The Projection Booth

The lights are going down on repertory cinemas around the globe thanks to digital projection and the evolution of home cinema. We're talking about Morgan White's documentary, The Rep, which explores independent cinemas via looking at the Toronto Underground.

We conclude our two-part look at Scientology and the movies with Battlefield Earth. We debate the veracity that it's "The Worst Film Ever Made" and discuss the making of the film with the film's director, Academy Award winner Roger Christian, and original screenwriter J.D. Shapiro.

On this special episode of The Projection Booth we discuss the 2nd Annual Cinetopia Film Festival which takes place in Ann Arbor and Detroit the weekend of June 6, 2013.

In the first of our two-part series on Scientology in Film, we look at Craig Baldwin's Mock Up on Mu, a story of sex magick, science fiction, and technology. We also talk about The Master, The Profit, and the book Sex & Rockets.

We dive head first into Joe Dante's The Howling (and the rest of the book and movie franchise) along with Josh Hadley of the Radiodrome, What the F*ck and Lost in the Static podcasts.

Nikos Nikolaidis's Singapore Sling is a bizarro sequel to Otto Preminger's Laura and one of the few Greek films that have made it onto the podcast. We talk about Singapore Sling, golden showers, and Greek film with our guest co-host, Fraulein Von B.

We discuss the transcendental road film Two-Lane Blacktop along with director Monte Hellman.

In this special episode of The Projection Booth, we talk about the Aspen Film Festival, the Kansas City Film Festival, upcoming episodes, and conspiracy theories.

Featuring the lion's share of our interview with Jane Hamilton (AKA Veronica Hart), we're looking at A Scent of Heather, her screen debut. We're joined this week by Jill Nelson, author of Golden Goddesses: 25 Legendary Women of Classic Erotic Cinema.

We're talking about Radley Metzger's The Opening of Misty Beethoven, a re-telling of Pygmalion made at the height of porno chic. We're joined by Steven Morowitz of Distribpix and Veronica Hart, director of the musical version of Misty Beethoven.

Fire up the grill and get ready to talk about all thinks Lee Marvin. We're biting into Michael Ritchie's Prime Cut along with Dwayne Epstein, author of Lee Marvin: Point Blank. We also talk with Cameron Ashley of The Crime Factory about their recent collection of stories all about the man, Lee.

George Romero's Martin is a remarkable vampire film made at the high point of Romero's career. Our special co-host, Edward G. Pettit, is a freelance writer, book reviewer, film presenter, professor and literary provocateur.

Boil some rice and kick back with our discussion of Seijun Suzuki's madcap Yakuza film, Branded to Kill. We're joined by Coffin Jon of VCinema and Bill By Force of Outside the Cinema.

Just in time for Easter, Rob & Mike look at the making of and controversy surrounding Martin Scorsese's controversial film, The Last Temptation of Christ. Interviews include cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and professor Darren J. N. Middleton.

Music mix for our Last Temptation of Christ episode. Features tunes from King Missle, Soundgarden, Elvis Hitler, Jello Biafra, Ministry, and more.