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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We're discussing Stephen Sayadian's 1989 film, Dr. Caligari. Co-written by Jerry Stahl, the film tells the tale of a patient at an asylum run by the granddaughter of the infamous German doctor.
As mentioned on our recent EGO FEST III show, Mike led a couple of Q&A sessions at FanExpo Canada 2015. The first was with Orlando Jones. Mr. Jones discusses his work on MadTV, Sleepy Hollow, Evolution, and more.
As mentioned on our recent EGO FEST III show, Mike led a couple of Q&A sessions at FanExpo Canada 2015. The second was with Danny Trejo. Mr. Trejo discusses his work on Con Air, Breaking Bad, Runaway Train, and more.
We're discussing Robert Fuest's The Final Programme where Jerry Cornelius helps a cadre of shadowy figures steal the formula for his father's work which may save humanity from the end of the world...
Just in time for Labor Day, we're looking at the 1978 film all about the working man, Blue Collar. Directed and co-written by Paul Schrader it tells the tale of three men working in our fair city of Detroit.
Every once in a while we just turn on the mics and go. We answer listener emails, play some voicemails, and talk about how the Projection Booth sausage is made.
The first big American studio film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, The Black Cat stars Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in a taut game of life and death.
On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to Michael Felsher, whose Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow which is now available for pre-order via IndieGoGo.
We discuss the 1991 comic book film The Rocketeer starring Billy Campbell. We look at the film's production with its writers (Paul DeMeo and Danny Bilson) and director (Joe Johnston). We also talk to the inimitable Jon Polito.
As part of our coverage of The Rocketeer we talked with director Joe Johnston about Jurassic Park III, Jumanji, October Sky, The Wolfman, Captain America: The First Avenger, and he gives his one and only statement about The Pagemaster.
NWA court is now in order and we're discussing F. Gary Grey's Straight Outta Compton with producer Bill Straus.
A woman stalks the streets of Glasgow, Scotland looking for men in Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin. We're joined by Alexandra West of the Faculty of Horror podcast to dig into this enigmatic film.
For our Under the Skin episode we're talking to screenwriter and novelist Alexander Stuart about technology and his latest work.
Once "the kids' version of THX-1138", Alan Johnson's Solarbabies has seven orphans looking for salvation in a water-starved post-apocalyptic world. Conceived by the artist Metrov, the story behind the film may be more interesting than the movie itself.
Special Guest: Nat Segaloff (Arthur Penn: American Director), Guest Co-Host: Carol Borden (Cultural Gutter). Night Moves, the 1975 neo-noir, finds Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) lost in a post-Watergate America.