The Projection Booth

Special Guest: Bruce Dern

For our upcoming episode on Michael Ritchie'sSmile, Mike talked to actor Bruce Dern. He spoke about his love of running and working withAlexander Payne in Nebraska and Quentin Tarantino in The Hateful Eight.

Mr. Dern also talks a bit about two other Projection Booth favorites, After Dark My Sweet and The King of Marvin Gardens.

Obsession comes to the fore in Jennifer Chambers Lynch's controversial film Boxing Helena wherein Dr. Nick Cavanaugh (Julian Sands) aspires to win the love of the titular Helena (Sherilyn Fenn). Co-hosts: Heather Drain & Cecil Trachtenberg.
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Special Guest: Jennifer Chambers Lynch

Guest Co-Host: Heather Drain & Cecil Trachtenberg

Obsession comes to the fore in Jennifer Chambers Lynch's controversial 1993 film Boxing Helena wherein Dr. Nick Cavanaugh (Julian Sands) aspires to win the love and approval of the titular Helena (Sherilyn Fenn).

Mike's joined by "Mondo" Heather Drain and Good Bad Flicks' Cecil Trachtenberg to discuss amputation, women in peril, and Bill Paxton's leather pants.

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike speaks to character actor Anthony James about his memoir, Acting My Face. The man who played criminals and misfits for most of his career is a thoughtful and charming man.
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Frustrated DJ, Mike White, takes you through a year of The Projection Booth's "greatest hits"; songs that either were used for or speak to the movies covered throughout 2015. Get ready to go some strange places.

After nearly a decade in development, Robert Zemeckis's Contact finally hit theaters in 1997. The film stars Jodie Foster as Dr. Ellie Arroway, a dedicated SETI scientist who uncovers a groundbreaking message from outer space, setting the stage for a profound exploration of science, faith, and human connection. 

Mike is joined by Emily Intravia of The Feminine Critique and Jamey Duvall of Movie Geeks United to discuss this iconic sci-fi film. The episode also features insightful interviews with actor William Fichtner, producer Lynda Obst, screenwriter James V. Hart, and SETI science adviser Seth Shostak, offering behind-the-scenes stories and deeper looks into the making of the movie.



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Special Guests: James V. Hart, William Fichtner, Lynda Obst & Seth Shostak

Guest Co-Hosts: Jamey Duvall & Emily Intravia

After nearly a decade of development, Robert Zemeckis's Contact came to the silver screen in 1997. The film stars Jodie Foster as a SETI scientist who discovers a message from space.

Mike is joined by The Feminine Critique's Emily Intravia and Movie Geeks United's Jamey Duvall. This episode features interviews with actor William Fichtner, producer Lynda Obst, screenwriter James V. Hart, and science adviser Seth Shostak.

For a bonus to our Contact episode, here's more of our interview with William Fichtner who tells Mike about the favorite roles he's played in film (so far).
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In a decade lousy with "nature strikes back" films (Grizzly, Night of the Lepus, Kingdom of the Spiders), visual designer turned filmmaker Saul Bass's Phase IV stands out as a hybrid of solid science fiction, nature documentary, and personal drama.
This episode features interviews with the writer of Phase IV, Mayo Simon, along with actor Michael Murphy and composer Brian Gascoigne. Mike's joined in the discussion by writers Robert Hubbard and Josh Hadley.
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This is the voice of world control. I bring you an episode of The Projection Booth about Colossus: The Forbin Project, the 1970 Joseph Sargent film based on a novel by D.F. Jones where man enslaves himself via a supercomputer.
Eric Braeden sets the record straight on Piranha, The Rat Patrol, and Escape from the Planet of the Apes.
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