Special Report: Stewart Buck on Uncovering Wolfen

Special Guest: Stew Buck

On this special episode Mike talks to Stew Buck, the writer/director/producer of a pair of upcoming documentaries -- A World War II Fairy Tale: The Making of Michael Mann's "The Keep" and Uncovering Wolfen.

View the teaser video for Uncovering Wolfen.

Listen to our Wolfen episode.

Music:
"The Hungry Wolf" - X

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Special Report: Another State of Mind (1984)

Special Guests: Adam Small, Peter Stuart
Guest Co-Hosts: Heather Drain, Eric J. Peterson

On this special episode we are looking at the 1984 documentary from Adam Small and Peter Stuart Another State of Mind. The film documents an international tour by two west coast punk bands, Social Distortion and Youth Brigade; capturing the attitudes, ethos, and lifestyles of the time.

Heather Drain and Eric J. Peterson join Mike to discuss the film, bag on the recent Epix documentary Punk, and reminisce about punk rock.

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Listen to "Special Report: Another State of Mind (1984)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Another State of Mind on DVD
Buy Out of Print by Youth Brigade
Buy Mommy's Little Monster on CD

Music:
"Ronald Reagan" - Circle Kaos
"Sink with California" - Youth Brigade
"Happiness Is High Speed" - The Johnny's
"Guilty Of Being White" - Minor Threat
"Another State of Mind" - Social Distortion
"Fight to Unite" - Youth Brigade
"Mommy's Little Monster" - Social Distortion

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Special Report: The Power of Grayskull (2017)

Special Guest: Randall Lobb

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to Randall Lobb, the co-director of Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017). They discuss some of Lobb's other projects which include documentaries on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and Conan.

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Listen to "Special Report: The Power of Grayskull" on Spreaker.

Links:
Watch on Netflix
Buy The Power of Grayskull from High-Octane Pictures
Visit the official site
Visit the Definitive Films website

Music:
"Moonlight Cruisers" - Skeletor
"He-Man" (Full Theme) - Shuki Levi, Haim Saban, Erika Lane

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Special Report: A Woman's Work - The NFL's Cheerleader Problem (2019)

Special Guests: Yu Gu, Lacy Thibodeaux-Fields, Maria Pinzone

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks to director Yu Gu, former Oakland Raiderette Lacy Thibodeaux-Fields, and former Buffalo Jill Maria Pinzone about the 2019 documentary A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem which tackles the startling pay inequity of the National Football League.

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Listen to "Special Report: A Woman's Work - The NFL's Cheerleader Problem" on Spreaker.

Links:
Visit the official website
Like A Woman's Work on Facebook
Follow A Woman's Work on Twitter

Music:
"Huddle Formation" - The Go! Team

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Special Report: Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)

Special Guests: Pamela S. Green

On this special episode, Mike talks with filmmaker Pamela B. Green about her documentary film Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018), a look at an under-discussed pioneering female filmmaker.

Links:
Buy Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché on DVD
Visit the official movie website
Buy Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology Dual-Format Edition
Buy The Memoirs of Alice Guy Blache
Buy Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema by Alison McMahan
Buy Alice Guy Blaché: Cinema Pioneer
Buy Illuminating Moments: The Films of Alice Guy Blaché by Janelle Dietrick
Buy Lights! Camera! Alice!: The Thrilling True Adventures of the First Woman Filmmaker by Mara Rockliff
Buy A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema

Music:
"Song For Alice" - Paul Weller

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Be Natural : The Untold Story Of Alice Guy-Blaché TRAILER#1 from Be Natural on Vimeo.

Special Report: The Age of Disenchantments

Special Guest: Aaron Shulman

On this special episode, Mike talks to author Aaron Shulman about his book The Age of Disenchantments: The Epic Story of Spain's Most Notorious Literary Family and the Long Shadow of the Spanish Civil War and the documentary El Desencanto (Jaime Chávarri, 1976). Both the book and the movie deal with the Paneros of Madrid, Spain -- a fascinatingly dysfunctional family.

