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Digging through the movies we misread.

Books, criticism, commentaries, podcasts, and screenplays from a Detroit writer and researcher who digs into overlooked films, artists, and cultural stories, and keeps the receipts.

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Author of three books · Host of The Projection Booth · Audio commentaries for Arrow Video, Second Run and more

Selected work

Published books, podcasts and commentaries

Book · Author

Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection

The history of the L.A. Connection and its mock-dubbed late-night TV show. BearManor Media.

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Podcast · Host, producer, editor

The Projection Booth

Film criticism and original interviews with directors, writers, actors, and craftspeople, on the air since 2011.

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Blu-ray commentary · Commentator

The Thing

Audio commentary on the Arrow Video release, one of the commentaries Mike has recorded for Arrow, Second Run, Vinegar Syndrome, Severin and others.

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Also in print: Cinema Detours and Impossibly Funky. All books and contributions · All 27 commentaries

On the desk

Work in progress: research, drafting & production — updated Oct. 2026

Book · Cultural history

Red Sovine and the Sound of American Sentiment

A biography of the country singer behind some of America’s strangest, saddest truck-driving songs.

Research · primary-source verification

Book · Film history

Brautigan in Hollywood

The movies Richard Brautigan tried—and failed—to get made.

Drafting · advanced archival research

Book · Film history

Unmaking Elric

A history of the films that almost brought Moorcock’s hero to the screen.

Proposal · 12-chapter outline drafted

Fiction · Novel

Channel Impossible

A nested psychological novel about screens, stories, and a man named Terry.

Drafting · novel

See all 20 projects and their stages

An analog podcast studio: a ribbon microphone, a mixing desk and headphones.

Weirding Way Media

Long-form listening for people who watch the credits.

Home of The Projection Booth and a network of shows devoted to Columbo, Bond, Chevy Chase, Harrison Ford, Barney Miller, and all the strange roads in between.

Projection Booth episodes, interviews & special reports: 1,500+
On the air since 2011: 15 yrs
Shows on this site, including completed runs: 12

Latest · The Projection Booth · Ep. 765 · October 9, 2026

Special Report: Double Trouble (2026)

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Based in Detroit
BA Film/Video, University of Michigan

Available for

Commissioned essays and booklet essays
Blu-ray audio commentaries
Archival and research help
Interviews and press
Podcast guest appearances

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Archive first. Hot take second.

Mike White is a full-time writer, podcaster, and film scholar specializing in neglected, misread, and sometimes never-made cinema. His work moves between university archives, recording studios, screenplay drafts, and the stubborn belief that every odd cultural artifact deserves a proper hearing.

Selected credits

The People vs. George Lucas: Documentary appearance
David Goodis: To a Pulp: Documentary appearance
Metro Times, Paracinema, Detour-Mag, Real Detroit: Film correspondent
Fangoria: Featured articles, issues 332 and 333
Slamdance Film Festival: Judge, Documentary Features, 2006
BearManor Media: Author of Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection; foreword to The Godfather of Gore Speaks
Arrow Video: Audio commentaries

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