Special Report: Bruce Vilanch Makes the Yuletide Gay

We continue talking about comedic films this month with a look at Stacy Title’s The Last Supper. Released in 1995, the film is a dark comedy where a handful of liberals decide to try and make the world a better place by poisoning scuzzball right-wingers and planting them in their garden.Martin Kessler and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the movie while producer and star Jonathan Penner and writer Dan Rosen talk about the making of the film.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

31 Maj 20231h 57min

On this special episode, Mike talks with producer Natalie Perrotta about her career including one of her latest films, God is a Bullet which opens June 23, 2023.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 Maj 202330min

Yes, you read that right, this is the long-delayed episode with coverage of Fantasia 2022.This episode features three interviews. On the first you'll hear from director Mali Elfman and actress Katie Parker about Next Exit (streaming now on Hulu), then director Rodrigo Gudiño about his movie The Breach, and finally director Luke Higginson and actress Gabrielle Graham discuss Relax, I'm from The Future.This episode does not feature an interview with Satoshi Miki about What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? and Convenience Story as I was unable to make it sound decent-enough for broadcast.Find out more about Fantasia at https://fantasiafestival.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

29 Maj 20231h 3min

We’re kicking off a month of discussing comedy films with a look at Martin Scorsese’s After Hours. Released in 1985 the film was written by Joseph Minion and stars Griffin Dunne as Paul Hackett, a yuppie stuck in a Kafkaesque night in Soho.Chris Stachiw and Tim Luz join Mike to discuss one of Scorsese's more unusual films.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

24 Maj 20231h 39min

We conclude our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. We wrap up with 1979’s Murder by Decree. Directed by Bob Clark, the film is a mix of British and Canadian actors including Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes and James Mason as Doctor Watson. The fictional pair are put on the path of the very real Jack the Ripper, one of Britain’s most famous serial killers. Aaron Peterson and David MacGregor join Mike to discuss the film while S. Brent Morris (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry) talks about Masons and Susan Clark dishes about her illustrious career.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

15 Maj 20232h 49min

We continue our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. On this episode we’re discussing The Seven-Per-Cent Solution from 1976. Directed by Herbert Ross and written by Nicholas Meyer -- and based on his first of many Sherlock Holmes books -- the film finds Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) in the grip of cocaine addiction while Dr. John Watson (Robert Duvall) plans to take his friend to Vienna to undergo therapy by Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin).David MacGregor and Aaron Peterson join Mike to discuss the film while Nicholas Meyer talks about his many Holmes novels.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

8 Maj 20231h 55min

On this special episode, Mike talks with filmmaker Sheldon Lettich, actor Brian Thompson, and author Corey Danna (who wrote Sheldon Lettich: From Vietnam to Van Damme). We discuss Mr. Danna's book as well as Mr. Lettich's first short film, Firefight, which is now available to view on YouTube.Book: https://amzn.to/3HvhnErFirefight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-54CUoY_380Become 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 Maj 202355min

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with actors Kate Nash and Toby Sebastian about the 2023 film, Coffee Wars. It's the story if an idealistic young woman, Jo (Kate Nash) who is struggling to make ends meet while making environmentally-friendly coffee. She enters into a contest in hopes of making enough money to make ends meet only to be met by her rival, Rudy (Toby Sebastian) on the field of combat.Coffee Wars is streaming now. Proceeds go to environmental and animal-rights causes.Find out more at https://bit.ly/m/CoffeeWarsLinksBecome 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

3 Maj 202331min