Podcast Episodes

Episode 358: An American Carol (2008)

We’re looking at the Conservative comedy, An American Carol 2008. The child of Charles Dickens and Bill O'Reilly, the film tells the tale of Michael Malone -- a stand-in for filmmaker Michael Moore (…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Episode 357: Mandingo (1975)

We're heading to Falconhurst and looking at the unlikely hit film Mandingo (1975), the book series that informed it and its sequel, and the knock-offs in its wake. Richard Fleischer's film stars Ken …

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Episode 356: Falling Down (1993)

We're discussing the 1993 film from Joel Schumacher, Falling Down. Written by Ebbe Roe Smith, the film stars Michael Douglas as a white guy who's wound a little too tight and finally snaps.
Aaron Pete…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Special Report: Pam Grier on Bad Grandmas

On this special episode, Mike talks briefly to Pam Grier about her career from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls to Bad Grandmas.
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Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Episode 355: L.A. Confidential (1997)

Eric Cohen and Rich Edwards return to take a ride in a convertible time machine, be-bopping back to the year 1997 to look at Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential. Starring more folks from down under tha…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Episode 354: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon (1941) stars Humphrey Bogart as gumshoe Sam Spade who unravels the mystery of the titular black bird.

Eric Cohen and Ri…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Episode 353: Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Based on the 1952 Mickey Spillane novel, Robert Aldrich's Kiss Me Deadly (1955) stars Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer, a hardboiled gumshoe who gets dragged into a mystery involving a glowing case, dupli…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Episode 352: Marnie (1964)

How do you solve a problem like Marnie?
Released in 1964, Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie stars Tippi Hedren as the titular heroine -- or perhaps anti-heroine -- an itinerant thief who gets caught and essen…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Episode 351: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

Released in 1973 in a truncated form, Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid has had a long, contentious history. We’ll be talking about that as well as the film itself in which Kris Kristoffers…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

Special Report: King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2017)

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On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with filmmaker Steve Mitchell about his 2017 documentary King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen. Mike also speaks to the film's s…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago