Episode 478: The Lion Has Seven Heads (1970)
We conclude Cinema Novo month with a look at Glauber Rocha’s The Lion has Seven Heads, though, this movie seems to be post-Cinema Novo and wasn’t even made in Brazil. Instead, this film was made after...
29 Juli 20201h 5min
Special Report: Better Off Dead (1985)
We're discussing Better Off Dead (1985) from writer/director Savage Steve Holland. The film stars John Cusack as Lane Myer, a high school student obsessed with his girlfriend, Beth. When Beth breaks u...
24 Juli 20203h 37min
Episode 477: Macunaíma (1969)
Cinema Novo month continues with a look at Joaquim Pedro de Andrade’s Macumaia. Based on the 1928 Modernist novel of the same name by Mário de Andrade (no relation). Some see the Cinema Novo movement ...
22 Juli 20201h 7min
Special Report: Celebrity Crush (2019)
On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to writer/director/actor Oliver Robins about his latest film, Celebrity Crush (2019). The film stars Robins as a celebrity who is kidnapped ...
17 Juli 202030min
Episide 476: Entranced Earth (1967)
Cinema Novo month continues with a look at Glauber Raucha’s Terra em Transe also known as Entranced Earth or Land of Anguish. It’s the story of the mythical country of El Dorado where the events seem ...
15 Juli 20201h 6min
Special Report: The Beaver Trilogy (& Part IV) (2000/2015)
On this very special episode of The Projection Booth we're looking at the films of Trent Harris, specifically The Beaver Trilogy (2000) which includes a documentary segment about Utah native "Groovin'...
10 Juli 20201h 57min
Episode 475: Black God, White Devil (1964)
Cinema Novo month continues with a look at Glauber Rocha's Black God, White Devil (and its follow-up, Antonio Das Mortes). It's two stories in one as our main character, Manuel, kills his boss and the...
8 Juli 20201h 12min
Episode 474: Vidas Secas (1963)
We are kicking off a month of shows discussing the Cinema Novo movement from Brazil with a look at Nelson Pereira dos Santos’s 1963 film Vidas Secas. Also known as Barren Lives, the film is based on a...
1 Juli 202053min
