanExpo Canada 2015. The first was with Orlando Jones. Mr. Jones discusses his work on MadTV, Sleepy Hollow, Evolution, and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As mentioned on our recent EGO FEST III show, Mike led a couple of Q&A sessions at FanExpo Canada 2015. The second was with Danny Trejo. Mr. Trejo discusses his work on Con Air, Breaking Bad, Runaway Train, and more.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're discussing Robert Fuest's The Final Programme where Jerry Cornelius helps a cadre of shadowy figures steal the formula for his father's work which may save humanity from the end of the world...Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just in time for Labor Day, 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 working in our fair city of Detroit.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices