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Special Report: Rachel Feldman on Lilly (2025)
Season 1 Episode 573
Director Rachel Feldman joins Mike to discuss her powerful new film Lilly (2025), a long-overdue portrait of activist Lilly Ledbetter. They explore t…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 740: Airplane II - The Sequel
Season 1 Episode 740
Prepare for takeoff as Mike White is joined by Mark Begley (Wake Up Heavy) and Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast) for a high-flying deep dive into Airpl…
1 year, 2 months ago
Special Report: TCM Imports
Season 1 Episode 572
TCM’s Alicia Malone returns to The Projection Booth to talk about her latest book, TCM Imports: A Journey Through International Cinema (2025). Mike a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 739: La Haine (1995)
Season 1 Episode 739
Tension simmers in La Haine (1995), Matthieu Kassovitz’s electrifying portrait of disenfranchised youth in the Parisian banlieues. Mike is joined by …
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 738: On the Beach (1959)
Season 1 Episode 758
Co-hosts Maurice Bursztynski and Jonathan Melville join Mike to take on a Patreon request from listener John Atom—Nevil Shute’s On the Beach. They di…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 737: Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
Season 1 Episode 737
Film historian Samm Deighan and cult cinema expert Andrew Leavold join Mike to shine a light on Jean-Pierre Melville’s Two Men in Manhattan (1959). O…
1 year, 3 months ago
Special Report: Remaining Native (2025)
Season 1 Episode 571
Mike speaks with director Paige Bethmann and editor Stephanie Khoury about their powerful 2025 documentary Remaining Native. Bethmann and Khoury disc…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 736: Casablanca (1942)
Season 1 Episode 736
The Projection Booth wraps up another month of Patreon picks with what might be the most obscure film ever discussed on the show—Casablanca (1942), t…
1 year, 3 months ago
Special Report: Head Like a Hole (2024)
Season 1 Episode 570
Mike talks with director Stefan MacDonald-Labelle about Head Like a Hole (2024), a microbudget psychological horror film about a man hired to monitor…
1 year, 3 months ago
Special Report: Thank You Very Much (2023)
Season 1 Episode 569
Director Alex Braverman joins Mike to discuss his 2023 documentary Thank You Very Much, a fascinating deep dive into the life and legend of Andy Kauf…
1 year, 3 months ago