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Director Andrew Cumming discusses his feature film directorial debut, Out of Darkness, a horror film set in prehistory times. The film opens in the U.S. on February 9, 2024.
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Jonathan Penner and Otto Bruno join Mike to kick off a month of discussing American Westerns. We begin with one from German emigre Fritz Lang with his 1952 film Rancho Notorious. The film stars Arthur Kennedy as a ranch hand whose fiance is murdered in a tale of hate, murder and revenge.
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We're doing something unusual with a re-do of the third episode of The Projection Booth. Yes, we’re talking about Joseph Sargent's 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Based on the book by John Godey (pen name of Morton Freedgood) and brilliantly adapted by Peter Stone, the film stars Walter Matthau as Zach Garber, a transit transit cop whose train is taken hostage by Robert Shaw as Mr. Blue, and his three henchmen, Mr. Green, Mr. Grey, and Mr. Brown.
Duane Swierczynski (California Bear) and Keith Gordon join Mike to discuss the film and its two remakes while actor Sal Viscuso talks about his role in the original film.
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Slamdance 2024 coverage continues with a look at Darla in Space, an offbeat comedy about a woman whose mother put her in debt. Fortunately, relief comes in the form of a sentient kombucha scobi named "Mother" that provides counsel and mind-blowing orgasms.
Mike speaks co-directors Eric Laplante and Susie Moon about their amazing debut feature. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.
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Slamdance 2024 coverage continues with a look at Citizen Weiner a documentary about a media prank that actors/writers Zach Weiner, Joe Gallagher, and director Daniel Robbins put on where Weiner ran for New York City Council in 2020. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.
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Kat Ellinger and El Goro join Mike to look at the Finnish folk horror film The White Reindeer. Directed by Erik Blomborg, the film was released in 1952 and it’s the story of Pirita -- played by the film’s co-writer Mirjami Kuosmanen. She’s a newlywed who misses her husband. When she goes to a shaman to have him craft a love potion for her, she becomes a dreaded were-reindeer.
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Slamdance 2024 coverage continues with a discussion of On the Way Home with director Giorgi Kvelidze. It's a documentary about a pair of Georgian refugees and their struggles. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.
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As part of our Slamdance 2024 coverage, Mike talks with director Joe Maggio and co-writers Faryl Amadeus and Clint Jordan about their 2024 film BLISS, a follow-up to the 2001 film Virgil Bliss. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.
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On this special episode Mike talks with director Peter Hutchings about his latest film, Which Brings Me to You, a romantic comedy about Jane (Lucy Hale) and Will (Nat Wolff), two people with bad track records of former partners.
The film opens in the U.S. on January 19, 2024.
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Lumi Etienne and Jonathan Owen join Mike to discuss the 2006 film Taxidermia. Directed and co-written by György Pálfi, Taxidermia tells the story of three generations of an unusual family. Grandpa Vendel is in the military and serves at an outpost under the boot heel of his commanding officer. Father Kálmán is a competitive eater. And son Lajoska is a taxidermist -- hence the name of the film.
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