The Projection Booth

We continue our interview with Joe Dante this week as we talk about Gremlins, one of a pair of Steven Spielberg-related films that brought about the PG-13 rating in 1984. We also discuss Gremlins 2: The New Batch, one of the most subversive sequels ever made.
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Special Guest: Joe Dante

We continue our interview with Joe Dante this week as we talk about Gremlins, one of a pair of Steven Spielberg-related films that brought about the PG-13 rating in 1984. We also discuss Gremlins 2: The New Batch, one of the most subversive sequels ever made.

We're joined again this week by Chris Cummins ofTopless Robot and Geekadelphia.

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Dušan Makavejev's WR: Mysteries of the Organism mixes a documentary on psychologist Wilhelm Reich with the World Revolution of the late '60s/early '70s, going from upstate New York to Yugoslavia. We explore Makavejev's WR along with his follow-up, Sweet Movie.
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Special Guest: Lorraine Mortimer

Dušan Makavejev's WR: Mysteries of the Organism mixes a documentary on psychologist Wilhelm Reich with the World Revolution of the late '60s/early '70s, going from upstate New York to Yugoslavia. We explore Makavejev's WR along with his follow-up, Sweet Movie.

Links:

Buy Lorraine Mortimer's Terror & Joy: The Films of Dusan Makavejev

Read an excerpt from Terror and Joy from Senses of Cinema

Buy WR: Mysteries of the Organism on DVD

Buy Sweet Movie on DVD

Listen to Rob St. Mary's interview with Ed Sanders of The Fugs

We're talking about the most beautiful woman in the world, Divine, and the new documentary by Jeffrey Schwarz, I Am Divine. We also chat to Dreamlander Mink Stole about her early days working with Divine and John Waters (and her new CD, Do Re Mink).
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Special Guest: Jeffrey Schwarz & Mink Stole

Before Lady Gaga or Madonna, Divine broke the rules and pushed boundaries. Bursting onto the scene with John Waters's Pink Flamingos, Divine had a rich career with and without his fellow "Dreamlanders." Director Jeffrey Schwarz explores Divine's life in the new feature documentary, I Am Divine, a remarkable look at an icon.

We also chat with Dreamland cast member Mink Stole about Divine and her new CD, Do Re Mink.

Links:

Buy I Am Divine on DVD

Buy Do Re Mink on CD

Visit the official I Am Divine website

Visit Jeffrey Schwarz's Automat Pictures website

Like I Am Divine on Facebook

Like Mink Stole on Facebook

Buy Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story on DVD

Listen to our Desperate Living episode

Listen to our Female Trouble episode

There She Is, a documentary about plus-sized beauty queens, challenges many folks' preconceived notions of beauty and sexuality. We talk to co-director Emily Sheskin about beauty, marketing, and more in this special episode of The Projection Booth.
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Special Guest: Emily Sheskin

There She Is, a documentary about plus-sized beauty queens, challenges many folks' preconceived notions of beauty and sexuality.

We talk to co-director Emily Sheskin about beauty, marketing, and more in this special episode of The Projection Booth.

Links:

Visit the Emily Sheskin official website

Visit the Veena Rao official website

Read There She Is: From Festival Rejections To Online Success

Visit the official There She Is website

We discuss sex, violence, ratings, and censorship just in time for Pioneer Day. We're looking at Cleanflix, a documentary about the "sanitization" of films for Mormon audiences.
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Special Guest: Andrew James & Joshua Ligairi

We discuss sex, violence, ratings, and censorship just in time for Pioneer Day. We're looking at Cleanflix, a documentary about the "sanitization" of films for Mormon audiences.

Links:

Visit the offical Cleanflix website

Buy Cleanflix on DVD

Buy This Film is Not Yet Rated on DVD