The Projection Booth

We talked to Fred Williamson about Original Gangstas 2: Old School Gangstas, a project he's trying to get funded via Kickstarter. Give our interview our listen and then give Fred some greenbacks.

More of our interview with Brian Hoyle. Here he talks about his affection for Exorcist II: The Heretic.

Ever want to see Sean Connery wearing a red diaper? Then look no further than John Boorman's Zardoz, a political allegory with nods to The Wizard of Oz.

As mentioned in our Zardoz episode, there are a lot of songs related to the film. Here's a collection of Zardoz music for your listening pleasure.

Also known as Ha-Balash Ha'Amitz Shvartz (AKA Brave Detective, Schwartz) this early film co-directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Ami Artzi has been described by Kaufman as being "more harmful to the Jews than Mein Kampf." We'll see if that's true or a slight exaggeration on this first episode of 2014.

We round out 2013 with coverage of our favorite films. This week, Mike picks Black Shampoo, the blaxploitation film from Greydon Clark about a Lothario hairdresser on the Sunset Strip who finds true love only to have it taken away. He turns from loving machine to killing machine in a fury of chain saws, pool cues, and Western Style Bar be ques.

We round out 2013 with coverage of our favorite films. This week, Rob picks The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, the surrealist masterpiece by director Luis Bunuel where a group of upper crust couples can't seem to ever finish a dinner party.

Is The Brain that Wouldn't Die a schlock classic or a treatise on unfettered male desire? Why not both? We're joined by Professor Kevin Heffernan, author of Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953–1968.

Orson Welles's follow-up to Citizen Kane adapted Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer prize-winning novel about industrial progress and the loss of innocence set against a tumultuous family, the Ambersons.

America's favorite pin-up girl, Bettie Page, still casts her alluring shadow over popular culture. In Mark Mori's Bettie Page Reveals All, we hear Bettie tell her own story about her rise to infamy and subsequent retreat from the limelight.

For Thanksgiving, enjoy the story of Reagan-era morality and economics gone wild: Eating Raoul put "cult filmmaker" Paul Bartel on the map with a surprise mainstream hit about Paul and Mary Bland, two Puritanical folks who kill swingers for cash to fulfill their "American Dream."

In honor of the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, we're looking at Executive Action, one of the first films to tackle the events of 11/23/1963. We also talk about related films such as JFK, Flashpoint, The Price of Power, and more.

The rest of our interview with Bill Mesce Jr. He talks about Road Ends, The Versace Murder, Dinosaur Babes, and more.

Brian DePalma's Blow Out takes on Antonioni, Coppola and Zapruder. The 1981 film stands as John Travolta's finest performance. We're joined by Jamey Duvall of Movie Geeks United. Featuring interviews with Nancy Allen, Dennis Franz, Fred C. Caruso, and Bill Mesce.

In this special episode of The Projection Booth, John Sayles talks about his new film Go For Sisters, lessons learned working for Roger Corman, and the state of independent film.