The Projector Room Podcast Show Notes Show 180 - The Damned Wolf Man Ted Salmon, Gareth Myles and Allan Gildea Contributions and Reviews Kah Leong Ow on The Night Agent (2023 - 2025) Irfan Ali on Flight Risk (2025) Flop of the Fortnight Robert Macrowan on He Went That Way (2023) Private Screening Prizzi’s Honor (1985) Themed Treats (Mike Nichols) R…

I am joined this week by Molly Rasberry to discuss Charlie Chaplin's great work Modern Times. The critiques of labor, alienation and so much more are on full display. Let us know what you think! Molly Rasberry https://x.com/RasberryRazz https://letterboxd.com/mbrasberry/ https://mollywoodwrites.wordpress.com/ Left of the Projector Links https://www…

In deze aflevering zul je merken dat ik steeds meer helderheid krijg over hoe Human Design meer ten dienste kan staan van onze menselijke ervaring, waardoor je je niet langer gevangen hoeft te voelen in het systeem. Er zijn absoluut manieren om met Human Design te werken opdat het diens oorspronkelijke doel dient, ondanks dat het iets heel anders i…

We’re still going on a break but we wanted to hit up some 2025 Oscar predictions as well as discuss other movies we saw in 2024 and we rate several of them. A loose episode exploring all the buzz around the upcoming Academy Awards and guessing who’s going to win based off of only seeing, maybe, thirty precent of these movies. The Beekeeper got snub…

After this episode we will be taking an extended break from the show (HUNDREDS of past episodes over the span of 2 and a half years at your disposal SUBSCRIBE NOW!) but we did make a promise to talk about all of M. Night Shyamalan’s filmography throughout the year AND WE’RE KEEPING THAT PROMISE! So it will probably be another M. Night joint when yo…

It’s our final stop for BODY & SOUL and our penultimate drop before our extended break. January of last year we discussed Carl Franklin’s “Devil in a Blue Dress” starring Denzel Washington and it was so good that we decided to revisit that director/lead pairing with Carl Franklin’s 2003 thriller “OUT OF TIME” starring Denzel, Eva Mendes & Sanaa Lat…

We’re in our last stretch of BODY & SOUL and we’re discussing a bonafide BILLY of a movie. A “Billy” is a movie that made a billions dollars. There’s more than a few (20? 30something Billys out there?) and since today’s theme is all about Black Directors and Black Lead Actors there’s one prolific box office smash that catapulted a longstanding char…

BODY & SOUL month has given us a week of worthy modern noir and today is no exception in this discussion of British director Steve McQueen’s web of Chicago crime and politics. Three women are forced to pay back some money stolen by their husbands in a heist that led to them, and the money, going up in flames. The blackmail leads to them picking up …

It’s Neo noir week for this month’s theme of BODY & SOUL (black directors, black leads) and we hit up a very stylish feature film that was popular amongst the teens and college aged crowd when Bob was a youngster so many years ago. Hype Williams only feature film was paved the way by a plethora of rap, hip-hop & R&B music videos that he directed th…

In this episode, we take a critical look at the film "Emilia Perez," an endeavor that has stirred significant debate due to its questionable narrative and representation. Joined by Griff and Chris from "Bring Out Your Dead," we dissect the film’s convoluted plot revolving around a Mexican cartel leader's journey of transition amidst the violence of…

BODY & SOUL all February. Black directors with black leads and today’s discussion is of a dripping Neo noir that is sometimes insane and funny but always entertaining. Actor/Director Bill Duke dropped this crime drama in the wake of the success of films like “Boyz in the Hood”. While not as prolific as those, Duke’s 1992 film “DEEP COVER” starring …

Happy Valentines Day, folks! Hope you’re out there getting freaked now if not sooner. Today’s lovely selection is a silky smooth flick about generational flaws made easier by very attractive people getting together. Stella Meghie’s 2020 romance “THE PHOTOGRAPH” starring Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield & Chanté Adams has the feeling despite it being a s…

Today’s discussion for February’s theme, BODY & SOUL (black directors black leads), comes from France by way of Senegal and was available in the US in 2020 on Netflix until several very well known and high ranking pedophiles in government decided that this film belonged in the culture war sphere of nonsense. Maimouna Doucouré’s coming of age film “…

