Projection Booth Podcast
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Mike talks with filmmaker Todd Rohal in a lively, no-holds-barred tour through one of the most delightfully unclassifiable careers in American indie cinema. From Knuckleface Jones to The Catechism Cataclysm, Rohal has carved out a lane where misfits, surreal detours, and emotional gut-punches...
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Mike talks with filmmaker Todd Rohal in a lively, no-holds-barred tour through one of the most delightfully unclassifiable careers in American indie cinema. From Knuckleface Jones to The Catechism Cataclysm, Rohal has carved out a lane where misfits, surreal detours, and emotional gut-punches...
The Projection Booth enters Edgar Wright territory with a deep dive into The Running Man (2025), his audacious adaptation of the dystopian classic. Mike teams up with Midnight Viewing’s own Father Malone to break down Wright’s maximalist world-building, razor-cut action choreography, and the...
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The Projection Booth enters Edgar Wright territory with a deep dive into The Running Man (2025), his audacious adaptation of the dystopian classic. Mike teams up with Midnight Viewing’s own Father Malone to break down Wright’s maximalist world-building, razor-cut action choreography, and the...
Noirvember 2025 keeps rolling as Mike teams up with author Dahlia Schweitzer (https://www.thisisdahlia.com/) and artist Rahne Alexander to crack open V.I. Warshawski (1991), Jeff Kanew’s glossy, big-city take on Sara Paretsky’s groundbreaking detective. Kathleen Turner...
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Noirvember 2025 keeps rolling as Mike teams up with author Dahlia Schweitzer (https://www.thisisdahlia.com/) and artist Rahne Alexander to crack open V.I. Warshawski (1991), Jeff Kanew’s glossy, big-city take on Sara Paretsky’s groundbreaking detective. Kathleen Turner...
Mike talks with cultural critic Dan Schindel (https://www.mikewhitesite.com/meganabbott/%E2%80%9Chttps://www.danschindel.com/%E2%80%9C) and Lyle Zanca of GKids (https://www.mikewhitesite.com/meganabbott/%E2%80%9Chttps://gkids.com/%E2%80%9C) to discuss Mamoru Oshii’s 1985 anime film, Angel’s Egg...
November 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Mike talks with cultural critic Dan Schindel (https://www.mikewhitesite.com/meganabbott/%E2%80%9Chttps://www.danschindel.com/%E2%80%9C) and Lyle Zanca of GKids (https://www.mikewhitesite.com/meganabbott/%E2%80%9Chttps://gkids.com/%E2%80%9C) to discuss Mamoru Oshii’s 1985 anime film, Angel’s Egg...
Had a blast talking to Samm Deighan and Andrew Nette about Helmut Kautner's BLACK GRAVEL.
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Had a blast talking to Samm Deighan and Andrew Nette about Helmut Kautner's BLACK GRAVEL.
Noirvember keeps rolling with Helmut Käutner’s Black Gravel (1961), a scalding portrait of postwar Germany buried under guilt, corruption, and American occupation. Mike is joined by Andrew Nette and Samm Deighan to dig into this bleak anti-Heimatfilm, where gravel trucker Robert Neidhardt...
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Noirvember keeps rolling with Helmut Käutner’s Black Gravel (1961), a scalding portrait of postwar Germany buried under guilt, corruption, and American occupation. Mike is joined by Andrew Nette and Samm Deighan to dig into this bleak anti-Heimatfilm, where gravel trucker Robert Neidhardt...
Mike sits down with the sibling filmmaking duo Josh Holden and Nick Holden (a.k.a. the Holden Brothers) to unpack their sharp new dramedy Sell Out, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival. Shot in and around Austin and Louisiana, the film follows novelist Benny Dink as his career stalls, his...
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Mike sits down with the sibling filmmaking duo Josh Holden and Nick Holden (a.k.a. the Holden Brothers) to unpack their sharp new dramedy Sell Out, which premiered at the Austin Film Festival. Shot in and around Austin and Louisiana, the film follows novelist Benny Dink as his career stalls, his...
Mike talks with Caleb Alexander Smith and David Krumholtz about Forelock, a dark, biting satire set on the margins of Hollywood. The film follows Caiden, a drifting ex-athlete pulled into the bizarre world of boulevard impersonators and small-time hustlers by Randy, a disillusioned veteran of...
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Mike talks with Caleb Alexander Smith and David Krumholtz about Forelock, a dark, biting satire set on the margins of Hollywood. The film follows Caiden, a drifting ex-athlete pulled into the bizarre world of boulevard impersonators and small-time hustlers by Randy, a disillusioned veteran of...