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Special Report: Albert Pyun on Interstellar Civil War (2017)
On this special episode, Mike talks with writer/director Albert Pyun about his latest film, the sci-fi epic Interstellar Civil War: Shadows of the Empire (2017). They also discuss Pyun's dementia and…
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 336: THX-1138 (1971)
The first feature film from director George Lucas, THX-1138 (1971) features a world in which love is outlawed and mind-altering drugs are mandatory. The film stars Robert Duvall as the titular THX-11…
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 335: The Bellboy (1960)
The 1960 directorial debut from Jerry Lewis, The Bellboy, also stars Lewis in the titular role. He's Stanley, a put upon hotel worker at the Fountainbleu hotel in Miami. The film doesn’t necessarily …
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 334: La Marge (1976)
Also known as The Streetwalker, The Margin, and sometimes even as Emmanuel 77, La Marge film stars Joe Dallesandro as Sigismond, a loving husband who leaves his wife and child to head to Paris. While…
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 333: Akira (1988)
Based on his manga of the same name, and released two years before the end of the comic series, Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira (1988) tells the tale of Kaneda -- a teenage punk in a motorcycle gang -- and K…
Published on 8 years, 4 months ago
Episode 332: Visitor Q (2001)
Written by Itaru Era, the 2001 movie from prolific director Takashi Miike Visitor Q tells the story of a family in disarray. The unemployed father (Ken'ichi Endô) a former newsman who laid off after …
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
Special Report: CinemAbility (2013)
On a special episode of The Projection Booth Steve Byrne and Sean Gray join Mike to discuss the documentary film CinemAbility (2013). Directed by Jenni Gold and co-written by Samuel Reed, the film lo…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
Special Report: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka! (1988)
Keenan Ivory Wayans's I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) is at once a parody of and follow-up to Blaxploitation films of the 1970s. In it, Wayans stars as Jack Spade, the new blood trying to take down Mr…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
Episode 331: The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Peter Greenaway's The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989) tells the tale of Albert Spica (Michael Gambon), a monstrous gangster putting on airs as a gourmand. This loutish brute is the co-owne…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
Episode 330: Arrebato (1979)
Elric Kane joins Mike to discuss the 1979 film from director Ivan Zulueta, Arrebato. The film stars Eusebio Poncela as Jose, a director who’s dissatisfied with his own work. He soon meets Pedro (Will…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago