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On a special episode of The Projection Booth we’re looking at a handful of movies premiering at SXSW on March 16, 2021: Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché (including and 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). Find out more at https://www.sxsw.com/ Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

For our 10th Anniversary we’re looking at Peter Strickland’s 2014 film The Duke of Burgundy, the story of a couple, Cynthia and Evelyn, and their relationship in a world of women where lepidoptery seems to be the stock and trade of its denizens. The film examines the slow decline of Cynthia and Evelyn’s relationship. Samm Deighan and Jim Vendiola join Mike to discuss the film. Writer/Director Peter Strickland talks about his career and making The Duke of Burgundy.  Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

We’re looking at Alfred Sole’s Pandemonium (1982) which stars Candice Azzara as Bambi, a witness to the horrific murder of her high school cheer leading squad who, years later, fulfills her lifelong dream of starting her own cheer leading camp at It Had To Be University. Rod Lott and Gary Hill join Mike to discuss the film and other horror comedy parodies from the early ’80s. Special guests include Miles Chapin, Alfred Sole, Richard Whitley, and Jamie Klein.  Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

We’re looking at the 1972 film from Rainer Werner Fassbinder, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant. It’s the story of love and loss for the titular Petra Von Kant (Margrit Carstensen) a fashion designer and her model/muse Karin (Hanna Schygulla). We see the beginnings and endings of that relationship as well as the fall out. Heather Drain and Kat Ellinger join Mike to discuss this melodramatic work.  Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

On this special episode Mike talks to writer/director Adam Stovall and writer/actor MacLeod Andrews about their romantic comedy / horror film A Ghost Waits (2020). The film is available now via Arrow’s streaming channel and will be available on blu-ray on May 3, 2021.  Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

We’re looking at the 2009 film from director Adam Elliot, Mary & Max, the story of two unlikely pen pals — Mary Daisy Dinkle (Bethany Whitmore and Toni Collette) and Max Jerry Horovitz (Philip Seymour Hoffman) — a lonely little girl from Australia and a middle aged man with Asperger’s Syndrome in New York City. Writer/director Adam Elliot discusses the origins of Mary & Max while Maurice Bursztynski joins Mike to discuss this amazing film.  Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

Southland Tales tells the sprawling story of a world in which alternative energy is a big business and teams up with the political police state. Meanwhile actor Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) has a schizophrenic break and thinks he’s the character that he and part-time prophet/full time porn star Krista Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) have created, Jericho Cane. Also in the mix are Roland and Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott), a cop and his twin who may hold the secret to ending the world. David Kittredge and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the film. The episode also features an interview with writer/director Richard Kelly.  Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

Alan and Jeanne Abel’s Is There Sex After Death? is a mockumentary from 1971 that dares to ask the hard hitting questions with ridiculous answers. It’s a series of vignettes with some familiar faces like Buck Henry, Myron Efron, Holly Woodlawn, Robert Downey, and more. Heather Drain and Skizz Cyzyk join Mike to discuss pranks, Jenny Abel’s Abel Raises Cain, and much more. Be sure to listen to the end of the episode.  Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

Mike talks with director Angela Washko and star Mrs. Kasha Davis about their new documentary, Workhorse Queen, which premieres at Slamdance 2021. It’s the story of Mrs. Davis and her time on RuPaul’s Drag Race and her life off stage. Find out more at http://workhorsequeen.com/ Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com

Jedidiah Ayres and Andrew Nette join Mike to look at the 1992 neo-noir film from director Roger Donaldson, White Sands. The film stars Willem Dafoe as Ray Dolezal, a small town Sheriff who tries to solve the murder of a man in his jurisdiction by assuming the dead man’s identity and getting embroiled in a world of arms dealing, We speak to the film’s screenwriter, Daniel Pyne (The Hard Way, The Sum of All Fears, Where’s Marlowe?) about the film’s journey from page to screen.  Download the rest of our shows at ChristopherMedia.net  and ProjectionBoothPodcast.com