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Jacques Demy‘s The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les parapluies de Cherbourg) tells the story of two young lovers, Geneviève (Catherine Deneuve) and Guy (Nino Castelnuovo), and their ill-fated romance in a wall-to-wall musical with a score by Michel Legrand.  Ken Stanley and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the film as well as other films from Jacques Demy. Big thanks to Simone Oppi for helping with translations with Mr. Castelnuovo!  Errata:: Mike speaks a bizarre mélange of Spanish and Italian. For example, the phrase for “of course” in Italian is “corso” not “por supuesto”.

Catriona MacColl talked with Mike about her work with Jacques Demy (Lady Oscar) and Lucio Fulci (The Beyond, City of the Living Dead, and The House by the Cemetery) and more.

In Jack Sholder‘s The Hidden, Tom Beck (Michael Nouri) is a supercop who gets paired with odd duck FBI Agent Lloyd Gallagher (Kyle MacLachlan) to investigate a string of strange crimes where seemingly ordinary people go nuts, indulging in fast cars, loud music, and more.  Director Jack Sholder discusses the early part of his career at New Line Cinema including his work on Alone in the Dark, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 and The Hidden.  Jamie Sammons (née Jamie Jenkins) and Eric J. Peterson join Mike to discuss the film.

Mike spoke to Steve Guttenberg about his role in the Lavalantula series as well as President Bill Clinton’s love of the Police Academy series and more on this special episode.  The second Lavalantula film, 2 Lava 2 Lantula, premieres on the SyFy network on Saturday August 6, 2016 at 9PM EST.

Warren Beatty‘s Dick Tracy is a beautiful recreation of the four-color world of Chester Gould’s square-jawed detective. It’s also something of an uneasy marriage of Stephen Sondheim songs, Madonna, and a cavalcade of character actors as Gould’s “Rogues Gallery.”  Interviews feature Glenne Headly who plays Tracy’s love interest, Tess Trueheart, as well as author Garyn G. Roberts, and Dick Tracy afficianado Dan Kampling. We also hear just a bit of executive producer Floyd Mutrux from a previous interview.  Jared Case and Frank Santopadre join Mike to debate if the film ultimately works

Released in 1976, The First Nudie Musical stars Stephen Nathan as Harry Schecther, a down on his luck filmmaker who’s reluctantly entered the world of pornography to keep his father’s studio solvent. He gets the bright idea to shoot a musical and, at the behest of his backers, a nudie musical at that. With the help of his assistant, Rosie (Cindy Williams) and without the help of the wet-behind-the-ears director foisted upon him, John Smithee (writer/co-director Bruce Kimmel), we see the production of Come, Come Now the titular first nudie musical.  Angela Mac and Trevor Gumbel join Mike to discuss this fun-filled film.

On this special episode of The Projection Booth, Mike talks with film critic Owen Gleiberman about his memoir, Movie Freak: My Life Watching Movies, which tells the story of Gleiberman’s love of movies, his years at Entertainment Weekly, his family and love life, as well as his friendship with Pauline Kael.  Rod Lott joins Mike in discussing the book as well as the place Entertainment Weekly once held for them.

In Paul Maslansky’s Sugar Hill (1977) Diane “Sugar” Hill summons the aid of Baron Samedi (Don Pedro Colley) to exact vengeance against those who killed her boyfriend

As part of the discussion of Paul Maslansky’s sole directorial effort, Sugar Hill, Mike talked to Mr. Maslansky about his long and storied career as a producer, focusing on Race with the Devil, Damnation Alley, and The Silent Flute.

Incredibly skilled at the keyboard, Korla Pandit came into the houses of California housewives during the ’50s with his hypnotic stare and tunes. The documentary film Korla tells the story of Pandit’s life and the secret with which he lived for years.  Special guests director John Turner and producer Eric Christensen talk about making the documentary.  Rob St. Mary joins Mike to discuss the film, exotica music, and more.