Projecting Film
30 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA film podcast where movies meet and your hosts project favorite flicks from the past on the cinema of today.
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Projecting LATE NIGHT as THE LATE SHIFT and MORNING GLORY
September 04, 2019 23:27 - 40 minutes - 19 MBAmazon is bringing Mindy Kaling's LATE NIGHT to it's Prime streaming service so that all of you who ignored its brief theatrical release can now ignore it in your digital video queue. What can't be ignored is your beloved hosts expansive knowledge on the format of talk shows... as long as said talk shows are featured in movies that they've seen. Two of them would be the HBO television movie THE LATE SHIFT from 1996 and the even more dated 2010 theatrical release MORNING GLORY from the natur...
Projecting THE NIGHTMARE of UNICORN STORE
May 30, 2019 23:54 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MBIn what is the first time (at least in podcast form) that childhood friends Mike and Josh of SOBER CINEMA decide to cross streams we exchange two films we each wanted the other to cross off their streaming list. For Josh he finally gets Mike to check out the documentary on sleep paralysis THE NIGHTMARE from 2015. In turn... Mike goes nuclear by throwing the glittery directing debut of Brie Larson in UNICORN STORE. Fun times are had by all. Click these things now: Support what we do with b...
Projecting 10 Years of ADVENTURELAND
May 21, 2019 13:59 - 58 minutes - 27.1 MBHere's a little something for a long holiday road trip (presumably to an amusement park if you really want to play along) with an episode on 10 years of ADVENTURELAND in our lives. Actually one host never got around to seeing it during its first decade of existence, so thanks to the great charity work of PROJECTING FILM... here we are. More importantly you can do some charitable work of your own by clicking on the links below: Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Pat...
Projecting THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR as DIRTY PRETTY THINGS and THE VISITOR
May 15, 2019 01:10 - 52 minutes - 24.2 MBFor THE SUN IS ALSO A STARtwo old white guys subject their poor guest Berook Alemayehu, formerly of the great podcast CINEMABUN, to their views on immigration... but only in film. Our selected double feature on this subject includes Chiwetel Eijofor in a not quite OCEAN'S 11 style of fun heist for DIRTY PRETTY THINGSand Richard Jenkins as perennial man about to blow his brains out in THE VISITOR. We also make fun of drummers and bass players. Our impotent rage knows no end. Support what w...
Projecting LONG SHOT as ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO and TAKE THIS WALTZ
April 30, 2019 14:44 - 1 hour - 28.2 MBOn this episode we guess that the new film LONG SHOTstarring Seth Rogen as the forever unfuckable is just the latest in this real life ogre's filmography of strangely being chosen by beautiful women. So do we go with Kevin Smith's 2008 film where America was disgusted by Elizabeth Banks choosing to have sex with this man in ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO. Or perhaps we side with our neighbors to the north where Michelle Williams decides that she's had enough of a cleaned up Mr. Rogen in Sarah Po...
Projecting SHAZAM! as Not as Sexy as BIG w/ Podstalgic
April 24, 2019 02:19 - 24 minutes - 11.6 MBFor the week of AVENGERS: ENDGAME we talk about superhero movies attempting to shake things up and there's no better guest to do that than Peter of PODSTALGIC... because he's kind of tired of superhero movies... and he doesn't seem that enthused with DC making their superhero version of BIG with SHAZAM... so we project some other things to watch instead. Enthusiastically. Now enthusiastically click these links: Support what we do with bonus content and early episodes on Patreon Facebook/Tw...
Ep. 24 - They Remain (The Shining meets It Follows)
January 12, 2019 03:42 - 28 minutes - 13.4 MBWe prepare ourselves for the year ahead in 2019 by looking back to the scariest film of 2018: Philip Gelatt's THEY REMAIN. The title could also apply to this very podcast which is probably equally as terrifying for PROJECTING FILM listeners. For now your hosts combine two things that very much scare us in our conversation on THE SHINING and IT FOLLOWS: rules and sex. Unable to follow the thread of either we instead podcast at the links below: Support what we do with bonus content and early ...
