Projecting Film

On this episode we look at the strange connections made by characters in crime films both big and small. From a lowly barber attempting to blackmail his wife's lover in the Coen brothers THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE to a father protecting his son from the life he's chosen in Sam Mendes' ROAD TO PERDITION. Those two films lead us to new release SWEET VIRGINIA starring Jon Bernthal and Christopher Abbott as two men from the same part of the world brought together by chance and of course... crime.

Speaking of which, it would be criminal for you not to listen to this episode or follow us at the places listed below.

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

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Theme music provided by the band Good Talk Russ. The song is Build It Up off their album The Panglossian Travels of the White Elephant.

Our latest episode spreads the holiday cheer in a way that you never knew you wanted: Michael Shannon in a drunken rage, terrorizing a small town as Bigfoot. This hard to categorize monster movie by way of Hallmark leads us to a discussion on JAWS as not just a scary shark movie but a terrifying look at a small town's insecurity. And the only way to top that is to look at those desparate enough to try and make it in the film business, such as the characters in the Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy comedy classic BOWFINGER. Like most Christmas episodes this leads to a bit of self-reflection from your hosts Mike and Chris... which means that this particular episode is easy to categorize as a tragedy.

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

Email us suggestions on indie films you are looking forward to at [email protected]

Theme music provided by the band Good Talk Russ. The song is Build It Up off their album The Panglossian Travels of the White Elephant.

Our latest episode spreads the holiday cheer in a way that you never knew you wanted: Michael Shannon in a drunken rage, terrorizing a small town as Bigfoot. This hard to categorize monster movie by way of Hallmark leads us to a discussion on JAWS as not just a scary shark movie but a terrifying look at a small town's insecurity. And the only way to top that is to look at those desparate enough to try and make it in the film business, such as the characters in the Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy comedy classic BOWFINGER. Like most Christmas episodes this leads to a bit of self-reflection from your hosts Mike and Chris... which means that this particular episode is easy to categorize as a tragedy.

Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @projectingfilm

Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

Email us suggestions on indie films you are looking forward to at [email protected]

Theme music provided by the band Good Talk Russ. The song is Build It Up off their album The Panglossian Travels of the White Elephant.

On this episode we talk with Brie Williams and John C. Clark and their new genre subverting film A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE. This leads to a discussion on how genre guides an audience through the story and manages our expectations for characters based on the film world they reside in. That world is a bit different when your hosts make their own mash-up of this new scary but very funny indie film as we debate the horrific merits of Jim Carrey's overbearing THE CABLE GUY against American sweetheart Sandra Bullock's romantic white lies in WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.

ALSO: It should come as no surprise to our subscribers that one of of our hosts (Mr. Vanilla) really agrees with Matthew Broderick on a prostitute not being a cool gift to receive from a friend.

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

On this episode we talk with Brie Williams and John C. Clark and their new genre subverting film A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE. This leads to a discussion on how genre guides an audience through the story and manages our expectations for characters based on the film world they reside in. That world is a bit different when your hosts make their own mash-up of this new scary but very funny indie film as we debate the horrific merits of Jim Carrey's overbearing THE CABLE GUY against American sweetheart Sandra Bullock's romantic white lies in WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.

ALSO: It should come as no surprise to our subscribers that one of of our hosts (Mr. Vanilla) really agrees with Matthew Broderick on a prostitute not being a cool gift to receive from a friend.

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

For our Halloween episode we look at new documentary 78/52 which is a deep dive into the shower sequence from Alfred Hitchcock's classic PSYCHO. Considering that your two hosts are thoroughly unsuitable to leading a deep dive on one of the greatest achievements in cinema, we feel more comfortable explaining our love for this new film by selecting two other movies: Oliver Stone's JFK, famous for its editing and perhaps infamous for its attention to historical accuracy, is paired off with the exhaustive documentary on the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series NEVER SLEEP AGAIN: THE ELM STREET LEGACY.

ALSO: We warn young film fans of the dangers of interacting with other cinema lovers online. Speaking of which...

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

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On this episode we make the usual demands from independent cinema: more sex, more money, and more attention for our podcast. If you're reading this we've succeeded in at least one of those things. However the biggest win for us is the arrival of a new film from Angus MacLachlan, ABUNDANT ACREAGE AVAILABLE. And while both Chris and Mike agree that it is one of the best films of 2017, they gravitated to two different themes and we explain them in our respective selections of Tamara Jenkins' THE SAVAGES and Gus Van Sant's PROMISED LAND. Come for the enthusiasm of two cinephiles raving over something great, and stick around for the usual bitterness that sets in after we shout into the film podcast void.

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

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We are joined by Morgan Dameron, writer and director of DIFFERENT FLOWERS, to discuss her feature debut, road trip movies, family influences, and of course the need for more action comedies set on trains (starring Steve Agee). Then your hosts Chris and Mike explain their favorite elements of this new film by referencing two favorite flicks of old. All this and we reveal The People's Clooney on the latest episode of Projecting Film.

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

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We decide to do a bit of traveling with new release THIRST STREET, which has us discussing home invasion films of a different sort. One involves the perpetually anxious Hugh Grant having his routine put upon by a beautiful and successful movie star, and the other involves this podcast's personal sex icon of Mike White. If that's not a strange enough mashup for you... well, come back next episode! But you'll miss Dan from Get Reel Movies as he reacts to the trailer for this new sex thriller, as well as the usual "obnoxious Americans." Which one can only presume will be the words used in our very first iTunes review.

ALSO: Sexy obnoxious Americans. Just wanted to reiterate that for the SEO results we are after with this film podcast.

Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @projectingfilm

Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

We decide to do a bit of traveling with new release THIRST STREET, which has us discussing home invasion films of a different sort. One involves the perpetually anxious Hugh Grant having his routine put upon by a beautiful and successful movie star, and the other involves this podcast's personal sex icon of Mike White. If that's not a strange enough mashup for you... well, come back next episode! But you'll miss Dan from Get Reel Movies as he reacts to the trailer for this new sex thriller, as well as the usual "obnoxious Americans." Which one can only presume will be the words used in our very first iTunes review.

ALSO: Sexy obnoxious Americans. Just wanted to reiterate that for the SEO results we are after with this film podcast.

Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @projectingfilm

Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse