The Projection Booth

Raw Talent is the story of a struggling actor (Jerry Butler) who ends up in the world of adult film, manipulated by an underhanded female director (Lisa DeLeeuw). The first entry in a trilogy, Raw Talent lampoons the industry. It combines wit and style with eroticism and kung-fu.

Bonus episode for our Raw Talent show. This is an interview with Jerry Butler.

Bonus episode for our Raw Talent show. These are extra excerpts from the interview with Joyce Snyder.

Bonus episode for our Raw Talent show. This is the second part of the interview with Larry Revene.

The opening film in the epic tale of loyalty and betrayal amongst post-war Yakuza, Fukasaku's Battles without Honor and Humanity was a cynical look at Japanese society. Returning to the Projection Booth this week is Coffin Jon of VCinemaShow.com.

Come with us to the distant future, 2009, as we talk about Freejack, a dystopian flick about bodysnatching and hair gel.

Rob and Mike head up to the wilds of northern Michigan with Cine du Sasquatch expert -- and author of The Bigfoot Filmography -- Dave Coleman, to discuss The Legend of Boggy Creek.

Just in time for Memorial Day, The Projection Booth honors those who served by serving up a "super mega epic" episode looking at the various incarnations of First Blood, from David Morrell's book, to the Ted Kotcheff film.

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike looks at the Cinetopia film festival in Ann Arbor and the state of the state's film scene. This episode also includes upcoming festival deadlines, festivals, screenings and a very special event at the Corktown Cinema in July that you won't want to miss

Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial, shocking, and darkly comical artsploitation flick, Salo (or The 120 Days of Sodom) is based on a work by the Marquis de Sade transplanted to fascist Italy.

Real badge. Real gun. Fake cop. That's Miami Blues in six words but there's so much more than that to this terrific adaptation of Charles Willeford's work by George Armitage.

Witness the sordid tale of juvenile delinquents from outer space and their rebellious rampage of resurrection and rock & roll in The Ghastly Love of Johnny X!

Allison Anders's Grace of My Heart tells the story of Edna Buxton (Illeana Douglas), a singer/songwriter whose life and loves are documented through song.

You will believe a pie can fly after we talk about Superbman: The Other Movie, a parody flick from the early '80s. Rob and Mike also discuss parodies, fan films, and other cinematic tributes.

The Amazing Randi has made a career out of outing charlatans and injecting a needed dose of rational thinking to an irrational world. Now he's the subject of a new documentary, An Honest Liar.