The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 668: The White Reindeer (1952)
January 24, 2024

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 its the story of Pirita -- played by the fi

Special Report: On the Way Home (2024)
January 20, 2024

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.

Special Report: Bliss (2024)
January 19, 2024

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.

Special Report: Which Brings Me to You (2024)
January 19, 2024

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

Episode 667: Taxidermia (2006)
January 17, 2024

Lumi Etienne and Jonathan Owen join Mike to discuss the 2006 film Taxidermia. Directed and co-written by Gyrgy Plfi, Taxidermia tells the story of three generations of an unusual family. Grandpa V

Episode 666: The Apple Fell (1948)
January 10, 2024

Emily Intravia and Samm Deighan join Mike on episode 666 of The Projection Booth to look at Helmut Kutners 1948 film Der Apfel ist ab (The Apple Fell AKA The Original Sin). Its the story of Adam Sc

Special Report: Thomas Vincent on Role Play (2024)
January 08, 2024

On this special episode Mike talks with Thomas Vincent, the director of the new film Role Play. The film is about a couple in New Jersey where the wife (Kaley Cuoco) is a paid assassin while her husba

Episode 665: A Time of Roses (1969)
January 03, 2024

Directed by Risto Jarva, A Time of Roses (1969) is a low-grade science fiction film set in the distant year of 2012 where the government is a meritocracy. We focus in on Raimo Lappalainen (Arto Tuomin

Special Report: Riccardo Scamarcio on Race for Glory (2024)
January 02, 2024

On this episode Im talking with actor Riccardo Scamarcio about his latest film Race for Glory: Audi versus Lancia.The film opens in the U.S. on January 5, 2024. Check your local listings.

Episode 664: Day of the Jackal (1973)
December 29, 2023

We wrap up a month of requests and the year 2023 with a look at Fred Zinnemanns The Day of the Jackal. Based on the book by Frederick Forsyth, the film stars Edward Fox as the titular Jackal, an as