Ep. 23 - United We Fan (Capturing the Friedmans meets Love, Simon)
January 05, 2019 04:05 - 54 minutes - 25.5 MBFor our comeback episode we give our dozens of fans exactly what they want... an episode on how insane fans are. But in a good way! UNITED WE FAN looks at a now decades long tradition of dedicated fans saving their favorite low rated shows which creates both a positive and negative influence on the material being saved. One host is reminded of the turn made in a previous documentary as everything we thought we know may not be entirely accurate in CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS. Meanwhile your othe...
Ep. 22 - The Scent of Rain and Lightning (Winter's Bone meets The Burning Plain)
February 28, 2018 15:03 - 30 minutes - 14.3 MBThanks to the Nashville Film Festival we were able to check out THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING which stars Maika Monroe, a young actress who first got our attention in IT FOLLOWS. Maybe with that on the brain we ended up with an episode theme based around another previous rising star in Jennifer Lawrence and in particular her roles in feuding family films THE BURNING PLAIN and WINTER'S BONE. Thankfully (?) for our listeners this is a far more agreeable episode and we woiuld be even more ag...
Ep. 21 - The Party (Rebecca meets Rope)
February 28, 2018 00:20 - 28 minutes - 13.6 MBOn this episode we throw a Hitchcock themed podcast party for Sally Potter's new film THE PARTY. This Kristen Scott Thomas and Patricia Clarkson starring movie is fast, aggressive, and darkly funny; which means that this cast of characters would fit in nicely at a dinner party to celebrate getting away with murder in the 1948 classic ROPE. Or maybe the focus would be on the missing guest such as in the other Alfred Hitchcock joint REBECCA? We'll let you decide as you can listen to the episo...
Ep. 20 - Entanglement (Silver Linings Playbook meets Anomalisa)
February 14, 2018 14:32 - 28 minutes - 13.4 MBFor Valentine's Day we offer up a triple feature of being snared by love for new release ENTANGLEMENT. This Thomas Middleditch and Jess Weixler starring romcom reminds us of the manic pixie dream girl trope and how it can be subverted with a seriously manic male lead, be it Bradley Cooper in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK or David Thewlis in ANOMALISA. One of your hosts also convinces the other one to not do a Valentine's Day first time watch with the wife of Weixler's breakout film TEETH. To find...
Ep. 19 - Bomb City (SLC Punk! meets Fruitvale Station)
February 11, 2018 01:42 - 30 minutes - 14.6 MBOn our latest episode we discuss new release BOMB CITY and how we approach real life tragedy as entertainment. Does the apprehension we feel over the fate of the real life characters on screen add to our appreciation of the moments that the filmmakers chose to present? And just why was one of your hosts so damn nervous about possible life-changing events when watching SLC PUNK! for the first time? Find out this and maybe a little more as we once again praise Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jord...
Ep. 18 - West of Her (Before Sunrise meets Death Proof)
February 07, 2018 02:16 - 28 minutes - 13.6 MBOn the road again with Chris and Mike of PROJECTING FILM. A pair of podcast lovers who fancy themselves as Celine and Jesse from Richard Linklater's BEFORE SUNRISE but in actuality are more like Zoe Bell and Kurt Russell from Quentin Tarantino's DEATH PROOF. We'll leave that up to the listeners which one is the cowardly stuntman... BUT FOR NOW we have yet another indie film gem from 2018 with Ethan Warren's WEST OF HER. A strikingly beautifyl film full of stolen shots and stolen moments als...
Ep. 17 - Kate Can't Swim (Your Sister's Sister meets The One I Love)
February 02, 2018 14:21 - 31 minutes - 14.9 MBOn our latest episode we travel with three films to cabins in the woods and find the usual horror movie tropes: awkward encounters with friends, emotional outbursts that push people away, and revelations that forever change the bonds with those we love. Which is to say that new indie film KATE CAN'T SWIM gets it all right and if you like what you saw in YOUR SISTER'S SISTER and THE ONE I LOVE, make a point to check out the feature debut of writer/director Josh Helman. If you do, maybe we wi...
Ep. 16 - Please Stand By (Planes, Trains & Automobiles meets Nurse Betty)
January 30, 2018 14:16 - 35 minutes - 16.6 MBOn this episode we hit the road with Dakota Fanning in her new film PLEASE STAND BY about a Trekkie pursuing her dream of getting her script produced while her family catches up with her (in more ways than one). This inspires a look back at not only our previous episode on THE ROAD MOVIE (hey you should download that) but also that blend of fantasy in NURSE BETTY and the harsh realities of travel in PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES. Along the way we both embrace and reject Patton Oswalt's proud...