Links:
Read The Poet Family Who Were Icons of Spanish Nationalism by Amanda Vaill
Read 4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend by Ben Kenigsberg

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Listen to "Special Report: The Age of Disenchantments" on Spreaker.

Music:
"Desencanto" - Roberto Lemos
"Desencanto" - Larry Harlow

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Special Report: Hitler's Hollywood (2017)

Special Guests: Rüdiger Suchsland

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with director Rüdiger Suchsland about his two documentaries: From Caligari to Hitler (2014) and Hitler's Hollywood (2017). The films trace the decline of Weimar cinema and the rise of propaganda as the national cinema of Germany during WWII.

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Listen to "Special Report: Rüdiger Suchsland on Hitler's Hollywood" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy From Caligari to Hitler by Siegfried Kracauer
Buy Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939 by Thomas Doherty

Music:
"I am Caligary" - Processory
"The Curse of Dr. Caligari" - Enine
"Dr. Caligari" - Bill Nelson
"Das Cabinet" - In the Nursery

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Special Report: Survival of the Film Freaks (2018)

Special Guests: Kyle Kuchta, Bill Fulkerson

How does cult cinema survive and thrive in the 21^st century? This notion is explored in the 2018 documentary Survival of the Film Freaks.

Joe Bob Briggs, Ted Raimi and Adam Green are just a few of the familiar faces that you'll see in this documentary that is both a love letter to and in-depth study of "cult."

Mike White talks to co-directors Kyle Kuchta (Fantasm) and Bill Fulkerson (Outside The Cinema) on this special episode.

Keep up on everything at the Survival of the Film Freaks Facebook page.

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Listen to "Special Report: Survival of the Film Freaks (2018)" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy/Rent Survival of the Film Freaks on Amazon Prime

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Special Report: The Public Image is Rotten (2018)

Special Guests: Martin Atkins, Bill Laswell, Tabbert Fiiller
Guest Co-Hosts: Skizz Cyzyk, Chris Cummins

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, we discuss the 2018 documentary on musical group Public Image Limited and John Lydon, The Public Image is Rotten.

We hear from PiL drummer Martin Atkins, bassist and producer Bill Laswell, and the director of The Public Image is Rotten, Tabbert Fiiller.

Crusty punks Chris Cummins and Skizz Cyzyk join Mike reminisce about "the good old days" and complain about the music the kids are listening to today...


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Bonus: Music Mix


Links:
Order Memories - My Time With Public Image Ltd by Martin Atkins
Buy John Lydon's Metal Box: The Story of Public Image Ltd by Phil Strongman
Buy Public Image Limited by Clinton Heylin
Visit the Jah Wobble website
ju Visit the Keith Levene website
Read an interview with Jeanette Lee
Visit the Fodderstmpf: PiL Fansite
Visit Public Image Live
Visit the Dark Circle Room

Music:
"Vampire" - PiL
"Have a Nice Day" - PiL
"Radio Four" - PiL
"Theme" - PiL
"Careering" - PiL
"Hymie's Him" - PiL

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Special Report: Hal (2018)

Special Guests: Nick Dawson, Amy Scott

On this special report, Mike talks to author Nick Dawson (Being Hal Ashby) and filmmaker Amy Scott about the her documentary about filmmaker Hal Ashby... Hal (2018).

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Music:
"If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" - Cat Stevens

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Guest Spots: Talk Without Rhythm & Kulturecast

This week on the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast I'm joined by the great Mike White of the Projection Booth to discuss two films that deal with the dehumanization of women in modern society in very, VERY different ways - 1981's The Incredible Shrinking Woman and 1995's Safe.

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Chris is joined by The Projection Booth's Mike White to start Documentary Month with a look at Jesus Camp, a documentary described by some as "the scariest movie ever made". The film follows pastor Becky Fischer as she puts on the Kids on Fire summer camp in North Dakota to preach her message to evangelical children from across the country. It's an interesting look at the religious base in America as they attempt to indoctrinate the youth into their mindset both politically and spiritually.

Listen to "Jesus Camp" on Spreaker.

