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March 13, 2024

Episode 676: Frenzy (1972)

Guest Co-Hosts: Rebecca McCallum, Ian Cooper

Ian Cooper and Rebecca McCallum join Mike to discuss one of Alfred Hitchcock’s later works and his final British film, (Frenzy 1972). Loosely based on 's Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square, the film stars Jon Finch as Richard Blaney and Barry Foster as Robert Rusk. They’re a couple of blokes in a Swinging London that is plagued by a murderer of women, the Necktie Murderer.

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March 9, 2024

Special Report: Dune Part Two (2024)

Special Report: Dune Part Two (2024) Special Guest: Max Evry
Guest Co-Host: Chris Stachiw

On this special Projection Booth / Kulturecast cross-over, Mike talks with Chris Stachiw about Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two (2024) in which we re-join the continuing struggles of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) on the desert planet Arrakis (also known as "Dune") as well as a handful of new characters: Princess Irulan, the Emperor of the Known Universe, and Feyd-Rautha.

Author Max Evry discusses his 2023 book A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch’s Dune. An Oral History the definitive book about the 1984 film.

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Music:
"Travel South" - Hans Zimmer
"Weapon of Choice" - Fatboy Slim

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March 8, 2024

Special Report: First Look 2024

Special Report: First Look 2024 Special Guests: Edo Choi, Sonia Shechet Epstein

Mike talks with Edo Choi (Associate Curator of Film & First Look Senior Programmer) and Sonia Shechet Epstein (Curator of Science and Technology & First Look Exhibitions and Film Programmer) of the Museum of the Moving Image about the 2024 First Look film festival.

For the official First Look 2024 website visit: https://movingimage.org/series/firstlook2024/

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March 6, 2024

Episode 675: Purple Rain (1984)

Episode 675: Purple Rain (1984) Special Guest: Alan Light
Guest Co-Hosts: Bill Ackerman, Samm Deighan

Samm Deighan and Bill Ackerman join Mike to discuss 1984's box office smash Purple Rain which launched Prince's movie career and made him a household name. The film stars Prince as "The Kid", a musician from Minneapolis who struggles to find his place in the music scene while battling personal demons.

Our episode features an interview with Alan Light, author of Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain. We also discuss the "sequel" to Purple Rain, Graffiti Bridge, and the "remake", Rain the color of Blue with a little Red in it.

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Music:
"Erotic City" - Prince and the Revolution
"Baby I'm a Star" - Prince and the Revolution

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March 4, 2024

Episode 674: Midnight Cowboy (1969)

Episode 674: Midnight Cowboy (1969) Special Guest: Glenn Frankel
Guest Co-Hosts: Jon Towlson, Chris Stachiw

On this special episode of The Projection Booth we’re looking at John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969). It’s the story of Joe Buck (Jon Voight), a hick from Texas who goes to the big city to become a hustler. Instead, he’s hustled by everyone he meets including "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman ). The two form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive in New York.

Chris Stachiw (The Kulturecast) and Jon Towlson (author of the Queer Cinema Classics book on Midnight Cowboy) join Mike to discuss the movie. Author Glenn Frankel discusses his book, Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic, and the documentary it inspired.

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Visit the official Glenn Frankel website
Buy Midnight Cowboy by James Kendrick

Music:
"Midnight Cowboy" - Faith No More

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March 1, 2024

Special Report: The Baristas Vs. The Billionaire

Special Report: The Baristas Vs. The Billionaire Special Guests: Mark Mori

On this special episode, Mike talks with Mark Mori (Bettie Page Reveals All) about his latest project, The Baristas Vs. The Billionaire, which tells the story of the unionization of Starbucks. They also discuss Mark's first feature documentary, Building Bombs (1989), and his upcoming The Lost Print.

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Music:
"There's a Starbucks (Where the Starbucks Used to Be)" - John Wesley Harding

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February 28, 2024

Episode 673: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Episode 673: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) Special Guest: Carl Rollyson
Guest Co-Hosts: Angela Mac, Ian Brownell

We’re wrapping up Western Month with a look at William A. Wellman's The Ox-Bow Incident. Released in 1943 the film is based on the 1940 novel from and stars Henry Fonda and Henry Morgan as Gil and Art, two cowboys who ride into the town of Bridger’s Wells where a messenger brings news of the senseless murder of a local rancher Larry Kincaid and the rustling of his cattle.

Angela Mac and Ian Brownell join Mike to discuss this harrowing tale of vigilante justice while author Carl Rollyson discusses his book Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews.

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Buy The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
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Music:
"Please Don’t Play Red River Valley" - Johnny Cash

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February 21, 2024

Episode 672: Johnny Guitar (1954)

Episode 672: Johnny Guitar (1954) Guest Co-Hosts: Andras Jones, David Kittredge

Western Month continues with a look at Nicholas Ray's Johnny Guitar. Released in 1954 the film stars Sterling Hayden as the titular Mr. Guitar. However, he’s outshone in the film by Joan Crawford as Vienna and Mercedes McCambridge as Emma, two women with a history.

Andras Jones and David Kittredge join Mike to discuss this unusual Western.

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Music:
"Johnny Guitar" - Peggy Lee

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