Ep. 15 - The Road Movie (Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 meets Leviathan)
January 25, 2018 19:02 - 28 minutes - 13.7 MBOn this episode we try to make something of the dash cam footage provided in new release THE ROAD MOVIE, and of course we come up with a mash-up of experimental documentary LEVIATHAN about commercial fisherman andddddd the BOOK OF SHADOWS, the much loved sequel to THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Along the way we discuss the need for guidance from documentarians and our favorite films of 2017. ALSO we debate which Franco brother your hosts are more like, and unfortunately for the winner of the Jam...
Ep. 14 - Humor Me (Mallrats meets Beginners)
January 15, 2018 21:20 - 38 minutes - 18.2 MBOn this episode we look at the relationships between fathers and sons and the jokes that develop along the way as we revisited Kevin Smith's MALLRATS and Mike Mills' BEGINNERS for the new release HUMOR ME. This indie film starring Jemaine Clement and Elliott Gould opens with crass humor that repeatedly antagonizes its audience (okay mainly just the son character played by Clement) which aligns perfectly with our goals for this podcast. So put in your earbuds and get weepy with us as we deba...
Ep. 13 - Mr. Roosevelt (Greenberg meets Young Adult)
January 06, 2018 22:46 - 36 minutes - 17 MBMR. ROOSEVELT is what happens when one host assumes that this is a political thriller starring Gary Oldman, and instead is pleasantly surprised to find something far closer to Noah Baumbach's GREENBERG and Diablo Cody's YOUNG ADULT. In these three films about going home to reconnect with former friends and lovers, we did you the service of waiting to release this episode after the holidays... and also when you can take a look at Noel Wells' new comedy which has just hit Netflix streaming. E...
Ep. 12 - Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (The Pledge meets Grizzly Man)
December 31, 2017 15:32 - 37 minutes - 17.6 MBLook ahead to the great beyond of 2018 with the Netflix documentary JIM & ANDY: THE GREAT BEYOND... and also this latest episode of PROJECTING FILM. If you do, you will hear us talk about not only the darkness of Jim Carrey going full method for his portrayal of Andy Kaufman in MAN ON THE MOON, but also your hosts Chris and Mike competing on who can bring the darkest film to the table. In THE PLEDGE, Jack Nicholson commits his life to finding a child killer, while in GRIZZLY MAN Timothy Tre...
Ep. 11 - Mudbound (Days of Heaven meets The Deer Hunter)
December 27, 2017 02:17 - 38 minutes - 18.1 MBFor our latest episode we have our own little premiere party for the Netflix original MUDBOUND. This includes watching this Oscar hopeful from the comfort of our homes with at least one of your hosts in a bathrobe. After this sign of disrespect to modern cinema-going we praise the film by comparing it to the likes of DAYS OF HEAVEN and THE DEER HUNTER, for its narrative of returning veterans and also in the how DEE REES uses narration. However this does make us face the stark reality that w...
Ep. 10 - Sweet Virginia (The Man Who Wasn't There meets Road to Perdition)
November 30, 2017 13:38 - 34 minutes - 16.4 MBOn this episode we look at the strange connections made by characters in crime films both big and small. From a lowly barber attempting to blackmail his wife's lover in the Coen brothers THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE to a father protecting his son from the life he's chosen in Sam Mendes' ROAD TO PERDITION. Those two films lead us to new release SWEET VIRGINIA starring Jon Bernthal and Christopher Abbott as two men from the same part of the world brought together by chance and of course... crime....
Ep. 09 - Pottersville (Jaws meets Bowfinger)
November 18, 2017 01:38 - 33 minutes - 15.9 MBOur latest episode spreads the holiday cheer in a way that you never knew you wanted: Michael Shannon in a drunken rage, terrorizing a small town as Bigfoot. This hard to categorize monster movie by way of Hallmark leads us to a discussion on JAWS as not just a scary shark movie but a terrifying look at a small town's insecurity. And the only way to top that is to look at those desparate enough to try and make it in the film business, such as the characters in the Steve Martin and Eddie Murp...
