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Special Report: Dan Mirvish on Bernard & Huey (2017)
Mike talks to filmmaker and Slamdance co-founder Dan Mirvish about his latest feature film, Bernard & Huey. Based on a comic series and script by Jules Feiffer (Little Murders, Carnal Knowledge, Pope…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Special Report: The Piano Teacher (2001)
Based on the 1983 book by Elfriede Jelinek, Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher (2001) stars Isabelle Huppert as our titular pedagogue. She’s a woman trapped in a harrowing relationship with her mothe…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Episode 376: The Mack (1973)
Michael Campus's The Mack (1973) stars Max Julien as Goldie, a man who was set up and goes to jail only to come out and fulfill his dream of becoming the baddest pimp in town. He’s got the mob, the c…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Special Report: The Rabbi Goes West (2018)
On this special episode, Mike talks to Gerald Peary about The Rabbi Goes West, a new documentary that Peary and his co-director Amy Geller are completing via funding with Kickstarter. Go to www.thera…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Episode 375: Society (1989)
Jay Bauman and Terry Frost join Mike to look at the 1989 film from director Brian Yuzna, Society. The film stars Billy Warlock as Bill Whitney, a suburban teen who feels that things are amiss in his …
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Episode 374: Kings and Desperate Men (1981)
Two terrorists -- Daniel Kremer and Jonathan Marlow -- break into The Projection Booth to discuss the 1981 Canadian thriller Kings and Desperate Men.
Produced by, directed by, and starring Alexis Kann…
Published on 7 years, 4 months ago
Special Report: Mission Caligula (2018)
On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Maitland McDonagh and Rob St. Mary return to discuss recent developments in the sordid history of Caligula (1979) via the documentary Mission Caligula…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Special Report: Rock Steady Row (2018)
On this special episode, director Travis Stevens and writer Bomani Story join Mike to discuss the 2018 film Rock Steady Row. This modern play on the Yojimbo / Fistful of Dollars story pits a freshman…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Episode 373: Yojimbo (1961)
Released in 1961, Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo was an international sensation and put jettisoned star Toshiro Mifune into the pantheon of cinematic badasses. It’s the story of merchants who manipulate tw…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago
Episode 372: Figures in a Landscape (1970)
Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell are two men on the run from mysterious forces in Joseph Losey's Figures in a Landscape. Adapted by Shaw from a novel by Barry England, the film is something of an art…
Published on 7 years, 5 months ago