The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth Podcast


Latest Episodes

Special Report: Finding Her Beat (2022)
February 16, 2024

On this special episode, Mike talks to directors Dawn Mikkelson and Keri Pickett along with subject Jennifer Weir of the documentary Finding Her Beat about a Taiko drum concert in Minnesota. Find out

Special Report: Demon Mineral (2023)
February 15, 2024

Mike talks with filmmaker Hadley Austin about Demon Mineral, a feature documentary that looks at radioactive contamination of Navajo lands. The film recently played at the Slamdance Film Festival.

Episode 671: 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
February 14, 2024

Western Month continues with a look at Delmer Davess 3:10 to Yuma. Released in 1957, the film tells the tale of two men, outlaw Ben Wade (Glenn Ford) and innocent bystander Dan Evans (Van Heflin). Th

Special Report: The Death Tour (2024)
February 13, 2024

As part of our Slamdance Film Festival coverage, Mike spoke with directors Stephan Peterson & Sonya Ballantyne about their documentary, The Death Tour (2024), in which a group of wrestlers cross t

Special Report: Cold Copy (2023)
February 12, 2024

Mike talks with writer/director Roxine Helberg about her feature film debut, Cold Copy, a thriller set in the world of journalism.

Special Report: Out of Darkness (2024)
February 09, 2024

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.

Episode 670: Rancho Notorious (1952)
February 07, 2024

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

Episode 669: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
January 31, 2024

We're doing something unusual with a re-do of the third episode of The Projection Booth. Yes, were talking about Joseph Sargent's 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Based on the book by Jo

Special Report: Darla in Space (2023)
January 26, 2024

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

Special Report: Citizen Weiner (2024)
January 26, 2024

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 fo