Episode 801: Reconstituirea (1968)
In 1968, Romanian filmmaker Lucian Pintilie completed his second film, Reconstituirea — known in English as Reconstruction or The Reenactment — and, within a month of its 1970 release, it vanished. No...
27 Touko 2h 8min
Special Report: Kimi Takesue: Crossings and Encounters
Mike talks with filmmaker Kimi Takesue, whose work — spanning documentary, fiction, and experimental forms — is now collected on the Criterion Channel. Takesue grew up shuttling between Honolulu and M...
18 Touko 40min
Episode 800: Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Orson Welles spent thirty-five years trying to put Sir John Falstaff on screen. Chimes at Midnight (1966) is the result: a film drawn from five Shakespeare plays — primarily the two Henry IV parts, wi...
14 Touko 1h 58min
Episode 799: The Toxic Avenger (2023)
In 2025, New Jersey's favorite hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength returned — twice. Writer/director Macon Blair's big-budget reimagining, The Toxic Avenger (2023), finally rec...
12 Touko 3h 3min
Special Report: Mye Hoang on 25 Cats from Qatar (2025)
From indie narratives to deeply personal documentaries, filmmaker Mye Hoang has built a career around stories about identity, community, and unexpected connections. On this episode of *The Projection ...
5 Touko 45min
Special Report: Simon Glassman on Buffet Infinity (2025)
Mike talks with Simon Glassman, the writer-director of the 2025 Canadian horror-comedy Buffet Infinity, a feature debut that premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival to instant cult accla...
4 Touko 25min
Episode 798: Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Comedy Month wraps up as Mike talks with Rob St. Mary and Heather Drain about Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered (2001) and Producer Lauren Lloyd joins Mike for an interview about working on the film tha...
29 Huhti 2h 13min
