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Special Report: Julie Wyman on The Tallest Dwarf (2025)
Season 1 Episode 694
Mike sits down with Julie Wyman, director of The Tallest Dwarf — a documentary that is as personal as it is political.
When filmmaker and UC Davis pr…
4 months, 1 week ago
Special Report: Christine Le Monte on Viva Verdi! (2025)
Season 1 Episode 691
Christine Le Monte discusses her career and her latest work producing a pair of opera-themed documentaries, the uplifting Viva Verdi! (2025) and the …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 789: Head-On (2004)
Season 1 Episode 789
Collision as courtship. Self-destruction as intimacy. Fatih Akın’s Head-On (2004) opens with two suicide attempts and spirals into a sham marriage be…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Special Report: The Oldest Person in the World (2026)
Season 1 Episode 691
Sound designer Mark A. Mangini returns to The Projection Booth to discuss The Oldest Person in the World (2026), the Sam Green documentary about the …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Special Report: Derek Boonstra on Seized (2026)
Season 1 Episode 690
Mike talks with editor Derek Boonstra about his work on Seized (2026). Premiering recently at Sundance Film Festival, the documentary traces the huma…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Special Report: Andres Landau on Nuisance Bear (2026)
Season 1 Episode 689
Mike talks with editor Andres Landau about his work editing the 2026 documentary, Nuisance Bear. A sobering look at the uneasy relationship between p…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Special Report: Angelo Madsen on A Body to Live In (2025)
Season 1 Episode 691
Director Angelo Madsen joins Mike to discuss his latest film, the 2025 documentary A Body to Live In which focuses on the body artist Fakir Musafar w…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 788: Welcome to Woop Woop (1997)
Season 1 Episode 788
Australia month crashes to a delirious halt with 1997’s Welcome to Woop Woop, Directed by Stephan Elliott and adapted from Douglas Kennedy's The Dead…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Special Report: Ryan Kendrick on Carousel (2026)
Season 1 Episode 687
Mike sits down with editor Ryan Kendrick to discuss Carousel (2026) and unpack how Rachel Lambert's film finds its rhythm in silence, hesitation, and…
5 months ago
Special Report: Brian Rafferty on Hannibal Lector - A Life
Season 1 Episode 688
Mike talks with writer and podcaster Brian Rafferty about his latest book, Hannibal Lector: A Life. It's a look at Thomas Harris and his most famous …
5 months ago