The Projection Booth

On a rare "sequel episode" we return to Harold Warren's Manos: The Hands of Fate to check out the restored Blu-Ray release and talk to the creators of Manos Returns and Manos: The Hands of Felt.
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Special Guests: Jackey Neyman Jones, Rachel Jackson, Ben Solovey

The may be the first time we’ve done a sequel episode. Not the sequel to a film but the sequel to an episode we did back in January, 2012. On there we discussed the classic film Manos: The Hands of Fate and the fundraising efforts of Ben Solovey to restore the film to its former glory.

We’re back to talk about the restoration with Ben again, to talk with Rachel Jackson about Manos: The Hands of Felt and with Jackey Neyman Jones for the scoop on Manos Returns.

Links:

Buy Manos: The Hands of Fate on Blu-Ray

Buy Manos: The Hands of Felt on DVD

Noirvember returns with a quartet of unusual titles. We kick off the month with a double dose from Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai.
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Special Guests: Tim Palmer & Sara Piazza

Guest Co-Host: Peter Rozovsky

Noir November returns with a quartet of unusual titles. We kick off the month with a double dose from Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai. 

Our guests include Sara Piazza, author of Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noiseand Tim Palmer, Professor of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and author on many pieces on Jean-Pierre Melville/French Cinema. Our guest co-host, Peter Rozovsky, is the author of Detectives Beyond Borders.

The story of Tower Records is one of entrepreneurship. Colin Hanks examines the story in the 2015 documentary All Things Must Pass: The Life And Death Of Tower Records.
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Special Guest: Sean M. Stuart

Guest Co-Host: Carol Borden

The story of Tower Records is one of entrepreneurship. Opening in 1960, the store grew to a six billion dollar company before suddenly crashing and burning in the early 2000s. Was it a victim of digital downloading? Did it grow too big too fast? What did we lose when Tower closed its doors? Those are some of the questions that filmmaker Colin Hanks attempts to answer in the 2015 documentary All Things Must Pass: The Life And Death Of Tower Records.

Our special guest, Sean M. Stuart, is the producer of All Things Must Pass and we're joined once again by guest co-host Carol Borden of The Cultural Gutter.

Links:

Visit the official All Things Must Pass website

Read Mark Maynard's interview with Doug Biggert of Tower Records Hell

Shocktober concludes with a look at the 1922 film by director Benjamin Christensen - Häxan, an odd artistic mash-up of what can only be described as a university slide show lecture, a documentary featuring reenactments, and a horror film.
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Special Guest: Robert Thurston

Shocktober 2015 concludes with a look at the 1922 film by director Benjamin Christensen, Häxan, an odd artistic mash-up of what can only be described as a university slide show lecture, a documentary featuring reenactments, and a horror film. That's what makes Häxan such a singular film over 90 years later. 

Links:

Buy Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages on DVD

Buy The Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America by Robert Thurston

Buy the Mallus Malfacarum

On a special episode of The Projection Booth we look at Amy Berg's documentary An Open Secret, a hard-hitting expose about the exploitation of children in the entertainment industry.
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Special Guest: Gabe Hoffman

Guest Co-Host: Carol Borden

On a special episode of The Projection Booth we look at Amy Berg's documentary An Open Secret, a hard-hitting expose about the exploitation of children in the entertainment industry. 

We talked with the film's producer, Gabe Hoffman, and we're joined once again by Carol Borden of The Cultural Gutter.

Links:

Visit the official An Open Secret website

Read Michael Jackson stockpiled ography at Neverland Ranch, documents show

Read “Law & Order” Director Gets Probation On Child ography Charges