In deze episode maak ik een nieuw begin. Ik ben namelijk op een punt gekomen waarop ik bepaalde bullsh*t niet meer kan slikken en rode vlaggen niet meer te negeren zijn. Laten we open kaart spelen. En ik deel de komende tijd wat ik leer op weg naar een solide basis om door te kunnen geven. Want eerlijk? Het is een beetje welletjes geweest… somethin…

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The Projector Room Podcast Show Notes Show 179 - Heretic Hijack Pussycat! Ted Salmon, Gareth Myles and Allan Gildea Contributions and Reviews Robert Macrowan on The Count of Monte-Cristo (2024) Chad Dixon on A Complete Unknown (2024) Chris Clayton on Silo (2023-24) Irfan Ali on Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) Flop of the Fortnight MaXXXine (2024) …

Black Directors & Black Leads for February’s theme we call “BODY & SOUL” and today we hit up a movie that has the distinction of being the highest budgeted movie by a black female director. While the movie did break even, it didn’t give Disney the sign to drain this property of all life ad nauseam. Ava DuVernay, director of “Selma” and the document…

BODY & SOUL. Black Directors & Black Leads and today’s discussion is among the early works for full length feature films directed by a black woman or at least the first in a while. There is a lot of Black Hollywood history lost to time as we discuss in this conversation about Kathleen Collins true life inspired independent film about the dissolving…

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February is BODY & SOUL. That means Black Directors and Black Leads and we’re anxious to get back into it after last week’s “white Jamaican” debacle with an influential independent comedy featuring the beginnings of certain writers, directors and actors in prominent black comedies over the years. After maxing out credits cards and timing out film e…

NOTE: yeah we forgot to cut out the clip between deciding our rating and and adding it to our list. So you hear some "click clack" and the sound of Angela blowing her nose. It's about a minute long of extra RAW material. We're leaving it in. Fuck it. We were a mess on this one. But that's not the only mistake... OK we fucked up. When picking films …

BODY & SOUL this month. That means Black Directors and Black Leads and we follow up our kickoff with another actor/director movie. We couldn’t get through this month without puffing a Spike Lee joint so it’s time to discuss one of his most essential works and Spike Lee’s most significant lead performance in one of his own films is, of course, 1989’…

In this episode, I join Hugo and Priscilla Luna to explore the iconic 1973 horror film The Exorcist, directed by William Friedkin. We dissect its classification as horror, delve into its psychological themes, and reflect on how early exposure to the film shapes perceptions of the genre. We examine the historical context of post-Vietnam America, dis…

It’s a fresh month and we’re coming at you with the freshest theme that we’re calling “BODY & SOUL”. All month long is Black Directors and Black Leads and we’re gonna kick it off with the directorial debut of classic Black Hollywood royalty. When Sidney Poitier took over the director reigns for the 1972 western “BUCK AND THE PREACHER” he got bit by…

Voor Ra Uru Hu, de grondlegger van Human Design, Type, Strategie en Autoriteit toevoegde in 1997 en 1998, werkte men in Human Design met twee andere Types: een design "to do" en een design "to wait" (ook wel "to be" genoemd). Hoe werkte dat dan? En wat is de relatie met de mechanica en de vier Types die we nu kennen? Je ontdekt het in deze afleveri…

New year, new overarching director theme! Last year we discussed every Lars von Trier feature film (that wasn’t a documentary). The process had its ups and downs. We may not have come out of that as better people. Wiser? Maybe. More traumatized? Sure. This year we’re hitting up another director whose filmography we will tackle over the course of 20…

We’ve arrived at the end of January with an episode we actually recorded not long after the movie was released in theaters. This marks the end of a month of 5 DIRECTORS and the last of SIR RIDLEY SCOTT’S LAST FOUR and it stays historical with a sequel to his Oscar winning smash hit from over 20 years ago. Hanno, like anyone who isn’t Roman, hates R…

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We’re nearing the end of week 5 of our director theme for January and it’s time for the third of “SIR RIDLEY SCOTT’S LAST FOUR” and this historical biographical epic certainly seemed, on the surface, like a lay up for award bait. It made money but didn’t do much inspiring. Sure it’s weird as hell having English accents pretending to be French but w…

