The Projection Booth

Mike spoke with both director Marcus Dunstan and actress Jade Pettyjohn about the new horror/comedy slasher film #AMFAD.

The film is scheduled to be released in select theaters and video on demand on August 2, 2024.

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Sci-Fi July continues with a look at Luc Besson's The Fifth Element (1997). Written with Robert Mark Kamen, the film stars Bruce Willis as Korben Dallas, a cab driver who becomes embroiled in a crisis that threatens to destroy the Earth (if not love itself).

Actor Galen Howard and writer Paul Zimmerman join Mike to discuss this beloved cult classic. Interviews include screenwriter Kamen, Sound Supervisor Mark A. Mangini, and Production Manager John A. Amicarella.

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Sci-Fi July continues with Ishiro Honda's Latitude Zero (1969). Written by Ted Sherdeman and based on his and his wife Anne’s NBC radio serial of the same name, the film stars Joseph Cotten as a Captain Nemo-like commander of a submarine on it's way to... Latitude Zero, an underwater Utopia populated by scientists from the world over. Their enemy, Malic (Cesar Romero), will stop at nothing to destroy them, even if it means making a manticore with pieces of his crew.

Walter Chaw and Carol Borden join Mike to discuss this under-seen kaiju classic and its fascinating origin.

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Writer Heidi Honeycutt discusses her new book, I Spit On Your Celluloid, a look at female genre filmmakers throughout the ages.

Buy her book and find out more via her website: https://heidihoneycutt.com/

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Katharine Coldiron (Junk Film) and Tim Luz (CinemaSpection) join Mike to discuss Phil Tucker's sci-fi classic Robot Monster (1953), a cold war film in which a gorilla with a porthole on his head tries to eliminate the last few hu-mans that remain on Earth after unleashing an army of dinosaurs to wipe out everyone else.

Mike talks with Bob Furmanek President and Founder of the 3-D Film Archive before chatting with Anders Runestad about his book, I Cannot, Yet I Must: The True Story of the Best Bad Monster Movie of All Time Robot Monster.

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On this special episode, Mike talks with Dawn Mikkelson about her new documentary, Minnesota Mean (2024), It's a look at a season in the rough and tumble world of Roller Derby. 

Find out more at https://www.minnesotameanfilm.com/

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On this special cross-over episode with Chris Stachiw's Kulturecast, we're discussing the new Netflix film, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024). The TLDL; is that Mike, Chris, and Father Malone really enjoyed its mix of Murphy's comic chops and a few throwbacks to the older films.

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We continue Sci-Fi July with a look at the Yugoslavian/Czechosolvakian co-production Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (1981). Directed by Dušan Vukotić and co-written by Projection Booth favorite Miloš Macourek, the film stars Žarko Potočnjak as Robert, a writer who manifests some of his own characters to hilarious results.

Samm Deighan (Eros plus Massacre) and Ryan Verrill (Disc-Connected) join Mike to discuss this quirky sci-fi film.

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Just a little preview of some stuff coming up at the Fantasia Film Festival which runs July 18 to August 4 in Montreal, Canada. It's the premiere genre festival of North America.

This year's fest includes several Projection Booth favorites including Miguel Llansó, Monte Hellman, Allen Moyle, Kier-la Janisse, Elric Kane, Vincenzo Natali, and more.

Find out more at https://fantasiafestival.com/




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The Japan Cuts Festival of New Japanese Film, North America’s largest Japanese film festival, presents two weeks of contemporary premieres, including new films from Kei Chika-ura, Takeshi Kitano, Gakuryu Ishii, Shunji Iwai, Sho Miyake and Shinya Tsukamoto. Mike talks with Peter Tatara (Director of Film, Japan Society) and Alexander Fee (Film Programmer, Japan Society) about the Japan Cuts Film Festival, which runs July 10 - 21, 2024.

Find out more at the website https://japansociety.org/film/...

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