Mike talks with Anthony Penta, the creative force behind the new documentary video essay We Kill for Love (2023) all about the erotic thriller phenomenon of the 1980s and '90s. The film looks at the history, production, themes, and impact of the genre.

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Mike fanboys about RuPaul's Drag Race again as he talks with Gianna Costa and her career as a production designer.

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Stunt coordinator Deven MacNair discusses her career as a stunt woman, intimacy coordinator, wrestler, and more. She also talks about her work on the new film, Bottoms, which opens August 25, 2023.

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Friend of The Projection Booth, Stephen Scarlata (host of The Best Movies Never Made podcast) discusses his directorial debut, Sharksploitation, a terrific documentary about the vilification and exploitation of sharks in movies.


The film is streaming on Shudder.




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Director Melissa Miller Costanzo talks about her career and her latest film, The List (2023), a comedy about a couple's "free pass" list.


The film opens on August 25, 2023. Check local listings!



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Sci-Fi July continues with a discussion of Ralph Bakshki’s WIZARDS. Released in 1977, the film stars the voices of Bob Holt as Avatar and Jesse Welles as Elinore. The film is an illuminating history bearing on the everlasting struggle for world supremacy fought between the powers of technology and magic. Or something like that.


Vincenzo Natali and Agatha Luz join Mike to discuss this Tolkeinesque post-apocalyptic fantasy film.



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Mike speaks to directors Charles and Thomas Guard about their latest feature, Deadshot (2023) which opens at select theaters August 18, 2023.

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Mike talks to Emmy-nominated casting director Theo Park about her work on Ted Lasso.

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In John Woo's Face/Off, Sean Archer (John Travolta), a FBI Agent whose son was killed by his enemy, Castor Troy (Nicholas Cage). Six years later Troy has planted a bomb somewhere in L.A. and, after he’s accidentally put into a coma, Archer must put on Troy’s face in order to find where the bomb is at.


Samm Deighan and A.J. Black join Mike to discuss this landmark action film while screenwriters Mike Werb and Michael Colleary talk about the long, strange history of the movie.



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Coverage of the Fantasia Film Festival continues with a talk with Victor Ginzburg, the director of Empire V, an adaptation of Viktor Pelevin's novel. Hear why it was pulled from distribution in Russia right before a countrywide release.

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