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Mike White and a rotating panel of guests take on cinema from everywhere: celebrated classics, cult obsessions, and films that slipped through the cracks and deserve better. The Projection Booth pairs sharp critical discussion with production history and interviews with the people who made the movies, so you hear how a picture got made, what it says about its moment, and why it still gets under people’s skin. Special Reports put newer filmmakers and their festival films in the spotlight.
Come for the movie you’ve been meaning to see. Stay for the one you didn’t know existed.
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Come for the movie you’ve been meaning to see. Stay for the one you didn’t know existed.
Explore the archive at https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/.
Support The Projection Booth at https://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth.
Follow the show to hear new episodes when they arrive.
Part of Weirding Way Media. Explore more podcasts at http://www.weirdingwaymedia.com.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.
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Average audio length:
89 minutes
Guest interviews
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English
United States
1596 episodes
since March 7, 2011
episodic
explicit content
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