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Projecting Love from Hal Ashby: HAROLD AND MAUDE

Tue, 26 May 2020 23:46:17 -0300

Sandwiched between the hilarious gentrification in THE LANDLORD and the sad bastard sex romp that was SHAMPOO we got a creepy kid with a substantially much older woman in HAROLD AND MAUDE. As this is the dynamic between one of your hosts who is full of vigor and vitality and the other one is named Chris, we decided to bring on a mediator to balance out the age gap in discussing this classic film. Anderson Cowan of THE FILM VAULT talks excessive enthusiasm for a trip to the movies and a distaste for not giving appropriate attention to darkly comic performance art from one's child. Enjoy!

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Projecting 50 Years of THE LANDLORD

Tue, 19 May 2020 05:00:00 -0300

The people spoke and we listened... you got your fifty year anniversary episode of Hal Ashby's masterpiece THE LANDLORD.

We spoke and Kino Lorber listened... our suffering through a VHS rip of THE LANDLORD caused the powers that be to listen to us and now a blu-ray edition of this great film exists. You're welcome.

At the end of the episode we also admire the boobs as a doorbell poster but only AFTER we direct our male gaze at the star Beau Bridges. Because we are leaders in film discussion.

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Projecting 25 Years of FRENCH KISS

Tue, 12 May 2020 23:39:39 -0300

For twenty-five years both hosts of this widely respected program had managed to avoid Lawrence Kasdan's masterpiece FRENCH KISS. Today this mistake has been corrected with no consideration given by the rights holders as this is strangely a lost film with no current digital distribution. A film that managed to succeed at the box-office and give Meg Ryan a victory over her former costar (the hideous Billy Crystal) for best romcom set in France in May 1995.

And that's something that even Stanley Kubrick couldn't achieve. Think about THAT.

Also we revisit our ethical debate from THE CABLE GUY, defend Weezer's choices and blame Goo Goo Dolls for everything. Twenty-five years of FRENCH KISS!

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Projecting A Date Night at the Clam Casino with MANIAC

Tue, 05 May 2020 05:00:00 -0300

The love affair between two grown unavailable men continues for two weeks in a row with a date night at the Clam Casino in... MANIAC. And if you thought Elijah "Radio Flyer" Wood was too sexy for you, never fear for we are talking about the 1980 original of this loving look at a lonely man with an impressive mannequin collection and an even more impressive beer gut. After listening to this one, dear listener, the attractive partner in your life will thank you for the mood being appropriate set. As one should expect from any halfway decent podcast.

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Projecting Social Distancing from SWIMFAN

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Projections this week inspired by a watch of SWIMFAN include:

Amazon Prime is punishing SWIMFANs old and new with their 4:3 aspect ratio.
High school affairs are a necessary evil to keep the kids social.
One host continues to shock the other with just how vanilla he is.
The Internet on film peaked mid-90s w/ riveting action in DISCLOSURE & THE NET.

... and a few other things on SWIMFAN. But just a few. Promise.

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Projecting Good Liars of GOOD TIME and GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM

Thu, 09 Apr 2020 21:05:57 -0300

On our episode celebrating not Good Friday (as that would not only be offensive but inaccurate as your dear host was just very late with his podcast editing) but the good liars of cinema (remember a movie called THE GOOD LIAR? Yeah that proved to be of no podcast promotional help, damn you Helen Mirren) we welcome author Chris Vander-Kaay to discuss GOOD TIME and GOOD NEIGHBOR SAM. One film has a former vampire made good in the eyes of Film Twitter and the other stars Jack Lemmon terrorized by a duck and wife swapping. Makes you wish you'd seen that one, eh?

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Projecting EMMA. as CLUELESS meets AUSTENLAND

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 23:42:48 -0400

Karly of CoreTempArts and Natasha of Kentucky Geek Girl attempt to class up the podcast for our episode on Jane Austen in film... but not just any films! Films with... cute... punctuation like new release EMMA. continue the tradition of Austen's work being placed in decidedly offbeat settings such as CLUELESS and AUSTENLAND.

The moral of the story here is that your host doesn't read but watches quite a few movies. Enjoy!

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Projecting LATE NIGHT as THE LATE SHIFT and MORNING GLORY

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:27:49 -0300

Amazon 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 natural collaborators JJ Abrams and Richard Curtis. Also we talk extensively about the time James Spader got buff.

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Projecting THE NIGHTMARE of UNICORN STORE

Thu, 30 May 2019 20:54:59 -0300

In 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.

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Projecting 10 Years of ADVENTURELAND

Tue, 21 May 2019 10:59:11 -0300

Here'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.

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Projecting THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR as DIRTY PRETTY THINGS and THE VISITOR

Tue, 14 May 2019 22:10:27 -0300

For 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.

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Projecting LONG SHOT as ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO and TAKE THIS WALTZ

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:44:54 -0300

On this episode we guess that the new film LONG SHOT starring 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 Polley's TAKE THIS WALTZ.

Along the way your hosts Chris & Mike discuss the decline of narrative in pornography and possibly the declining state of one host's marriage. It's a real treat for you people.