Chris is joined by The Projection Booth's Mike White once again to finish out Documentary Month with a look at This Film is Not Yet Rated, a look at the secretive Motion Picture Association of America (the MPAA). The film takes a look at the inherent hypocrisy and censorship that the association levels against filmmakers who want their films released. It's a lighter film than any of the month's previous films and one drives a dagger straight into the heart of film censorship.

Listen to "This Film is Not Yet Rated" on Spreaker.

Special Report: The Writer with No Hands (2017)

Special Guests: William Westaway, Matthew Alford
Guest Co-Host: Rod Lott

Directed by William Westaway, The Writer with No Hands (2014/2017) tells the story of writer and professor Matthew Alford and his investigation into the strange case of Hollywood screenwriter Gary DeVore (Running Scared, Raw Deal, Traxx).

Rod Lott (Bookgasm, Flickattack) joins Mike to tackle this film.

Links:
Buy The Writer with No Hands on iTunes
Buy The Writer with No Hands by Matthew Alford
Like The Writer with No Hands on Facebook
Read The Mystery of the Dead Hollywood Screenwriter Whose Hands Were Never Found by Thomas Gaine

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Listen to "Special Report: The Writer with No Hands (2014/2017)" on Spreaker.

Music:
"No Hands" - Lowly
"Look Ma No Hands" - Hicksville
"No Hands" - Severe Illusion

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Special Report: CinemAbility (2013)

Special Guest: Jenni Gold
Guest Co-Hosts: Sean Gray, Steve Byrne

On a special episode of The Projection Booth Steve Byrne and Sean Gray join Mike to discuss the documentary film CinemAbility (2013). Directed by Jenni Gold and co-written by Samuel Reed, the film looks at the long history of portraying disabilities on screen.

Links:
Visit the official CinemAbility website
Buy Cinemability on iTunes, Amazon, or Google Play
Read 14 Cisgender Actors in Transgender Roles from The Hollywood Reporter
Read ‘Blind’ Director Addresses Backlash Over Casting Alec Baldwin And Not Disabled Actor In Lead Role by Michael Mailer
Be sure to visit the Is This Venue Accessible website
Check out the Freep Film Festival

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Music:
"Spasticus Autisticus" - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

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Special Report: The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)

Special Guests: Jeffrey Schwarz

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Jeffrey Schwarz about his latest documentary, The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017) which follows the life and career of producer and caftan enthusiast Allan Carr. We discuss his triumphs like Grease and La Cage aux Folles as well as Grease 2 and Can't Stop the Music.

Links:
Visit the official The Fabulous Allan Carr website
Be sure to like The Fabulous Allan Carr on Facebook
Follow @allancarrmovie on Twitter
Buy Party Animals: A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Starring the Fabulous Allan Carr by Robert Hofler
Buy The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir by Steve Guttenberg

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Music:
"Score Tonight" - Grease 2 Soundtrack
"Magic Night" - The Village People

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Special Report: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015)

Special Guests: Marty Langford, Carl Ciarfalio, Chris Gore
Guest Co-Hosts: Rod Lott, Rob St. Mary

Marty Langford's Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four (2015) examines the making and fate of Oley Sassone's The Fantastic Four (1994).

Mike talks with director Marty Langford, actor Carl Ciarfalio and journalist Chris Gore.

Rod Lott and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the film and how it fits into the current "making / unmaking of" documentary trend.

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Listen to "Special Report: Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four" on Spreaker.

Bonus Interview with Chris Gore
Chris Gore dishes about the future of Film Threat including a project with former Projection Booth host, Rob St. Mary!

Listen to "Bonus Interview: Chris Gore on the Future of Film Threat" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy DOOMED! on Blu-Ray
Visit the official Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's the Fantastic Four website
Like DOOMED on Facebook
Visit the official Carl Ciarfalio website
Buy Stars, Stunts and Stories: A Hollywood Stuntman's Fall to Fame by Carl Ciarfalio
Visit FilmThreat.com
Read the original coverage of The Fantastic Four in Film Threat
Read Rod Lott's review of Doomed!
Read Rod Lott's review of Fantastic Four 2015
Visit FlickAttack.com
Visit Bookgasm.com
Check out Rob St. Mary's Hold Fast Vinyl

