Special Report: Wojnarowicz (2020)
Director Chris McKim celebrates the confrontational and controversial artist David Wojnarowicz in the 2020 documentary Wojnarowicz: F*ck You, F*ggot F*cker. On this special episode Mike speaks with McKim along with producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
20 Joulu 202145min
Episode 551: Fight Club (1999)
Rob St. Mary and Maitland McDonagh join Mike to look at the 1999 film from director David Fincher, Fight Club. Based on the book by Chuck Palahniuk, the film stars Edward Norton as an office drone who becomes addicted to self-help groups until he starts his own. However, we are not allowed to talk about it.Interviews on this episode include author Chuck Palahniuk, producer Ross Grayson Bell, and screenwriter Jim Uhls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
15 Joulu 20213h 53min
Special Report: Alexander Fee on The Japan Society
Mike spoke with Alexander Fee of the Japan Society New York about the Flash Forward series currently happening. Find out more at: https://www.japansociety.org/arts-and-culture/films/flash-forward-japanese-films. Today's episode is sponsored by New York University Tisch Pro/Online - a new way to learn filmmaking and screenwriting. Learn more at www.tischpro.smashcut.com/booth.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
12 Joulu 202119min
Episode 550: Just One of the Guys (1985)
Directed by Lisa Gottlieb, Just One of the Guys (1985) stars Joyce Hyser as Terry Griffith, a reporter for her school paper who feels she’s being discriminated against by her teacher when it comes to a potential summer internship at the Sun-Tribune. In order to prove that she has what it takes she goes undercover as a teenage boy.Rahne Alexander and Jim Laczkowski join Mike to discuss the film and other genderswap movies.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
8 Joulu 20212h 14min
Episode 549: The Matrix (1999)
Released in 1999, The Wachowski Siblings's The Matrix stars Keanu Reeves as Thomas “Neo” Anderson, a cubicle jockey who is looking for meaning in his life by way of the notorious hacker Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne). Neo gets more than he bargained for when he learns that the world in which we live is a computer-generated construct, the titular Matrix. Ben Buckingham and Christine Makepeace join Mike to discuss this groundbreaking film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
1 Joulu 20212h 17min
Special Report: Lost Highway (1997)
We conclude #Noirvember 2021 with a special episode about David Lynch’s Lost Highway. Written by Lynch and Barry Gifford, it’s the story of Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), a musician who has trouble trusting his wife, Renee (Patricia Arquette). When they begin to get anonymous deliveries of VHS tapes, the pair are plunged into an underworld of mystery…Jedidiah Ayres and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss the film and this phase of David Lynch’s career.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
27 Marras 20212h 47min
Episode 548: Chameleon Street (1989)
Noirvember 2021 continues with a look at Wendell B. Harris’s Chameleon Street. After winning the Sundance film festival in 1990 the film took too long to come out theatrically and died a quick death after it did. It’s the story of Douglas Street played by Harris. He’s a man who goes from installing burglar alarms to extorting a Detroit Tiger to impersonating a doctor, student, lawyer, and more.Jay Jackson and Jonathan Melville join Mike to discuss this thought-provoking film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
24 Marras 20212h 24min
Special Report: These Fists Break Bricks
Mike talks with Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali about their new book These Fists Break Bricks which looks at the phenomena of how martial arts influenced American popular culture.Order the book at https://amzn.to/2WROuhPLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
22 Marras 202156min