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Projecting SHAZAM! as Not as Sexy as BIG w/ Podstalgic

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:19:31 -0300

For 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:

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Projecting THEY REMAIN as THE SHINING meets IT FOLLOWS

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 23:42:56 -0400

We 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:

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Projecting UNITED WE FAN as CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS meets LOVE, SIMON

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:05:34 -0400

For 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 other host chooses to think happy thoughts in the new year and how pop culture pushes us all to find our own love story in LOVE, SIMON. Also we discuss the most depressing Super Bowl party in history. PROJECTING FILM... right back on brand at these links below:

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Projecting THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING as WINTER'S BONE meets THE BURNING PLAIN

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:03:00 -0400

Thanks 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 agreeable if you gave us a follow at the links below:

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Projecting THE PARTY as REBECCA meets ROPE

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 20:20:17 -0400

On 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 episode and give us feedback at the links below:

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Projecting ENTANGLEMENT as SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK meets ANOMALISA

Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:32:06 -0400

For 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 out if that advice was taken please follow us at the links below:

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Projecting BOMB CITY as SLC PUNK! meets FRUITVALE STATION

Sat, 10 Feb 2018 21:42:56 -0400

On 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. Jordan (what else is new?) in this episode and at the social media outlets below:

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Projecting WEST OF HER as BEFORE SUNRISE meets DEATH PROOF

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 22:16:25 -0400

On 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 also manages to keep its feet on the ground and provide the spark of a romance between two people who travel the country together but are heading in very different directions. Also they aren't Chris and Mike. So well worth spending your time with them instead. On that note, follow us at the links below!

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Projecting KATE CAN'T SWIM as YOUR SISTER'S SISTER meets THE ONE I LOVE

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 10:21:54 -0400

On 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 will get the sequels of various KATE CAN'Ts that our hosts so desperately want.

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Projecting PLEASE STAND BY as PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES meets NURSE BETTY

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 10:16:25 -0400

On 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 use of the Klingon language.

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Projecting THE ROAD MOVIE as BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2 meets LEVIATHAN

Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:02:32 -0400

On 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 James Franco contest, this was of course recorded before yet another round of allegations against an actor mentioned on this podcast. Enjoy!

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Projecting HUMOR ME as MALLRATS meets BEGINNERS

Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:20:29 -0400

On 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 debate the merits of a stink palm as a bonding experience between two men.

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Projecting MR. ROOSEVELT as GREENBERG meets YOUNG ADULT

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 18:46:50 -0400

MR. 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. Enjoy and hug your pets while listening!

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Projecting JIM & ANDY: THE GREAT BEYOND as THE PLEDGE meets GRIZZLY MAN

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 11:32:17 -0400

Look 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 Treadwell goes to his death living with and "protecting" bears in the wild. Clearly our commitment to comedy is unquestioned with these choices, and we hope you don't question your commitment to subscribing to this podcast. Thanks!

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Projecting MUDBOUND as DAYS OF HEAVEN meets THE DEER HUNTER

Tue, 26 Dec 2017 22:17:56 -0400

For 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 what this up and coming filmmaker could really use on screen is Richard Gere and his fantastic hair.

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Projecting SWEET VIRGINIA as THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE meets ROAD TO PERDITION

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:38:09 -0400

On 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.

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Projecting POTTERSVILLE as JAWS meets BOWFINGER

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 21:38:38 -0400

Our 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 Murphy comedy classic BOWFINGER. Like most Christmas episodes this leads to a bit of self-reflection from your hosts Mike and Chris... which means that this particular episode is easy to categorize as a tragedy.

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Projecting A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE as WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING meets THE CABLE GUY

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:13:31 -0400

On 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 sweetheart Sandra Bullock's romantic white lies in WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.

ALSO: It should come as no surprise to our subscribers that one of of our hosts (Mr. Vanilla) really agrees with Matthew Broderick on a prostitute not being a cool gift to receive from a friend.

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Projecting 78/52 as JFK meets NEVER SLEEP AGAIN: THE ELM STREET LEGACY

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:15:02 -0300

For 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 exhaustive documentary on the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET series NEVER SLEEP AGAIN: THE ELM STREET LEGACY.

ALSO: We warn young film fans of the dangers of interacting with other cinema lovers online. Speaking of which...

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Projecting ABUNDANT ACREAGE AVAILABLE as THE SAVAGES meets PROMISED LAND

Fri, 20 Oct 2017 01:31:09 -0300

On 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' THE SAVAGES and Gus Van Sant's PROMISED LAND. Come for the enthusiasm of two cinephiles raving over something great, and stick around for the usual bitterness that sets in after we shout into the film podcast void.

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Projecting DIFFERENT FLOWERS as CLERKS meets THE DESCENDANTS

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:04:27 -0300

We 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.

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Projecting THIRST STREET as NOTTING HILL meets CHUCK & BUCK

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 22:39:26 -0300

We 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, as well as the usual "obnoxious Americans." Which one can only presume will be the words used in our very first iTunes review.

ALSO: Sexy obnoxious Americans. Just wanted to reiterate that for the SEO results we are after with this film podcast.

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

Projecting EASY LIVING as BOTTLE ROCKET meets THE BIG KAHUNA

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 13:22:14 -0300

Writer/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 that one of the hosts of this show has earned the role of podcast fluffer.

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Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

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Projecting NOBODY'S WATCHING as GHOST WORLD meets TOP FIVE

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:04:08 -0300

For 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 art but who approach these endeavors with the precision and grace of a sledgehammer. A teenage girl who has just graduated (almost) high school struggles with moving on while still making discoveries in her small town meets a succesfull New York comedian adjusting to being engaged with and commenting on the world sober. Join us as we continue to adjust to this new podcast as we attempt to engage you with current independent cinema by referencing as many movies as we can in 40 minutes!

GUEST: Dave Hart of Pop Culture Case Study stops by to give his reaction and projected film to the trailer for NOBODY'S WATCHING. Hint: it's just an excuse to think of Michael Fassbender in the buff.

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Projecting THE VAULT as KILLING ZOE meets THE USUAL SUSPECTS

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:26:17 -0300

On 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 enthusiasm as we attempt to use two older films to illuminate why you should check out some of the best that indie film has to offer.

ALSO we decide on Chris' new Twitter handle of MrVanilla, but as of yet Mike is undecided on rebranding. Send us your suggestions here:

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