Special Report: Scarred for Life

Special Report: Scarred for Life

Mike converses with Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence, the authors of the Scarred for Life book series. They discuss the unsettling aspects of 1970s and 1980s pop culture that left lasting impressions on a generation.

From chilling public information films to haunting children's television and dystopian sci-fi, discover how these dark cultural elements shaped their acclaimed books. Tune in for a captivating discussion that blends nostalgia with insightful analysis of the media that scarred us for life.

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Episode 786: Pandemonium (1987)

Episode 786: Pandemonium (1987)

The Projection Booth continues its dive into Australian cinema with Pandemonium, the delirious 1987 feature from writer-director Haydn Keenan. A film that plays like a fever dream filtered through exp...

11 Feb 2h 7min

Episode 785: Shirley Thompson Versus The Aliens (1972)

Episode 785: Shirley Thompson Versus The Aliens (1972)

The Projection Booth kicks off a month devoted to Australian oddities with Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens, the startling 1972 debut from director Jim Sharman. Long unseen outside of archival corne...

4 Feb 2h 35min

Episode 784: Arizona Dream (1993)

Episode 784: Arizona Dream (1993)

Emir Kusturica’s Arizona Dream drifts between deadpan comedy and waking dream, a film where ambition, escape, and American myth collide at odd angles. Written by David Atkins and directed by Emir Kust...

28 Jan 2h 23min

Special Report:  Homegrown (2024)

Special Report: Homegrown (2024)

Mike talks with Michael Premo, director of Homegrown, about embedding himself with right-wing activists in the years leading up to—and following—January 6, 2021. Rather than treating the Capitol attac...

22 Jan 25min

Episode 783: Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)

Episode 783: Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)

The Projection Booth turns its attention to Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970), the adaptation of Joe Orton’s infamous stage play, directed by Douglas Hickox. Jonathan Owen and Rob St. Mary join Mike to d...

21 Jan 1h 44min

Episode 782: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Episode 782: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Spencer Parsons and Chris Stachiw join Mike to dig into the ideological undercurrents of The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan’s contentious capstone to his Batman trilogy. Released in 2012, the fi...

14 Jan 2h 8min

Episode 781: Z Channel - A Magnificent Obsession (2004)

Episode 781: Z Channel - A Magnificent Obsession (2004)

Adam Long and Josh Hadley join Mike to explore Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004), the sweeping documentary from Xan Cassavetes about the rise and fall of Los Angeles’s most influential pay-TV ...

7 Jan 1h 33min

Special Report: Dead Man's Line (2018)

Special Report: Dead Man's Line (2018)

Mike talks with Alan Berry and Mark Enochs, the filmmakers behind Dead Man’s Line, a chilling dive into one of America’s most disturbing true-crime stories. The conversation traces how the directors r...

5 Jan 1h 25min

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