Left of the Projector

By Evan, Bill, WardTV & Film TV Reviews Film Reviews

Left of the Projector episodes

June 02 Metropolis (1927)
Our guest this week is Ayesha of Every Single Sci-Film Ever* where we discuss the legendary film Metropolis. Released in 1927, this science fiction masterpiece of the silent film era was directed by Fritz Lang and based on the 1925 novel by Thea von Harbou. Join us as we discuss the conflicting messages of the film and debate whether Rotwaang was the original tech bro and did Lang intend to make bourgeois propaganda?
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1 hr 4 min
May 26 EPISODE 250! The Hunt for Red October
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1 hr 5 min
May 19 Gareth Edwards Films: Rogue One (2016)
Rogue One is a Star Wars story, but really it's a Jyn and Andor story.
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1 hr 6 min
May 12 Dredd (2012)
This week are joined by Mike from The MDX Podcast to talk about 2012's "Dredd," starring Karl Urban, Lena Headey, Olivia Thirlby and Wood Harris. Directed by Pete Travis (not really, as you will find out), this film brings the gritty, dystopian, comic classic Judge Dredd to life on the big screen that Sylvester Stallone should be envious of. We discuss the unchanging reality of the police state from now to the not so far future world of Dredd, total alienation and dehumanization of the working class, and the merits of a drug that slow your perception of reality to 1%.
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1 hr 25 min
May 05 Mulan (1998) with Proles Pod
This week we are joined by Rae and Tony of the esteemed Proles Pod to discuss 1998's "Mulan," the animated one,(not that live action crap) starring Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, BD Wong, Miguel Ferrer, June Foray, James Hong, Pat Morita and George Takei. We ruin the childhood memory of this movie for everyone listening as we discuss how racist "Mulan" is relative to the rest of the Disney canon, demonstrate that Mulan herself as the original drone pilot girlboss of imperialism, debate animation fidelity, and threaten to beat up any seven year old that still thinks this is a good movie.
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1 hr 20 min
April 28 They Live By Night (1948) with Jason Christian
We are joined by Cold War Cinema's Jason Christian to discuss 1948's "They Live By Night," credited as one of the earliest noir films and an example of the "socially conscious cinema" of its day. The directorial debut of Nicholas Ray, the film stars Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger alongside Howard da Silva and Jay C. Flippen. Based on Edward Anderson's Depression-era novel Thieves Like Us, the film follows a young fugitive who falls in love with a woman and attempts to begin a life with her and clear his name even as the system denies them anything resembling hope. We discuss the black list in Hollywood, the Hays Code and the defiance of artists in the face of a system determined to repress any message that goes against the status quo.
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1 hr 16 min
April 21 Being John Malcovich with Cut Off the Spigot
This week we are joined by friend of the show Alexa, from Cut Off The Spigot, to discuss 1999's "Being John Malkovich" directed by Spike Jonze and starring John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, Orson Bean, and of course, John Malkovich. We discuss one of our favorite topics, alienation, how chimpanzees should not be kept as pets, and the way in which this system makes people incapable of knowing themselves or being comfortable in their own bodies.
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1 hr 15 min
April 14 American Pie (1999) with Willz Talks
This week we are joined by Willz Talks to discuss the 90s raunchy comedy classic American Pie, the defining fill of Jason Biggs' career. It may seem like there isn't much to say, but upon examination it turns out there is a lot lurking beneath the surface of this incel predicting pie.
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1 hr 21 min
April 07 Bugonia (2025)
We are joined by Dawson to talk about "Bugonia", Yorgos Lanthimos's English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film "Save the Green Planet!" by Jang Joon-hwan. Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone, we discuss the muddled message of the film from a Marxist perspective, the outstanding performances by everyone involved and Ward lets everyone else know how it compares to the original.
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1 hr
April 01 Melania (2026)
It's April Fools listeners and we are all being played by fools. We prove just how foolish we are by choosing to watch Brett Ratner's biopic of Melania Trump. There really isn't that much else to say here folks, you'll just have to listen and find out how we fared.
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56 min

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On Left of the Projector we discuss from film from a leftist perspective. Episodes will feature guests who will offer their thoughts on films from a shared interest in class consciousness and personal…