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Special Report: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
On this special episode of The Projection Booth Mike talks with filmmaker Pamela B. Green about her documentary film Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a look at an under-discussed pio…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Special Report: The Age of Disenchantments (2019)
On this special episode, Mike talks to author Aaron Shulman about his book The Age of Disenchantments: The Epic Story of Spain's Most Notorious Literary Family and the Long Shadow of the Spanish Civi…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 411: American Tiger (1989)
Sergio Martino’s American Tiger (1989 ) is the story of Scott Edwards a rickshaw driver in Miami, Florida who becomes embroiled in a supernatural mystery involving VHS tapes, Asian mysticism, Jonesto…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 410: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) is based very loosely on a book by Gary K. Wolf. It tells the tale of Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins), a hard boiled detective who gets hired b…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Special Report: Freep Film Festival 2019
Mike talks with Steve Byrne, Arts and Entertainment Editor of The Detroit Free Press and Executive Director of the Freep Film Festival, the documentary-focused fest that runs from April 10-14, 2019.
I…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 409: Heaven (1998)
Scott Reynolds's, Heaven (1998) is a New Zealand film that features crime, sex, and the supernatural. It's the story of our titular Heaven (Daniel Edwards), a transsexual, precognitive stripper who w…
Published on 6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 408: Me & Him (1988)
Directed by Doris Dörrie, Me and Him (1988) is based on the novel Two: A Phallic Novel by Alberto Moravia and stars Griffin Dunne as Bert Uttanzi, a man who has a very active relationship with his pe…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Special Report: The Fly (1986)
Samm Deighan and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss The Fly. Released in 1986, David Cronenberg’s film stars Jeff Goldblum as scientist Seth Brundle, a man who meets a journalist, Veronica Quaife (Ge…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 407: Perfume - The Story of an Murderer (2006)
Tom Tykwer's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) is based on the 1985 book by Patrick Süskind. The film tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), a man born without scent and an …
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 406: Body Double (1984)
Brian De Palma’s 1984 film, Body Double stars Craig Wasson as Jake Scully, an actor in a low-budget vampire film. After a terrifying bout of claustrophobia he loses his job, his girl, and his home un…
Published on 6 years, 9 months ago