The Projection Booth

This week's discussion focuses on Tim Burton's 1994 film about the hapless B-movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. Guests include the film's co-writer, Larry Karaszewski, actor Mike Starr, musician Lydia Kavina, and author Andrew J. Rausch.

Mike discusses James Signorelli's Elvira Mistress of the Dark with Josh Hadley and John Pilate. The film stars Cassandra Peterson as a horror hostess desperate to break into Vegas who's beset by the righteous people of Falwell, MA and her demonic Uncle (William Morgan Sheppard).

As part of the coverage of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Mike spoke with actor William Morgan Sheppard, briefly touching upon a few points in his storied career including "Max Headroom", The Prestige, Wild at Heart, and more.

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Steve Byrne, Arts & Entertainment editor at the Detroit Free Press, about the line-up for the 2016 Freep Film Festival which runs March 31-April 3, 2016.

Bad Timing tells the story of two people, Alex Linden (Art Garfunkel)and Milena Flaherty (Theresa Russell), who get together when maybe they shouldn’t have. Interviews: Nic Roeg, Yale Udoff, Tony Lawson. Co-Hosts: Elric Kane, Adam Long.

From the land of Canada and the depths of time comes the low-budget horror film Science Crazed in which a scientist creates a fiend with only one thing on its mind... murder. Mike's joined by Josh Johnson and Angela Mac to proselytize about the film.

On a special joint Projection Booth / Proudly Resents crossover, Adam Spiegelman joins Mike to talk about Room Full of Spoons, a documentary from Rick Harper that chronicles the making and impact of Tommy Wiseau's magnum opus, The Room.

Erotica writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel joins Mike to discuss Steven Shainberg's Secretary and Sam Taylor-Johnson's 50 Shades of Grey.

Jon Abrams of The Daily Grindhouse and Angela Mac join Mike to discuss Night of the Comet. The episode features interviews with director Thom Eberhardt, and stars Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney.

Peter Medak's The Changeling stars George C. Scott as a professor/composer who lost his wife and daughter. Axel Kohagen and We Hate Movies's Andrew Jupin join Mike to discuss this chilling 1980 film.

Pump Up the Volume stars Christian Slater as Hard Harry, a pirate DJ who rants about life as a high school student and the injustices of the world.

As part of our episode on The Changeling, Mike talked with director Peter Medak about his upcoming documentary feature, The Ghost of Peter Sellers, about the nightmarish making of 1973's Ghost in the Noonday Sun.

Sholay may be the most popular Indian film ever released. Beth Watkins of Beth Loves Bollywood and Todd Stadtman, author of Funky Bollywood: The Wild World of 1970s Indian Action Cinema, join Mike in discussing the film.

Maitland McDonagh and Bill Ackerman join Mike in discussing Donald Cammell's Demon Seed. Adapted from a book by Dean Koontz, it's the story of technology run amok. We speak to actor Gerrit Graham and Cammell scholars Rebecca and Sam Umland.

As part of our coverage of Demon Seed, Mike spoke to actor, writer, songwriter Gerrit Graham about CHUD II, Star Trek: Voyager, Used Cars, Phantom of the Paradise, Class Reunion, Home Movies, Beware! The Blob, Seinfeld, and more.