The Projection Booth

On this special episode we’re looking at the 1988 film from Graham Baker, Alien Nation. When an alien ship comes to America, depositing a quarter of a million “newcomers” who try to live out the American dream. Among them is Detective Sam Francisco (Mandy Patinkin). He’s partnered with speciesist cop Matthew Skyes (James Caan). Together, the two of them solve a mystery that may jeopardize the human and newcomer relations forever.

Cecil Trachenburg and Josh Stewart join Mike to discuss the film, TV show, and other similar buddy cop films. Interviews include director Baker, screenwriter Rockne S. O'Bannon, and star Peter Jason.

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On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike speaks with Eric Hynes and Edo Choi, curators of the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look film festival. They discuss the mission of the festival while highlighting just a few of the many titles playing at the 2022 event. 
Find out more at https://movingimage.us/

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Mature March continues with a look at Young, Hot 'n Nasty Teenage Cruisers (1977). Directed by Tom Denucci and Johnny Legend the film is a hodgepodge of storylines and clips that plays like an X-rated American Graffiti as we follow a few characters through a long night of hi-jinks narrated by DJ Mambo Reavus (played by Legend himself).
Heather Drain and Anthony King join Mike to discuss the film while star Serena talks about the making of it.

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We’re kicking off a month of discussing adult films with a look at Gerard Damiano's Memories within Miss Aggie. Released in 1974, the film tells the tale of our titular Miss Aggie (Deborah Ashira), a woman of indeterminate age who lives in a remote cottage with her companion, Richard (Patrick L. Farrelly). She struggles to recall the circumstances that brought her to this place and time which leads us to a series of flashbacks where we learn about Miss Aggie though she remembers herself as different women as she relives the past.
Ashley West and Samm Deighan join Mike to discuss this very unusual film and fantastic follow-up to The Devil in Miss Jones.

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We’re wrapping up “Frenchuary” with a look at Luis Buñuel's Belle de Jour. Based on the 1928 novel by Joseph Kessel, the film was released in 1967 and stars Catherine Deneuve as our titular belle. That’s the name she’s given when the normally straight-laced Severine secretly lives out her submissive fantasies at a Paris brothel.... Or does she?

Samm Deighan joins Mike to discuss the dream-like film as well as the "sequel" and several other adaptions of Kessel's story.

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Judith Mayne and Cullen Gallagher join Mike to discuss Claire Denis's J'ai pas sommeil (1994). The film winds together three stories of artists in Paris who live on the outskirts of society. Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva) travels from Lithuania because of the promise of an acting job from an unscrupulous director. Theo (Alex Descas) does odd jobs to survive and feed his wife (Beatrice Dalle) and son while wanting to return to Martinique. Meanwhile, Camille (Richard Courcet) is a drag performer and serial killer...

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On this special episode, Mike talks with author Ian Nathan about his work, specifically his latest book, The Coppolas: A Movie Dynasty. 
The book is available at https://amzn.to/3uS5WBr

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On this special episode, Mike talks with Manuel Arija de la Cuerda about his delightfully odd spiritual comedy, Ultrainocencia (AKA Ultrainnocence). It's a terrific, low budget movie about two men who use dance to communicate with a larger spiritual world.

Visit the official Ultraincencia website.

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French month continues with a look at Louis Malle's Black Moon (1975). The film tells the story of Lily (Cathryn Harrison), a girl on the brink of womanhood who's on the run from a war between men and women. She takes refuge in a country estate populated by a strange old women (Therese Giehse), Brother Lily (Joe Dallesandro) and Sister Lily (Alexandra Stewart). She makes the flowers scream and antagonizes a unicorn in this surrealistic tale.
Kat Ellinger and Aaron Peterson join Mike to discuss the film while Professor Hugo Frey talks about Louis Malle.

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On this special episode, Mike talks to Junta Yamaguchi about his feature film debut, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020), a time travel comedy from Japan.

Find out more at Third Window Filmss.

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