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Episode 445: Creation of the Humanoids (1960)
Sci-Fi December continues with a look at The Creation of the Humanoids. Copyrighted 1960, the film was directed by Wesley Barry and written by Jay Simms. It plays like a stage play about a post-Apoca…
Published on 6 years ago
Episode 444: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
We kick off sci-fi December with a look at Nicolas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Based on the book by Walter Tevis, the film stars David Bowie as Thomas Jerome Newton, a strange man who ap…
Published on 6 years ago
Special Report: Stew Buck on Uncovering Wolfen
On this special episode Mike talks to Stew Buck, the writer/director/producer of a pair of upcoming documentaries -- A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's "The Keep" and Uncovering …
Published on 6 years ago
Episode 443: Double Indemnity (1944)
Noirvember 2019 wraps up with Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity (1944). With a screenplay co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler and based on a story by James M. Cain, the film is one of the seminal…
Published on 6 years ago
Episode 442: The Conversation (1974)
Noirvember 2019 continues with a look at The Conversation (1974). Sandwiched between the first two Godfather films, The Conversation is writer/director Francis Ford Coppola’s paean to European art fi…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: Overwhelm the Sky (2019)
Daniel Kremer returns to the Projection Booth as a director rather than a co-host with a discussion of his film Overwhelm the Sky (2019) along with the film's lead actor, Alexander Hero.
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Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 441: The Reckless Moment (1949)
We continue Noirvember 2019 with a look at Max Ophul’s The Reckless Moment. Released in 1949, the film tells the story of Lucia Harper (Joan Bennett), a mother who’s out to protect her family from th…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 440: The Big Combo (1955)
We kick-off Noirvember 2019 with a look at Joseph H. Lewis’s The Big Combo (1955). Written by Philip Yordan, the film stars Cornel Wilde as Lt. Leonard Diamond. He’s a cop with a soft spot for Susan …
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: Another State of Mind (1984)
The 1984 film from Adam Small and Peter Stuart, Another State of Mind, documents an international tour by two west coast punk bands, Youth Brigade and Social Distortion; capturing the attitudes, etho…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Special Report: Messiah of Evil (1973)
On a very special episode of The Projection Booth, Bill Ackerman and Maitland McDonagh join Mike to discuss Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz's Messiah of Evil. Released under a number of titles (includi…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago