The Projection Booth Podcast

Mike Faloon and Lexy Van Dyke join Mike to wrap up Sci-Fi July with one of the classics of the genre, Forbidden Planet (1956). A loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the film stars Leslie Nielsen as Commander J.J. Adams.  He and his crew land upon a planet in the Altair system where they look for survivors from the spaceship Bellerophon.  There they discover just Professor Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Altaria (Anne Francis), and their robot servant (Robby).   There’s a mystery afoot and it’s up to Commander Adams and his gang of goofy astronauts to solve it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Axel Kohagen joined Mike to discuss his annual horror movie marathon for charity.The event takes place September 22-24, 2024.Follow Axel on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/axelscares for live updates and prizes.Donate to the cause at: https://give.thetrevorproject.org/fundraiser/5625245Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Mike spoke with both director Marcus Dunstan and actress Jade Pettyjohn about the new horror/comedy slasher film #AMFAD.The film is scheduled to be released in select theaters and video on demand on August 2, 2024.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Sci-Fi July continues with a look at Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element.  Written by Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, the film stars Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas, a cab driver who becomes embroiled in a crisis that threatens to destroy the Earth (if not love itself).Actor Galen Howard and writer Paul Zimmerman join Mike to discuss this beloved cult classic. Interviews include screenwriter Kamen, Sound Supervisor Mark A. Mangini, and Production Manager John A. Amicarella,Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Sci-Fi July continues with Ishiro Honda’s Latitude Zero.  Written by Ted Sherdeman and based on his and his wife Anne’s NBC radio serial of the same name, the film stars Joseph Cotten as a Captain Nemo-like commander of a submarine on it's way to... Latitude Zero, an underwater Utopia populated by scientists from the world over.  Their enemy, Malic (Cesar Romero), will stop at nothing to destroy them, even if it means making a manticore with pieces of his crew.Walter Chaw and Carol Borden join Mike to discuss this under-seen kaiju classic and its fascinating origin. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Writer Heidi Honeycutt discusses her new book, I Spit On Your Celluloid, a look at female genre filmmakers throughout the ages.Buy her book and find out more via her website: https://heidihoneycutt.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Katharine Coldiron (Junk Film) and Tim Luz (CinemaSpection) join Mike to discuss Phil Tucker's sci-fi classic Robot Monster (1953), a cold war film in which a gorilla with a porthole on his head tries to eliminate the last few hu-mans that remain on Earth after unleashing an army of dinosaurs to wipe out everyone else.Mike talks with Bob Furmanek President and Founder of the 3-D Film Archive before chatting with Anders Runestad about his book, I Cannot, Yet I Must: The True Story of the Best Bad Monster Movie of All Time Robot Monster.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

On this special episode, Mike talks with Dawn Mikkelson about her new documentary, Minnesota Mean (2024), It's a look at a season in the rough and tumble world of Roller Derby. Find out more at https://www.minnesotameanfilm.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

On this special cross-over episode with Chris Stachiw's Kulturecast, we're discussing the new Netflix film, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F - The TLDL; is that Mike, Chris, and Father Malone really enjoyed its mix of Murphy's comic chops and a few throwbacks to the older films. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

We continue Sci-Fi July with a look at the Yogoslavian/Czechosolvakian co-production Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy.  Directed by Dusan Vukotic and co-written by Projection Booth favorite Milos Macourek, the film stars Zarko Potocnjak as Robert, a writer who manifests some of his own characters to hilarious results. Samm Deighan (Eros plus Massacre) and Ryan Verrill (Disc-Connected) join Mike to discuss this quirky sci-fi film. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Just a little preview of some stuff coming up at the Fantasia Film Festival which runs July 18 to August 4 in Montreal, Canada. It's the premiere genre festival of North America.This year's fest includes several Projection Booth favorites including Miguel Llansó, Monte Hellman, Allen Moyle, Kier-la Janisse, Elric Kane, Vincenzo Natali, and more.Find out more at https://fantasiafestival.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Mike talks with Peter Tatara and Alexander Fee, programmers from the Japan Cuts Film Festival which runs July 10 - 21, 2024.  Find out more at the website https://japansociety.org/film/japancuts/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Mike spoke with Robert Kiviat about his career and his latest "documentary", The Mandela Effect Phenomenon which tries to present a serious argument that self-centered people mis-remembering things is an obvious signal that they're in the wrong universe. After a lot of debate, Mike relucantly decided to release this special episode. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Darkman, Barb Wire, Navy Seals, Hard Target... all of these (and more!) were written by Chuck Pfarrer, military-man turned screenwriter who made his bones throughout the 1990s. On this special episode, Mike spoke with Mr. Pfarrer about his fascinating career.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Samm Deighan and Axel Kohagen join Mike to kick off a month of science fiction fun with the one film that is the least sci-fi of the bunch, The Unknown Man of Shandigor. Released in 1967 the film is a rare feature film from Swiss filmmaker Jean-Louis Roy. The film is something of a spy movie which stars the singular Daniel Emilfork as Professor Herbert von Krantz, a scientist who has crafted a device called the Annulator which can reverse a nuclear explosion. He, his assistant Yvan, and daughter Sylvaine are the targets of several spy rings -- The Russians, The Americans, The French maybe, and the Man with the Platinum Ring all want The Annulator or to destroy it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

We wrap up the first of a few Request Months with one from Brian Tessitore, The Graduate. The Mike Nichols film stars Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, the titular graduate. He's adrift after college and falls into an affair with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), a family friend.Keith Gordon and Katharine Coldiron join Mike to discuss the seminal film along with homages and the "sequel," Rumor Has It. Beverly Gray, author of Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How the Graduate Became the Touchstone of a Generation, talks about her work including her time on Death Race 2000.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

We continue our Patreon request month with one requested by Peter Rogers, Orson Welles's The Trial. Released in 1962, the film stars Anthony Perkins as K in this adaptation of Franz Kafka's nightmare in bureaucracy. Playwright David MacGregor and writer Mike Faloon join Mike to discuss this beautiful, baroque interpretation of Kafka's work as well as 1962 Norwegian television film and the 1993 version starring Kyle MacLaughlin.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Susie Bright returns to The Projection Booth to talk about her work on The Wachowskis' Bound, her audible show, donating her archives to Cornell, and her substack, https://susiebright.ink/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Bruce Joel Rubin (Brainstorm, Ghost, Jacob's Ladder) and Joseph Maddrey join Mike to discuss two new books put out by Paul Cronin's Sticking Place Books: It's Only A Movie -- Bruce's revelatory autobiography -- and Three Visionary Screenplays -- a compilation of three unproduced Rubin scripts.Find out more at https://www.brucejoelrubin.com/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

On this special episode Mike talks with writer/director Derek Ting, actor Marc Singer, and actress Nikki Leigh about their parts in Ting's latest film, Agent Recon. This action/sci-fi film opens in the U.S. on June 21, 2024.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.