The Projection Booth features discussions of films from a wide variety of genres with in-depth critical analysis while regularly attracting special guest talent eager to discuss their past gems. The podcast has been recognized as a premier film podcast by The A.V. Club, IndieWire, Entertainment Weekly, and Filmmaker Magazine.
Visit http://www.projectionboothpodcast.com
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth--5513239/support.
Latest episodes
Showing 20 · updated from the feed
Special Report: Restoration at Grayson Manor (2026)
A hedonistic heir loses his hands, so his mother buys him new ones wired to his subconscious. Big mistake: his subconscious is a nasty place. The Restoration at Grayson M
Oct 30 29 min
Special Report: Kung Fu Deadly (2026)
Chinese hopping vampires have invaded Dublin. Kung Fu Deadly (2026), a martial arts horror comedy that had its world premiere at Fantastic Fest and plays Sitges next, sen
Oct 30 30 min
Episode 818: Cat People (1982)
#10 trending · Film History
At a Westwood preview, a teenage girl turned to her friend: "Oh, my God." Paul Schrader turned to Jerry Bruckheimer: "I think maybe we went a little far." Schrader took C
Oct 30 2 h 27 min
Special Report: Welcome to Dolly's House (2026)
What happens when your online avatar starts living a life of its own? Welcome to Dolly's House (2026), a Taiwanese animated feature chosen to open Annecy's Contrechamp se
Oct 29 31 min
Special Report: Kylgor in the Grisly Abyss (2026)
Barbarians lose their heads, monsters lose their guts, and not one actor ever set foot on the set: Kylgor in the Grisly Abyss (2026) is a blood-soaked sword-and-sorcery q
Oct 28 21 min
Special Report: Best Served Cold (2026)
Why would a 1977 revenge movie vanish for decades while cult-film obsessives begged to see it? Best Served Cold (2026), the new documentary from writer-director Eric Zald
Oct 28 1 h 40 min
Special Report: Sell Your House (2026)
What does it cost to help a friend make his movie? For James Claeys, the answer was his house. Sell Your House (2026), co-directed by Eric Foss and Brandon Pickering, fol
Oct 28 27 min
Episode 817: Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
A gravedigger shoots the dead a second time, his assistant answers every question with a single syllable, and the woman he loves keeps coming back as someone new: Dellamo
Oct 28 1 h 51 min
Special Report: Hell's No Place for a Pretty Face (2026)
Two adult film stars run a cross-country crime spree, robbing porn theaters to fund a getaway to France, and the real question isn't whether they survive but whether they
Oct 27 26 min
Special Report: The Dark Gets In (2026)
The scariest true-crime documentary is the one that stops being true. The Dark Gets In (2026), which premiered at Beyond Fest and heads to FrightFest in the UK, follows a
Oct 27 19 min
Special Report: Silver Screamers (2025)
A rejected horror-short application turned into a movie about what happens when retirees run the set. Sean Cisterna couldn't find funding for The Rug (2025), so he pitche
Oct 26 29 min
Special Report: Wicker (2026)
A fisherwoman the village won't let alone commissions a basket weaver to build her a husband, and the husband is Alexander Skarsgård, worn as ten 3D-printed pieces of wov
Oct 26 22 min
Special Report: The Heretiks (2026)
Forget the cabin in the woods: this coven comes for you at home on Halloween night. The Heretiks (2026), a Fantastic Fest world premiere headed to Sitges, follows renegad
Oct 26 31 min
Special Report: Detention (2026)
What if detention were group therapy? Detention (2026), a quirky teen comedy from Washington State's Bainbridge Island, swaps the usual punishment for something harder: a
Oct 23 42 min
Special Report: The Cycle (2026)
A body missing for 36 years turns up at a gruesome crime scene, and the daughter who goes looking learns her father's past is much worse than she thought. The Cycle (2026
Oct 23 20 min
Special Report: We're Nothing at All (2026)
A bus explodes in downtown Hong Kong on Valentine's Day, and the trail of wreckage leads to two young men nobody was watching. We're Nothing at All (2026), a festival dra
Oct 23 21 min
Special Report: The Long Way Home (1989)
In 1988, a Soviet underground rock hero flew west to record an album for CBS, and Michael Apted's cameras went with him. The Long Way Home (1989) follows Boris Grebenshch
Oct 22 27 min
Special Report: Into the Sky (2026)
A man comes home from an alien abduction to find a tenant living in his house. Into the Sky (2026), a Fantastic Fest world premiere starring Sam Richardson, Sofia Black-D
Oct 22 25 min
Special Report: Corporate Retreat (2026)
Nothing says team-building like a trap. Corporate Retreat (2026), a horror comedy that had its world premiere at BIFFF in Brussels, lures ambitious young executives to a
Oct 20 33 min
Special Report: George Haddad on Lioness
Gunshots on Lioness aren't supposed to sound like movie gunshots. Supervising sound editor George Haddad, an Emmy winner for The Studio, talks with Mike about building Ta
Oct 20 28 min
Chart trend
Position in the Film History chart (US), last 90 days.
#1#22#43AugSepOct
#4
all-time peak
25
days in the top 10 since Nov 2024
Chart positions
Where The Projection Booth ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 31, 2026).
A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.
Projection booth podcast review
Thoroughly researched and meticulously crafted by Mike White, the show provides thorough and fascinating insight into all styles of and genres of film, hosted by a diverse cast of film aficionados and pop-culture enthusiasts.
Perhaps most importantly, it achieves all this while staying wildly entertaining and thought-provoking.
Bar none, the Production booth sets the standard for film podcasts, it’s only detriment being perhaps setting the bar too high.
A masterwork like no other!
Excelsior!!
Sheckie Green · Mar 2026
Great choice of films - I like that they aren’t afraid to come down on commercial garbage movies - good stuff for people who are serious viewers
angrylf · Aug 2025
really appreciate the variety of subjects they cover. has exposed me to films that i sometimes didn’t know existed. always germaine and erudite guests. the recent discussion on the state of podcasting and the new documentary (Age of Audio) covering it was fascinating to listen to. i’m a big supporter of Mike White’s side projects as well. over 750 episodes in! a remarkable achievement.
cocodrilo cohete · Aug 2025
Truly the best film podcast out there. Thoughtful and smart. It’s always a joy when a new episode drops. Thank you for all you do Mike.
cineastical · Feb 2025
We strive to present a balanced view by showing a diverse range of reviews from Apple Podcasts.
More podcasts like The Projection Booth
Popular shows in Film History, for your next listen.
Here you find the Apple Podcasts chart positions of The Projection Booth, its latest episodes to listen to directly, and reviews from listeners. Rankings are updated daily for the United States.
