The Projection Booth Podcast
1) Special Report: Brian Rafferty on Hannibal Lector - A Life
Mike talks with writer and podcaster Brian Rafferty about his latest book, Hannibal Lector: A Life. It's a look at Thomas Harris and his most famous creation, the genteel boogeyman Hannibal Lector in ...Show More
2) Special Report: Tura! (2025)
Mike talks with Cody Jarrett and Siouxzan Perry about their 2025 documentary TURA! The filmmakers discuss how the project came together and how they shaped the voluminous material into a feature-lengt...Show More
3) Episode 787: Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (1989)
We continue our Australian month with Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds, the stark 1989 feature debut of Alex Proyas. Before The Crow or Dark City, Proyas delivered this sun-blasted sci-fi We...Show More
4) Episode 786: Pandemonium (1987)
The Projection Booth continues its dive into Australian cinema with Pandemonium, the delirious 1987 feature from writer-director Haydn Keenan. A film that plays like a fever dream filtered through exp...Show More
5) Episode 785: Shirley Thompson Versus The Aliens (1972)
The Projection Booth kicks off a month devoted to Australian oddities with Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens, the startling 1972 debut from director Jim Sharman. Long unseen outside of archival corne...Show More
6) Episode 784: Arizona Dream (1993)
Emir Kusturica’s Arizona Dream drifts between deadpan comedy and waking dream, a film where ambition, escape, and American myth collide at odd angles. Written by David Atkins and directed by Emir Kust...Show More
7) Special Report: Homegrown (2024)
Mike talks with Michael Premo, director of Homegrown, about embedding himself with right-wing activists in the years leading up to—and following—January 6, 2021. Rather than treating the Capitol attac...Show More
8) Episode 783: Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970)
The Projection Booth turns its attention to Entertaining Mr. Sloane (1970), the adaptation of Joe Orton’s infamous stage play, directed by Douglas Hickox. Jonathan Owen and Rob St. Mary join Mike to d...Show More
9) Episode 782: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Spencer Parsons and Chris Stachiw join Mike to dig into the ideological undercurrents of The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan’s contentious capstone to his Batman trilogy. Released in 2012, the fi...Show More
10) Episode 781: Z Channel - A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
Adam Long and Josh Hadley join Mike to explore Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004), the sweeping documentary from Xan Cassavetes about the rise and fall of Los Angeles’s most influential pay-TV ...Show More