Podcast Episodes

Out of the Past (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 18 Episode 7

This week we're covering what is possibly the best Noir film ever made, "Out of the Past." We discuss the creation of the script by Daniel Mainwaring…

11 months, 1 week ago

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The Third Man (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 18 Episode 6

This week we start Noirvember proper with "The Third Man." We discuss the history of the film, and it's dual American/British super producers. After …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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John Carpenter's Halloween (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 18 Episode 5

This week we're covering one of our favorite horror films, John Carpenter's Halloween! We begin by diving into the background of the film, and its sh…

1 year ago

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Cape Fear (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 18 Episode 4

This week we are covering the 1962 version of "Cape Fear" directed by J. Lee Thompson. We begin the episode with the history of the film's developmen…

1 year ago

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Taste of Fear (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 18 Episode 3

This week we take a trip overseas to look into Hammer Films and one of their "mini-hitchcocks," "Taste of Fear" (or "Scream of Fear" in the US). We d…

1 year ago

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The Seventh Victim (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 18 Episode 2

This week we dive right into Val Lewton's atmospheric output at RKO with a strange little satanic cult movie called, "The Seventh Victim." We discuss…

1 year ago

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M (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 18 Episode 1

This week we kick off our spooky Noir season with Fritz Lang's "M." We discuss the status of this film as a proto-noir, and discuss Fritz Lang's plac…

1 year ago

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Season 18 PREVIEW

Season 18

We've got an exciting season coming up called "Noir-stravaganza!" Here we reveal all of the upcoming films included in our Noir subcategories: Noir-O…

1 year, 1 month ago

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The Ring (2002) (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 17 Episode 4

This week we dive into the cursed videotape phenomenon with "The Ring" remake by Gore Verbinski. Spike watched too many Ring movies and fried his bra…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Adaptation. (Movie History, Plot Breakdown, & Pairings)

Season 17 Episode 3

This week we are covering the meta-film by Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman, Adaptation. We cover everything from the early trouble Charlie Kaufman ha…

1 year, 2 months ago

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