Music:
"The Fantastic Four" - Norm MacDonald
"Silver Surfer" - Icarus
"Fantastic Four Theme Song (1967)"
"Fantastic Four Theme Song (1994)"
"Silver Surfer Ghost Rider Go" - Trentemoller
"Fantastic Four" - Icarus

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Special Report: Korla

Special Guests: John Turner, Eric Christensen
Guest Co-Host: Rob St. Mary

Incredibly skilled at the keyboard, Korla Pandit came into the houses of California housewives during the '50s with his hypnotic stare and tunes. The documentary film Korla tells the story of Pandit's life and the secret with which he lived for years.

Special guests director John Turner and producer Eric Christensen talk about making the documentary.

Rob St. Mary joins Mike to discuss the film, exotica music, and more.

Links:
Visit the official Korla website
Visit the Korla Pandit website
Buy Exotica 2000 by Korla Pandit

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Music:
"Trance Dance" - Korla Pandit
"Temptation" - Korla Pandit

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Special Report: Tickled

Special Guest: David Ferrier, Dylan Reeve

On this special episode, Mike talks to Dylan Reeve and David Ferrier about their documentary Tickled, a fascinating look at the world of competitive tickling... and so much more.

Links:
Buy Tickled on iTunes
Visit the official Tickled website
Read "That was the guy from the movie!" from Confused Monologues
The hilarious attack site

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Music:
"Tickled Pink" - Tuscadero
"Tickled to Death" - Combustible Edison

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Special Report: The Slanted Screen

Special Guest: Jeff Adachi
Guest Co-Host: Rita Su

Jeff Adachi's The Slanted Screen (2006) examines the portrayal of Asian men in American popular film and television. Mike is joined by Rita Su to discuss the documentary, whitewashing, yellowface, and inscrutable "Orientals".

Links:
Buy The Slanted Screen on DVD
Buy Hollywood Chinese on DVD
Visit the official Slanted Screen website
Visit the Racial Facial website
Check out #StarringJohnCho
Read about the Most Racist Song Ever Isn't Racist, Says The Racist Band That Wrote It
Read ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Producers Reportedly Tested Visual Effects That Would Make White Actors Appear Asian by Mike Sampson
Read George Takei Calmly Dismantles All of Marvel’s Excuses for Its Doctor Strange Casting by E. Alex Jung
Read BD Wong to white actors playing Asian: ‘You’re in the wrong part’ by Isha Aran

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Music:
"Sukiyaki" - Kyu Sakamoto

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Special Report: Room Full of Spoons

Special Guest: Rick Harper
Guest Co-Host: Adam Spiegelman

On a special joint Projection Booth / Proudly Resents crossover, Adam Spiegelman joins Mike to talk about Room Full of Spoons, a documentary from Rick Harper that chronicles the making and impact of Tommy Wiseau's magnum opus, The Room.

Links:
Buy Room Full of Spoons on DVD
Visit the official Room Full of Spoons website
Buy The Disaster Artist by Greg Sistero
Buy The Room on DVD
Buy the Rifftrax version of The Room
Visit the official The Room website
Play The Room video game
Visit Proudly Resents
Hear more from Rick Harper at Proudly Resents

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Listen to "Special Report: Room Full of Spoons (2016)" on Spreaker.

Music:
"You're Tearing Me Apart (Feat. Lisa)" - Microw Jupiter
"Song from a Room" - Rachel Glassberg
"Leave" - Allie Goertz

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Special Report: 20 Years of Madness

Special Guests: Jeremy Royce & Jerry White Jr.

Over a score of years, a group of Michiganders created the public access (now internet) show, "30 Minutes of Madness", under the leadership of Jerry White Jr. Jeremy Royce documented this phenomenon in his film 20 Years of Madness. In a special report we talk about video mix tapes, public access, and more.

Links:
Visit the 20 Years of Madness website
Visit the 30 Minutes of Madness website

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Music:
"Public Access Girls" - Truly
"Public Access" - David Liebe Hart and Adam Papagan

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20 Years of Madness - Trailer from 20 Years of Madness on Vimeo.