The Projection Booth

Noirvember 2015 concludes with a little murder among friends in Danny Boyle's 1994 feature debut Shallow Grave which stars Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor, and Christopher Eccleston as three prats looking for a new flatmate.
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Special Guest: Mark Browning & John Hodge

Guest Co-Host: Jeff Meyers

Noirvember 2015 concludes with a little murder among friends in Danny Boyle's 1994 feature debut Shallow Grave which stars Kerry Fox, Ewan McGregor, and Christopher Eccleston as three prats looking for a new flatmate. When they find him and he dies, he leaves a suitcase full of money and a world of problems.

We talked to the film's screenwriter, John Hodge, as well as author Mark Browning (Danny Boyle: Lust for Life: Critical Analysis of All the Films from Shallow Grave to 127 Hours). We're joined once again by journalist and filmmaker Jeff Meyers.

Links:

Buy Shallow Grave on DVD

Buy Danny Boyle: Lust for Life: Critical Analysis of All the Films from Shallow Grave to 127 Hours by Mark Browning

Visit Jeff Meyers's Moviemaker page

Follow Jeff Meyers on Twitter

Listen to Mike on Geek Juice talking about Danny Boyle

A group of Michiganders created the public accessshow, "30 Minutes of Madness". Jeremy Royce documented this phenomenon in his film 20 Years of Madness.
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Special Guests: Jeremy Royce & Jerry White Jr.

Over a score of years, a group of Michiganders created the public access (now internet) show, "30 Minutes of Madness", under the leadership of Jerry White Jr. Jeremy Royce documented this phenomenon in his film 20 Years of Madness. In a special report we talk about video mix tapes, public access, and more.

Links:

Visit the 20 Years of Madness website

Visit the 30 Minutes of Madness website

Noirvember continues as we consider Louis Malle's debut feature film, Elevator to the Gallows AKA Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, which stars Jeanne Moreau as Florence and Maurice Ronet as Julien.
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Special Guest: Nathan Southern & Jack Chambers

Guest Co-Host: Jedidiah Ayres

Noirvember continues as we consider Louis Malle's debut feature film, Elevator to the Gallows AKA Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, which stars Jeanne Moreau as Florence and Maurice Ronet as Julien. Shot in beautiful black and white and featuring a legendary improved jazz score by the great Miles Davis, Elevator to the Gallows questions the nature of self, love, and life as only Louis Malle could.

Our guests this week include Nathan Southern, author of The Films of Louis Malle: A Critical Analysis and Jack Chambers, author of Milestones: The Music And Times Of Miles Davis. Our guest co-host, Jedidiah Ayres, is a writer for page and screen.

On this special episode, Mike talked with filmmakers Joan Kramer and David Heeley about their book, In the Company of Legends.
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Special Guest: Joan Kramer & David Heeley

On this special episode, Mike talked with filmmakersJoan Kramer and David Heeley about their book, In the Company of Legends. They recall the creation of a series of documentaries made for PBS as well as working with Dick Cavett and on Sesame Street.

Links:

Buy In the Company of Legends Hardcover by Joan Kramer and David Heeley

Read more about the greatest moments of The Dick Cavett Show

Noirvember continues as we look at Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 sci-fi philosophical Noir starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina, Alphaville.
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Special Guest: David Sterritt

Guest Co-Host: Cullen Gallagher

Noirvember continues as we look at crime and detective films with a foreign accent. We're looking at Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 sci-fi philosophical noir starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina,Alphaville.

We're joined by David Sterritt, the author of The Films of Jean-Luc Godard: Seeing the Invisible, and Pulp Serenade's Cullen Gallagher.