Special Report: A Disturbance in the Force (2023)

Special Guests: Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak

On this episode Mike talks with Jeremy Coon and Steve Kozak about their new film A Disturbance in the Force (2023). It's all about the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special and just had its premiere at South By Southwest.

Be sure to visit their website https://www.holidayspecialdoc.com/ to find out when it's playing near you.

Music:
"Light The Sky On Fire" - Jefferson Starship

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Special Report: SXSW 2021

On a special series of episodes of The Projection Booth, we're looking at a handful of movies premiering at SXSW in 2021:

Day One - March 16, 2021

• Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché (including an interview with co-director Celeste Bell)
• Executive Order
• The Lost Sons
• Broadcast Signal Intrusion (including an interview with director Jacob Gentry)
• Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (including an interview with filmmakers Kier-la Janisse, David Gregory, and Winnie Cheung)

Day Two - March 17, 2021

• Witch Hunt - including an interview with Elle Callehan
• Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break - including an interview with director Nick Gillespe
• Offseason - Including an interview with director Mickey Keating
• The United States vs. Reality Winner - including an interview with director Sonia Kennebeck

Day Three - March 18, 2021

• The Spine of Night - interview with co-directors Morgan Galen King and Phillip Gelatt
• Swan Song - interview with Udo Kier
• Alien on Stage - interview with co-directors Danielle Kummer and Lucy Harvey

Day Four - March 19, 2021

• Clerk - interview with director Malcolm Ingram

Day One:

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Day Two:

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Day Three:

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Day Four:

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Music:
"South by Southwest" - X-Ray Dog

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Special Report: American Psycho (2000)

Special Guests: Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner, Roberta Hanley
Guest Co-Hosts: David Rodgers Paula Guthat

Based on the controversial book by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho (2000) tells the tale of Wall Street's Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), his murderous rampage, and the world of the late 1980s Manhattan.

The episode features interviews with one of the original screenwriters, Roberta Hanley, along with the film's director, Mary Harron and co-screenwriter / actress Guinevere Turner.

David Rodgers and Cinema Detroit's Paula Guthat join Mike to discuss yuppie scum and how American Psycho still resonates today.

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Links:
Buy American Psycho on DVD
Buy American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Buy American Psycho (Original London Cast Recording)
Read Bret & Me, Or How I Didn’t End Up Directing American Psycho by Stuart Gordon
Read In Defense of American Psycho 2 by Chris Alexander
Read The Female Gaze of ‘American Psycho’: How Mary Harron Made Fantasy Into Timeless Satire by Angelica Jade Bastien
Read Mary Harron Narrates a Scene From ‘American Psycho’ by Mekado Murphy
Read How Mary Harron made a feminist film out of American Psycho by Joe Blevins

Music:
"Psycho Killer" - Talking Heads
"In the Air Tonight" - Phil Collins
"This Must Be the Place" - Miles Fisher
"Devil Inside" - INXS
"Psycho" - Eddie Noack
"Hip to Be Square" - Huey Lewis & The News

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Special Report: I Lost It at the Video Store

Special Guest: Tom Roston

On a special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with Tom Roston about his new book, I Lost it at the Video Store: A Filmmakers' Oral History of a Vanished Era, a tale of working at or going to the video store.

Links:
Buy I Lost It at the Video Store by Tom Roston
Visit the official I Lost It at the Video Store webpage
Visit Tom Roston's website
Listen to our VHS Extravaganza episode
Listen to our Revenge of VHS epsidoe

Music:
"Nasty" - The Damned
"I Love Video" - Matthew Miklos

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I Lost It At The Video Store - Book Trailer from The Critical Press on Vimeo.

Special Report: The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015)

Special Guests: Jon Schnepp & Holly Payne
Guest Co-Host: Chris Cummins

The fifth feature Superman film took a dozen years and millions of dollars to come to fruition. Along the way the film was almost made as Superman Lives written by Kevin Smith, Wesley Strick, and Dan Gilroy, directed by Tim Burton and starring Nicolas Cage.

The documentary The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? digs into the production, from conception to the camera almost rolling. It's a wild tale of creativity, rampant egos, and one of the most eccentric producers Hollywood boasted.

We're joined by nerdlebrity Chris Cummins along with the producer and director of TDOSLWH, Holly Payne and Jon Schepp.

Links:
Visit the official The Death of 'Superman Lives' What Happened website
Buy Superman: Doomsday on DVD
Buy Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero by Larry Tye
Buy Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devious Directors, and Warring Writers Grounded an American Icon by Jake Rossen
Buy Red Son by Mark Millar
Buy DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore by Alan Moore
Buy Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? by Alan Moore
Buy the Death of Superman saga
Buy The Kryptonite Kid by Joseph Torchia
Visit the Superman Homepage
Read Mike White's Superman: Grounded article
Listen to our episode on Batman Returns
Hear more of Mike on Geek Juice Radio talking about Tim Burton
Follow Chris Cummins on Twitter

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Music:
"O Superman" - Laurie Anderson
"Kryptonite" - 3 Doors Down
"Superman" - The Clique
"Superman" - Ides of March
"Superman's Song" - Crash Test Dummies
"Official Suburban Superman" - Suzi Quatro
"Superman Theme" - Chris Joss
"Superman Theme" - Petra Haden
"Superman" - Boyce Avenue

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Special Report: Milius (2013)

Special Guest: Joey Figueroa

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talked to Joey Figueroa about co-directing the feature documentary Milius. Figueroa discusses his early work with Kevin Smith and the challenges of capturing the larger-than-life persona of writer/director John Milius.

Links:
Watch Milius on Amazon Instant Video
Watch Milius on Netflix
Watch Milius on Epix
Listen to our episode on The Big Wednesday

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