The Projection Booth

We discuss sex, violence, ratings, and censorship just in time for Pioneer Day. We're looking at Cleanflix, a documentary about the "sanitization" of films for Mormon audiences.

Every good thing deserves a sequel and our VHS Extravaganza episode is no exception. We're back to talking about this former format, NTSC, the theatrical experience, and so much more with Noel Mellor of the Adventures in VHS podcast and upcoming book.

Hack the planet! We dive headlong into Iain Softley's 1995 film, Hackers, and explore how the film presents a candy-colored version of the nascent days of the world wide web.

Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark is a hybrid vampire film in which "The V Word" is never uttered. We discuss this film, penned by screenwriter Eric Red, and other vampire flicks this episode. Special Guests: Lance Henriksen, Mike Mayo. Guest Co-host: Edward G. Pettit.

Celebrate your independence with this most American of our national sports, the Death Race! We're joined this week by Adam Spiegelman of the Proudly Resents and Dream Tweet podcasts as wel talk about this 1975 Paul Bartel film.

A look at Hit & Stay, a documentary that looks at the anti-war activism movement from the Catonsville 9 to the Camden 28 and beyond. Recorded at the Waterfront Film Festival in South Haven, Michigan.

It's our super ultra deluxe extravaganza about all things VHS. We're talking to the filmmakers behind Rewind This!, Adjust Your Tracking, Plastic Movies Rewound, and VHS Massacre. We also play back your VHS memories via all the calls we got from listeners!

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.