NOTE: this was published previously with most of it missing for some reason. Here is the full preview. This February we discuss films made by Black Directors with Black Actors as leads. The theme is called "BODY & SOUL" (bed music for this recording by Robert Glasper for the film "THE PHOTOGRAPH") Here's a link to a much more visual and entertainin…

We’re closing down January’s 5th week of it’s directors event with “SIR RIDLEY SCOTT’S LAST FOUR” and it’s a lot of historical but we go more into the more recent fashion history / true crime territory. The kids love their fashion. Gucci is practically an institution with how successfully it has sold its version of class and wealth to the middle cl…

In this episode, we explore David Lynch's enigmatic film "Mulholland Drive" with author Mike Miley, who is preparing to release "David Lynch's American Dreamscape." Our discussion unravels the film’s complex narrative and its critique of the American dream, framed against the backdrop of Hollywood. Mike shares his personal experience discovering th…

What a fun month it’s been exploring some directors so for the final week we’re hitting up someone who is easily our most prolific, is very well known and has some beloved works under his belt. We’re talking about Tony Scott’s brother, Sir Ridley for week 5’s sub-theme “SIR RIDLEY SCOTT’S LAST FOUR”. The first of Ridley’s last four did not light up…

We’re at the end of week four this January and that means the last discussion in what we’ve dubbed “NANCY SAVOCA’S ITALIAN HEARTS TRILOGY”. We’re discussing a film that got a 4K re-release in independent theaters last year and is available on DVD over at Kino-Lorber if you’re interested in such things. Nancy Savoca’s first three films didn’t incine…

Week four of January’s theme of “5 DIRECTORS” is very heartfelt because we’re analyzing Nancy Savoca’s first three feature films in this week’s sub-theme that we’ve dubbed “NANCY SAVOCA’S ITALIAN HEARTS TRILOGY”. Criminally underrated in their time but film fans are re-evaluating Savoca’s movies today thanks to re-releases by Criterion and Kino-Lor…

Nathan Gelgud, a comic artist, discusses the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three on the show this week. We explore the film's representation of New York City during a tumultuous period marked by crime and economic decline, highlighting its authenticity through character accents and Walter Matthau's performance. Nathan reflects on the diver…

We’re onto week four of January’s theme of “5 DIRECTORS” and we hit up another underrated filmmaker who has been getting more of her flowers in hindsight with some key film re-releases in the last few years but her first film we’re discussing did manage to beat our “Sex, Lies and Videotape” that year at Sundance. Today we’re discussing the first fi…

Thanks for everything, David. (Note: This discussion is also a part of our upcoming "True Love" episode that drops January 20th)Di Bob Sham

January’s theme is “5 DIRECTORS” in which we analyze films by a different director each week and we end Nicholas Ray week with a technical marvel that deals with something that isn’t often focused upon during the Hayes code. Addiction. James Mason produced and starred in this story based off of a true to life article from the New York Times in whic…

It’s a loaded week of Nicholas Ray spanning the years 1952 to 1956. He actually made 6 films total at this time so we had to narrow out the fourth one between this deep cut film and a James Cagney western. We already discussed two genre bending Nicholas Ray Westerns this week so we turn our attention to what is easily the deepest cut film we will d…

In deze episode wil ik je meenemen naar de oorsprong van Type en Strategie, die pas in 1997 werden toegevoegd door Ra Uru Hu, 10 jaar na de Revelatie. Ra heeft het dus niet uit de lucht gegrepen; de Types en Strategieën zijn wel degelijk afgeleid uit de mechanica in de lichaamsgrafiek. Support the show Get full access to Human Design Projector Ther…

The third week of January is devoted to Nicholas Ray movies from 1952 to 1956 and we’ve arrived at what is easily his most iconic and infamous movie and it might have been like other Nicholas Ray movies, acclaimed and retroactively appreciated on a cult film level, but in less than a month of it’s release it’s lead perished in a fatal car crash. Fa…

For January’s weekly director examinations we’re on week three with a loaded line up of Nicholas Ray Films spanning five years. Today it’s another standout western that stood out for being baffling to audiences when it initially released but history has grown kind to Ray’s 1954 film “JOHNNY GUITAR” for how unique it feels in any era. Joan Crawford …