Special Report: The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)

Special Guest: Jon Spira

Mike talks to writer/director Jon Spira about his latest film, The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee. It's a documentary about the Lee's life and career that features a great array of interviews and a fascinating visual style.

Pre-order the film at Kickstarter.

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Music:
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" - Christopher Lee

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Special Report: King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2017)

Special Guests: Steve Mitchell, Larry Cohen

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with filmmaker Steve Mitchell about his 2017 documentary King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen.

Mike also speaks to the film's subject, Larry Cohen, about his work on "Branded" and "Columbo" as well as several of his films.

Links:
Follow King Cohen on Twitter
Buy Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker by Tony Williams
Buy Larry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters by Michael Doyle
Like King Cohen on Facebook
Listen to our episode on Bone

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Music:
"White Lightning" - James Brown
"The Boss" - James Brown

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Episode 222: Rock 'N' Roll High School (1979)

Special Guests: Allan Arkush, Dean Cundey, Russ Dvonch, Clint Howard, Joseph McBride, PJ Soles, Richard Whitley, Mary Woronov, Dey Young
Guest Co-Host: Adam Schartoff

School's out for summer and we're talking Rock 'N' Roll High School, the 1979 film starring The Ramones. Riff Randell (PJ Soles), a rock & roll fan, wants to get her song to The Ramones. Meanwhile, her friend Kate Rambeau (Dey Young) searches for her first love. It's a tale of loud music, exploding mice, pizza and wheat germ.

We're joined by a host of Rock 'N' Roll High School alumni from director Allan Arkush to cinematographer Dean Cundey to writers Russ Dvonch, Richard Whitley, and Joseph McBride to stars PJ Soles, Dey Young, Clint Howard and Mary Woronov.

Also part of the discussion this week is Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio.

We also talk about some of the subsequent Rock 'N' Roll films: Rock & Roll Hotel, Rock 'N' Roll High School Forever and Shake, Rattle and Rock.

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Links:
Buy Rock N Roll High School on Blu-Ray
Buy I Want You Around: The Ramones and the Making of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School by Stephen B. Armstrong
Buy End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones on DVD
Buy Ramones Mania on CD
Buy Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone by Marky Ramone
Buy Swimming Underground: My time at Andy Warhol's Factory by Mary Woronov
Buy Soggy Bottom, USA on DVD
Visit the official Dey Young website
Visit the official Joseph McBride website
Visit the official Ramones website
Follow P.J. Soles on Twitter
Follow Clint Howard on Twitter
Read about Rock & Roll Hotel by Dale Brumfield
Read all about the Rock & Roll High School soundtrack and video releases
Read Allan Arkush's Criterion Top Ten
Watch the whole Siskel & Ebert Cult Film episode
Listen to a Ramones Concert from Ann Arbor, 1981
Listen to the We Hate Movies episode on Rock & Roll High School Forever
Listen to our episode on That Guy: Dick Miller
Hear more Joseph McBride on The Projection Booth
Hear more Clint Howard on The Projection Booth
Hear more Dean Cundey on The Projection Booth
Be sure to check out Filmwax Radio

Music:
"Rock & Roll High School" - P.J. Soles
"Rock & Roll High School" - The Ramones

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Episode 127: Gremlins (1984)

Special Guest: Joe Dante
Guest Co-Host: Chris Cummins

We continue our interview with Joe Dante this week as we talk about Gremlins, one of a pair of Steven Spielberg-related films that brought about the PG-13 rating in 1984. We also discuss Gremlins 2: The New Batch, one of the most subversive sequels ever made.

We're joined again this week by Chris Cummins of Topless Robot and Geekadelphia.

Don't listen to this podcast after midnight.

Links:
Check out Joe Dante's Trailers from Hell
Back Joe Dante's latest project, DARK on Kickstarter
Read Chris Cummins's article about the original Gremlins in Impossibly Funky
Buy Gremlins on DVD
Buy Gremlins 2: The New Batch on DVD
Read the full list of The 50 Most Racist Movies
Listen to the first part of our interview with Joe Dante on our episode about The Howling

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Bonus:
Here's the second part of "Gizmo & the Gremlins" in its entirety.


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Episode 115: The Howling (1981)

Special Guests: Joe Dante & Gary Brandner
Guest Co-Host: Josh Hadley

We dive head first into Joe Dante's The Howling (1981) (and the rest of the book and movie franchise). We also feature an interview with the author of the original source novel, Gary Bradner.

Joining us this week is our old pal Josh Hadley of the RadioDrome, What the F*ck, and Lost in the Static podcasts (among others).

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Links:
Buy Gary Brandner's Howling Trilogy on Kindle
Find more of Gary Brandner's books
Buy The Howling on Blu-Ray
Visit Joe Dante's Trailers from Hell
Read Josh Hadley's column Sanity is Razor Thin
Gary Brandner passed away a few months after talked to him. Read his obituary

Music:
Songs used this episode include...
"Killer Wolf" - Danzig
"The Howling" - Pino Donaggio
"Howlin' For My Darling" - Howlin' Wolf
"Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne

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