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A demented semi-sentient bag of cow guts in a suit, masquerading as the president of the United States. If you actually can’t see the image, be glad because it’s fucking disgusting.

I think this is inconveniencing Russia because Iran now has fewer drones to send abroad for Russia. Doocy, as dumb as he is, might be on to something. Apologies again for this violation of my own policy against “sharing disgusting imagery such as pictures of the US President.”

Episode 213: Logan's Run (1976) Logan 5 (Michael York) and Jessica 6 (Jenny Agutter) live in the City of Domes where life seems idyllic with just one little catch: everyone dies at 30. We speak to Logan's Run authors William F. Nolan George Clayton Johnson about their landmark book. We discuss the film with Eric Cohen of The Cinefiles.

Remember William F. Nolan on his birthday with our LOGAN'S RUN episode: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2015/04/epis...

Episode 737: Dumb and Dumber (1994) A look back at Dumb and Dumber with co-hosts and screenwriter Bennett Yellin. Comedy, craft, and the legacy of Lloyd and Harry.

Happy Birthday to Ryan Luis Rodriguez! Hear him on our DUMB & DUMBER episode: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/03/epis...

Episode 24: The Forbidden Zone (1980) Go down, down, down to The Forbidden Zone with Mike, Mondo Justin, and special guest commentator, Skizz Cyzyk.

Happy Birthday to Richard Elfman! Hear him on our FORBIDDEN ZONE episode: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2011/08/epis...

Daisies (1966) — Senate Theater Daisies (1966)    Sat. Mar. 7   Doors – 7:00 PM    Organ Overture – 7:30 PM    Films – 8:00 PM    Tickets - $6    1hr 16min | NR | Comedy/Chaos | Czechoslovakia  

Don't forget that DAISIES is playing at Detroit's Senate Theater on Saturday March 7! www.senatetheater.com/events-input...

Episode 741: So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) Mike, Mike Sullivan, and Amy Nicholson dissect So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993) — romance, murder, and Mike Myers’s rare straight role.

Happy Birthday to Mike Sullivan! Hear him on our episode about SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2025/05/epis...

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WATCH: 'This is war,' Republican Sen. Mullin says, then walks it back YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Markwayne Mullen is worse than Noem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixAj...

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We sure went quickly from Hegseth doing warcrimes to alleged Venezuelan "drug boats" to international warcrimes rather quickly.

Special Report: Adam Rifkin on "Director's Cut" We are joined by writer/director Adam Rifkin about the current effort to crowdfund a film written/starring Penn Jillette called Director's Cut

Happy Birthday to Penn Jilette! Still hoping for an interview some time! www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2013/09/spec...

Episode 254: Showgirls (1995) Was Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls just awful dreck from the pen of Joe Eszterhas or a subversive masterpiece about the subjugation of women?

Happy Birthday to Rena RIffel! Hear her on our SHOWGIRLS episode, darlin'! www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2016/01/epis...

There are so many jaw-dropping passages in this piece it's hard to pick one to quote, but ...

"Go!"

Episode 548: Chameleon Street (1990) After winning the Sundance film festival in 1990, Wendell B. Harris's Chameleon Street basically dropped out of sight.

Happy Birthday to Wendell Harris Jr.! Hear him on our CHAMELEON STREET episode: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2021/11/epis...

mOvIeS sHoUlDn'T bE PoLiTiCaL!

Episode 627: The Last Supper (1995) Stacy Title's The Last Supper is a dark comedy where a handful of liberals decide to try and make the world a better place by poisoning scuzzballs...

Happy Birthday to Jonathan Penner! Hear him on our LAST SUPPER episode: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2023/05/epis...

Christine Le Monte discusses her career and her latest work producing a pair of opera-themed documentaries, the uplifting Viva Verdi! (2025) and the stunning Ai Weiwei's Turandot (2025). www.spreaker.com/episode/spec...

Episode 166: Boss Nigger (1974) Boss Nigger is one of the American Westerns that used the feel of the Euro-westerns that came to the fore in the mid-1960s, but with an African-American twist.

Happy Birthday to Fred "The Hammer" Williamson with our episode on BOSS N*GGER: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2014/05/epis...

Episode 63: Salo or The 120 Days of Sodom (1975) Pier Paolo Pasolini's controversial, shocking, and darkly comical artsploitation flick, Salo (or The 120 Days of Sodom) is based on a work by the Marquis de Sade transplanted to fascist Italy.

Remember Pasolini on his birthday with our episode on SALO OR 120 DAYS OF SODOM: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2012/05/epis...

Episode 414: Outland (1981) Peter Hyams’s Outland (1981) plays like a Western in space with Sean Connery as Marshall W.T. O’Neil, the head lawman at a rough and tumble mining colony where a mysterious series of deaths puts him at odds with the powers that be.

Remember James B. Sikking on his birthday with our OUTLAND episode: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2019/05/epis...

Christine Le Monte discusses her career and her latest work producing a pair of opera-themed documentaries, the uplifting Viva Verdi! (2025) and the stunning Ai Weiwei's Turandot (2025). Le Monte talks about the importance of opera in the modern world and the Oscar-nominated song "Sweet Dreams...

Who is Chang?

NANCY MACE: What is a woman? Have you learned that lesson?

WALZ: I'm the governor of Minnesota. I'm not here to be a prop for your obsession.

Episode 789: Head-On (2004)

Had a great time talking with Rahne Alexander and Keith Gordon about Fatih Akin's HEAD-ON: open.spotify.com/episode/3l2N...

KAMLAGER-DOVE: At any point in your tenure at DHS, have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?

NOEM: You're peddling tabloid garbage

K: You should be able to answer if someone asks if a federal official is sleeping with their subordinate

NOEM: It's garbage

K: It's about your judgment

Episode 355: L.A. Confidential (1997) A trio of L.A. cops unravel a web of deceit and corruption in Curtis Hanson's masterful rendition of James Ellroy's compelling story.

Happy Birthday to James Ellroy! Hear him on our L.A. CONFIDENTIAL episode: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2018/02/epis...

Episode 620: Jacob's Ladder (1990) Yaniv Eidelstein and Stephen Scarlata join Mike to look at Adrian Lyne’s 1990 film Jacob’s Ladder.

Happy Birthday to Adrian Lyne! Hear him on our JACOB'S LADDER episode: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2023/03/epis...

Daisies (1966) — Senate Theater Daisies (1966)    Sat. Mar. 7   Doors – 7:00 PM    Organ Overture – 7:30 PM    Films – 8:00 PM    Tickets - $6    1hr 16min | NR | Comedy/Chaos | Czechoslovakia  

Hey Detroit! DAISIES is playing at the Senate Theater this weekend ! You don't want to miss this: www.senatetheater.com/events-input...

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Fatih Akın’s Head-On: sham marriage, volatile love, exile, and a reunion that denies melodramatic closure.

www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2026/03/epis...