Special Guests: Tom Holland, Aristotelis Maragkos Guest Co-Hosts: Joe Maddrey, Marta Djordjevic
Mike is joined by Marta Djordjevic and Joe Maddrey for a discussion of the 1995 miniseries The Langoliers. Adapted from the Stephen King novella and directed by Tom Holland, the production follows a group of passengers on a redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston who awaken to find most of the plane’s occupants gone and reality behaving in unfamiliar ways. The episode examines the story’s structure, the performances by David Morse, Bronson Pinchot, and the ensemble cast, and the miniseries’ place within 1990s television.
The conversation also includes interviews with writer-director Tom Holland and Aristotelis Maragkos, whose film The Timekeepers of Eternity reconstructs The Langoliers into a monochrome, collage-style reinterpretation. They discuss the original production, the process behind Maragkos’s adaptation, and how the two works speak to each other across different formats and eras.
Carol Borden and Jackie Stargrove join Mike for a double-barreled deep dive into John Woo’s The Killer — both the 1989 Hong Kong classic and Woo’s own 2024 reimagining.
They revisit the operatic gunfights, moral codes, and aching "bromance" that made The Killer a cornerstone of the “heroic bloodshed” genre, tracing its influence from Le Samouraï to La Femme Nikita to the 2024 "remake". Along the way, they take a detour through Hum Hain Bemisaal (1994), Bollywood’s gloriously unauthorized quasi-remake, and consider how Woo’s new vision reframes his mythic tale for a world that’s changed as much as cinema itself.
Listen as the three co-hosts look at The Killer's enduring legacy, revisiting a movie so nice The Projection Booth covers it twice.
Special Guest: James B. Harris Guest Co-Hosts: Andrew Nette, Rod Lott
Noirvember 2025 closes out with a hard-edged dive into Cop (1988)
, James B. Harris’s blistering adaptation of James Ellroy's novel Blood on the Moon. Mike teams up with Andrew Nette and Rod Lott to unpack this gritty Los Angeles thriller, led by one of James Woods’s most volatile performances as Detective Lloyd Hopkins-—a cop who bulldozes every rule on the hunt for a killer.-
We dig into the film’s tangled lineage: how Harris reshaped Ellroy’s novel for the screen, how Woods weaponizes charisma and menace in equal measure, how Blood on the Moon compares to the earlier L.A. Death Trap, and how Cop fits into the larger landscape of late-’80s neo-noir. Along the way, expect conversations about Ellroy’s amoral universe, the film’s sleazy-sunset L.A. atmosphere, and why Lloyd Hopkins may be one of the most unnerving Reagan-era "hero" of crime cinema.
Special Guests: Sara Paretsky, David Aaron Cohen, Nick Thiel, Jeff Kanew, Warren Leight Guest Co-Hosts: Dahlia Schweitzer, Rahne Alexander
Noirvember 2025 keeps rolling as Mike teams up with author Dahlia Schweitzer and artist Rahne Alexander to crack open V.I. Warshawski (1991), Jeff Kanew’s glossy take on Sara Paretsky’s groundbreaking detective. Kathleen Turner commands the screen as V.I., whose night on the town swerves into murder, a dead former Blackhawks star, and a teenager who refuses to stay out of danger.
This episode brings together an incredible lineup: Sara Paretsky, creator of the V.I. Warshawski novels; screenwriters David Aaron Cohen, Nick Thiel, and Warren Leight; and director Jeff Kanew. They share the inside story of adapting an iconic literary detective, shaping Turner’s formidable on-screen persona, and navigating the film’s winding path from page to screen.
Along the way, we dig into Chicago’s cinematic grit, the film’s place in early-’90s studio genre filmmaking, and—yes—we spoil who killed Boom Boom and finally reveal what the initials V. I. actually stand for.
Mike talks with cultural critic Dan Schindel and Lyle Zanca of GKIDS to discuss Mamoru Oshii’s 1985 anime film, Angel’s Egg (AKA Tenshi no Tamago), a gorgeous lyrical film about spiritualism and redemption. The film has been recently restored and given a 4K scan that will be screened across the U.S. starting November 19, 2025.
Check local listings and be on the lookout for the upcoming Blu-Ray release.
Mike joins Caliber 9 From Outer Space for their landmark 100th episode, celebrating the milestone with an ambitious and eclectic triple feature: Brian De Palma’s Sisters (1972), John Sayles’s The Brother from Another Planet (1984), and John Hough’s Hammer favorite Twins of Evil (1971).
Along with hosts Rob Spencer and Joe Odber (and fellow guest Sammy from the GGTMC), Mike digs into the films’ shared fascinations with identity, social fractures, and psychological duality -- whether explored through De Palma’s split-screen paranoia, Sayles’s still-timely critique of American intolerance, or Hammer’s lurid Gothic stylings.
The group avoids major spoilers for The Brother from Another Planet and only lightly touches the ending of Twins of Evil. However, Sisters receives a full spoiler discussion, with a clear cue for listeners who want to skip ahead: you can safely rejoin at 1:35:59.
It’s the show’s longest episode to date and a lively deep dive befitting the occasion. Congratulations to Caliber 9 From Outer Space on reaching 100 episodes—and here’s to many more.
Noirvember 2025 keeps rolling with Helmut Käutner's Black Gravel (1961), a scalding portrait of postwar Germany buried under guilt, corruption, and American occupation. Mike is joined by Andrew Nette and Samm Deighan to dig into this bleak anti-Heimatfilm, where gravel trucker Robert Neidhardt (Helmut Wildt) scrapes by on the black market and rekindles an affair with Inge (Ingmar Zeisberg), now married to a U.S. officer. When an accident turns deadly, their secret unearths a moral wasteland of complicity and denial.
Once condemned by the Oberhausen critics as “the worst achievement by an established director,” Käutner’s film now stands as a bold, unflinching noir that dared to confront the rot beneath Germany’s economic miracle.
Noirvember 2025 roars to life with Walter Hill's sleek, existential chase film The Driver (1978). Ryan O’Neal plays the nameless getaway specialist who moves through Los Angeles like a ghost, pursued by Bruce Dern’s manic lawman hell-bent on taking him down. It’s a lean, hypnotic duel between predator and prey where style is substance and silence is power.
Mike rides shotgun with Beth Accomando and Walter Chaw to unpack Hill’s minimalist approach, his homage to Melville’s Le Samouraï, and the cold precision that makes The Driver a high-octane hymn to professionalism and control.
Addendum: Big apologies to Ms. Adjani. Re-reading her Wikipedia, it looks like she's not anti-immmigrant but actually speaks out against anti-immigration!
Special Guests: Tom Holland, Aristotelis Maragkos
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Mike joins Caliber 9 From Outer Space for their landmark 100th episode, celebrating the milestone with an ambitious and eclectic triple feature: Brian De Palma’s Sisters (1972), John Sayles’s The Brother from Another Planet (1984), and John Hough’s Hammer favorite Twins of Evil (1971).
Along with hosts Rob Spencer and Joe Odber (and fellow guest Sammy from the GGTMC), Mike digs into the films’ shared fascinations with identity, social fractures, and psychological duality -- whether explored through De Palma’s split-screen paranoia, Sayles’s still-timely critique of American intolerance, or Hammer’s lurid Gothic stylings.
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