Special Report: Mickey Reece on Country Gold

We wrap up a month of discussion around comedic film with one of the best, The Coen Brothers's second film, Raising Arizona. It's the story of repeat offender H.I. McDunnough (Nicolas Cage) and his wife Ed (Holly Hunter), a childless couple who steal one of the quintuplets from Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson) and, hell, you know who he is.Rob St. Mary and Keith Gordon join Mike to talk about the film while Professor Joseph McBride discusses his book, The Whole Durn Human Comedy: Life According to the Coen Brothers.Become 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

5 Juli 20232h 9min

In a special Projection Booth / The Kulturecast crossover, Chris Stachiw, Andrew Rausch, and Mike conclude the Reading of the Lost Ark series with a discussion of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.Become 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

4 Juli 20231h 46min

Author Dwayne Epstein (Lee Marvin: Point Blank) returns to the Projection Booth to discuss his latest book, Killin' Generals: The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WWII Movie of All Time, a look at the classic Robert Aldrtich movie in which a group of soldiers on death row are recruited to perform a suicide mission. Buy it now at https://amzn.to/3XyHKA3Become 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

4 Juli 20231h 6min

We conclude our coverage of Tribeca 2023 with a discussion of The Secret Art of Human Flight with HP Mendoza. Be sure to find out more about the film and Mr. Mendoza at his website: http://www.hpmendoza.com/Become 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

2 Juli 202334min

Mike speaks with Frank Marshall who was a producer on all of the Indiana Jones movies from Raiders of the Lost Ark to the Dial of Destiny. They discuss the making of Raiders as well as some of Mr. Marshall's directorial efforts and his work on The Other side of the Wind.Become 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 Juli 202321min

Chris, Andrew, and Mike wrap up their post-reading discussion in our last session of Reading of the Lost Ark.Become 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

30 Juni 202335min

George Lucas (Chris Stachiw), Steven Spielberg (Andrew Rausch), and Lawrence Kasdan (Mike White) abruptly finish their conversation about Raiders of the Lost Ark. Lots of garbled words and missing pages this time around as we wrap up the reading portion of Reading of the Lost Ark.Become 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

29 Juni 202349min

On this special episode, Mike talks with filmmakers Georden West and Russell Scheaffer about the 2023 film Playland, a dreamy documentation of a queer bar in Boston. The film recently played at Tribeca and will be at festivals around the country soon.Become 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

28 Juni 202329min