Ep. 08 - A Closer Walk with Thee (While You Were Sleeping meets The Cable Guy)
November 16, 2017 03:13 - 42 minutes - 20.1 MBOn this episode we talk with Brie Williams and John C. Clark and their new genre subverting film A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE. This leads to a discussion on how genre guides an audience through the story and manages our expectations for characters based on the film world they reside in. That world is a bit different when your hosts make their own mash-up of this new scary but very funny indie film as we debate the horrific merits of Jim Carrey's overbearing THE CABLE GUY against American sweethe...
Ep. 07 - 78/52 (JFK meets Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy)
October 31, 2017 17:15 - 48 minutes - 22.8 MBFor our Halloween episode we look at new documentary 78/52 which is a deep dive into the shower sequence from Alfred Hitchcock's classic PSYCHO. Considering that your two hosts are thoroughly unsuitable to leading a deep dive on one of the greatest achievements in cinema, we feel more comfortable explaining our love for this new film by selecting two other movies: Oliver Stone's JFK, famous for its editing and perhaps infamous for its attention to historical accuracy, is paired off with the...
Ep. 06 - Abundant Acreage Available (The Savages meets Promised Land)
October 20, 2017 05:31 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBOn this episode we make the usual demands from independent cinema: more sex, more money, and more attention for our podcast. If you're reading this we've succeeded in at least one of those things. However the biggest win for us is the arrival of a new film from Angus MacLachlan, ABUNDANT ACREAGE AVAILABLE. And while both Chris and Mike agree that it is one of the best films of 2017, they gravitated to two different themes and we explain them in our respective selections of Tamara Jenkins' T...
Ep. 05 - Different Flowers (Clerks meets The Descendants)
October 03, 2017 17:04 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBWe are joined by Morgan Dameron, writer and director of DIFFERENT FLOWERS, to discuss her feature debut, road trip movies, family influences, and of course the need for more action comedies set on trains (starring Steve Agee). Then your hosts Chris and Mike explain their favorite elements of this new film by referencing two favorite flicks of old. All this and we reveal The People's Clooney on the latest episode of Projecting Film. Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @projectingfilm Hosts: Chris @...
Ep. 04 - Thirst Street (Notting Hill meets Chuck & Buck)
September 24, 2017 02:39 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBWe decide to do a bit of traveling with new release THIRST STREET, which has us discussing home invasion films of a different sort. One involves the perpetually anxious Hugh Grant having his routine put upon by a beautiful and successful movie star, and the other involves this podcast's personal sex icon of Mike White. If that's not a strange enough mashup for you... well, come back next episode! But you'll miss Dan from Get Reel Movies as he reacts to the trailer for this new sex thriller,...
Ep. 03 - Easy Living (Bottle Rocket meets The Big Kahuna)
September 15, 2017 17:22 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBWriter/director Adam Keleman joins us to discuss his the inspiration, experience on the festival cicuit, and the reactions of the Mary Kay sales force to his new film EASY LIVING. This inspires us to look back at two other films about people hustling to sale others on a dream; be it a life of crime in Wes Anderson's debut feature BOTTLE ROCKET or Kevin Spacey's failed attempt to sell lubricants and many filmgoers on the great gem THE BIG KAHUNA. Along the way we come to terms with the fact...
Ep. 02 - Nobody's Watching (Ghost World meets Top Five)
September 08, 2017 21:04 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MBFor our second episode we discuss new release NOBODY'S WATCHING from Argentinian filmmaker Julia Solomonoff. This story of purposeful isolation which complicates creative pursuits not only describes our feeling of starting a new movie podcast after some minor success with a previous show but also inspires just a bit less navelgazing with a discussion on some previous like-minded films. In both Terry Zwigoff's GHOST WORLD and Chrick Rock's TOP FIVE we find lead characters passionate about ar...
Ep. 01 - The Vault (Killing Zoe meets The Usual Suspects)
September 01, 2017 21:26 - 42 minutes - 19.6 MBOn the first episode of PROJECTING FILM we open up Dan Bush's THE VAULT, a new film starring James Franco and Francesca Eastwood about a bank heist gone wrong. If that sounds familiar, well... trust us when we say that this film has a twist. And if you can't trust your hosts Chris Maynard and Michael Denniston (why would you?), then trust our guest Margo D. from the BOOK VS. MOVIE podcast who gives us her reaction to this new film that she was previously unaware of. Hopefully you share her ...