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The Projection Booth

Summary: The Projection Booth is a film discussion/dissection podcast from Detroit. Our goals include bringing lesser-known films to light and placing them in context of their time and place in film study.

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 TPB: The Italian Connection | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 56:33

Delve into the world of Eurocrime with a look at Fernando DiLeo's The Italian Connection along with Eurocrime documentary director Mike Malloy.

 TPB: The Woman Chaser | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:15:13

A tragically overlooked and underrated film adaptation of Charles Willeford's psychotic look at the movie industry through the eyes of used car salesman Richard Hudson, this film was the toast of the indie movie scene in 1999.

 TPB: World's Greatest Sinner | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:32:11

Joining me in the Projection Booth this week is Marisa Young of The Timothy Carey Experience. We're looking at Carey's pièce de résistance, World's Greatest Sinner, the story of one man's desire to be god.

 TPB: Hickey & Boggs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:11

Hickey & Boggs, a nihilistic neonoir directed by and starring Robert Culp, gets examined in The Projection Booth by Mike and Mondo Justin along with guest Joe Robin and Richard Edwards.

 TPB: High & Low | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 56:31

Joining Mike & Mondo Justin is VCinema's Coffin Jon. The trio talks about Akira Kurosawa's noir classic, High & Low.

 Special Announcement from The Projection Booth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:15

A very special announcement from The Projection Booth.

 TPB: Last Action Hero - Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:04:47

Unable to let sleeping dogs lie, Mike and Mondo Justin get back in the ring with The Samurai from GGTMC and continue to duke it out about Last Action Hero. Also in the fray are user call-in comments. Get ready to rumble again!

 TPB: The Spook Who Sat by the Door | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:15

The revolution will not be televised. It'll be a subversive flick from director Ivan Dixon and writer Sam Greenlee, The Spook Who Sat by the Door.

 TPB: The Man from Earth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:10:45

David Lee Smith is John Oldman, a college professor who reveals to his colleagues that he's actually a centuries-old caveman. So begins a captivating yet intimate philosophical meditation on immortality, history, science and faith.

 TPB: The Killer | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:16:45

One podcast. Two men. Ten Thousand Bullets. We’re looking at John Woo’s landmark action film The Killer; examining its origin and impact. Our special guest this week, Kenneth Hall, has written the book on Woo.

 TPB: Big Wednesday | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:00

It’s been called the greatest surfing movie of all time. But Big Wednesday is so very much more than just a film about surfing. It’s a story of epic friendship, and the changing of the tides in one’s life.

 TPB: Desperate Living | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:06:31

Take a trip with Mike and Mondo Justin to Mortville where we'll be joined by writer/director John Waters and star Mink Stole as we talk about the twisted lesbian fairy tale Desperate Living. Break out the oatmeal cookies!

 TPB: Last Action Hero | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:00:47

Mike and Mondo Justin are joined by The Samurai from The GGTMC podcast. They'll be discussing the misunderstood and justly maligned big ticket summer Hollywood blockbuster of '93 — Last Action Hero — starring the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger.

 TPB: Darktown Strutters | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 57:20

We're hopping on our hogs and talking about the Darktown Strutters, one of the most madcap blaxploitation flicks ever made. Come with us as we follow Syreena (Trina Parks) as she looks for her momma, uncovering a web of intrigue.

 TPB: Kenneth Anger: Magick Lantern Cycle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2:31:11

Mike and Mondo Justin examine the dangerously influential dark cinematic magick of movie magus Kenneth Anger. The guys break down Anger's infamous Magick Lantern Cycle noting its significant impact on underground film as well as mainstream Hollywood.

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