The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth podcast comes to you each week. Not a lot of posts here but I'll try to keep up. Follow on Twitter at @proboothcast.

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Variety

#RIP Big Pussyhttps://variety.com/2026/tv/news/vincent-pastore-dead-big-pussy-the-sopranos-hbo-1236825791/

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Should we stop doing reviews of newer films? Doesn't seem to make people happy.

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Episode 811: The Outfit (1973)

Episode 811: The Outfit (1973) Guest Co-Hosts: Gary Phillips, Jedidiah Ayres Donald Westlake — writing as Richard Stark — said only one movie made from a Parker novel "got the feeling right." That's John Flynn's The Outfit (1973), starring Robert Duvall as Earl Macklin, out of prison to find his brother murdered by the mob over a bank job. Rather than run, Macklin runs at them, hitting every vulnerable Outfit operation until they pay. Joe Don Baker and Karen Black co-star alongside a murderer's row of noir faces: Robert Ryan, Marie Windsor, Jane Greer, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr. Jedidiah Ayres and Gary Phillips join Mike to dig into Westlake's dual-track career, the Parker adaptations from Point Blank to Play Dirty, Flynn's flat-and-mean style, and the film's year-long crawl across America courtesy of MGM's "smiling cobra" James Aubrey. Released in celebration of Arrow Video's new Limited Edition Blu-ray — featuring a commentary track by Mike and Jedidiah. https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2026/07/episode-811-outfit-1973.html

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BEST SERVED COLD: How a Revenge Film was Buried for Decades (2026) Trailer

I'm so glad to see that this is out there now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmuIBxYE-DU

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Episode 810: Deadlock (1970)

Episode 810: Deadlock (1970) Guest Co-Hosts: Jessica Shires, Spencer Parsons Roland Klick's Deadlock (1978) strips the spaghetti western down to its bones — no horses, no heroism, just three men and a suitcase in the Negev. When the wounded Kid (Marquard Bohm) staggers out of the desert clutching stolen cash, Charles Dump (Mario Adorf) sees an opportunity. When the cold-eyed Mr. Sunshine (Anthony Dawson) arrives to collect, the triangle tightens. Klick shoots it all like a fever dream, backed by a Can soundtrack that makes the heat feel alive. Jessica Shires, and Spencer Parsons join Mike to dig into this criminally underseen West German neo-western — its debt to Leone, its surreal humor, its nihilist gut-punch of an ending, and why it deserves to stand alongside the genre's best. https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2026/07/episode-810-deadlock-1970.html

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Sauron will finally forge the One Ring in The Rings Of Power Season 3: 'No-one is safe' (Exclusive)

Wow. Who could have seen this coming? Um... Anyone who watches the show. https://www.empireonline.com/tv/news/rings-of-power-season-3-sauron-forge-one-ring-exclusive/

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Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo reunite as fan-favorite Special Agents Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David in NCIS: Tony & Ziva. Now living in Paris and co-parenting their daughter, Tali, Tony and Ziva are trying to build a new life together, until Tony's security company is suddenly attacked. Forced to flee across Europe, the family must unravel a dangerous conspiracy, stay one step ahead of their pursuers, and learn to trust each other again if they hope to survive. Don't miss the action, suspense, and long-awaited reunion. Buy NCIS: Tony & Ziva Season 1 on DVD and Digital now.

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Live-Action Moana Pitch Meeting

#PitchMeeting for Moana.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svl6lsxCgB0

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Episode 809: Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)

Episode 809: Cemetery Without Crosses (1969) Guest Co-Hosts: Oren Shai, Rich Edwards Vengeance never ends — that's the warning Manuel issues early in Robert Hossein's 1969 Cemetery Without Crosses , and the film spends the next ninety minutes proving him right. When the widow Maria hires the black-gloved, spiritually exhausted gunslinger to avenge her husband's murder at the hands of the powerful Rogers family, she sets in motion a cycle of brutality that punishes the innocent alongside the guilty. Mike talks with co-hosts Oren Shai and Professor Richard Edwards about this French-Italian-Spanish production, one of the most melancholy and formally rigorous Euro-Westerns ever made. Topics include Hossein's rejection by the Cahiers du Cinéma crowd and his debt to fatalism, the Leone connection, Michèle Mercier's turn as one of the genre's strongest female leads, Scott Walker's haunting title song, and where the film belongs in the canon alongside The Great Silence and The Wild Bunch. https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2026/07/episode-809-cemetery-without-crosses.html

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The other iconic scream you've definitely heard

We talked a bit about this on our Ninth Configuration episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP8p8VC_Znw

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Exorcist II documentary Boorman and the Devil sets August theatrical release

Some great news! Congrats David Kittredge! https://www.joblo.com/boorman-and-the-devil-release/

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Dave Kendall, Creator and Host of MTV's 120 Minutes, Has Died

#RIP Dave Kendall https://consequence.net/2026/07/dave-kendall-120-minutes-creator-host-dead/

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'The Outfit' Blu-ray Review: Arrow Video

Really nice review of The Outfit blu-ray: https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/the-outfit-blu-ray-review-john-flynn/

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Honest Trailers | Troy

#HonestTrailer for TROY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA9dsPA_rnc

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Episode 167: Possession (1981)

#RIP Sam Neil https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2014/05/episode-167-possession.html

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Sam Neill, Actor in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ Dies at 78

This sucks. #RIP Sam Neil https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sam-neill-dead-actor-jurassic-park-the-piano-dies-1236646308/

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Special Report: Mortal Kombat II (2026)

Mike White and Chris Stachiw of The Kulturecast take on Simon McQuoid's sequel to the 2021 reboot, written by Jeremy Slater. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/special-report-mortal-kombat-ii-2026--72822279