Posts Tagged ‘Film Noir’
Episode 124 – The Menu
Ashlee joins the podcast this week to review the new dark comedy, The Menu, starring Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy. We also reminisce about our days as video store clerks, just before the DVD market bottomed out. Finally, as our streaming homework, we review the…
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Episode 110 – The Black Phone
For this episode, we review Scott Derrickson‘s latest horror film, The Black Phone, starring Ethan Hawke. We also talk about movies with especially bad titles. And, from HBOMax, we discuss the 1990 sequel to Chinatown, The Two Jakes. Download the episode here.
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Episode 98 – Nightmare Alley
For this week’s episode, we catch up with Guillermo del Torro‘s gothic noir, Nightmare Alley. We also discuss the top Oscar nomination categories/snubs, and we cover some recent movie news. For the streaming homework, we take a look back at Disney‘s 2002 animated flop, Treasure…
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An Analysis – The Unresolved Legacy of Fritz Lang’s “M”
The common misconception about our society is that now we have iPods and antibiotics we are a more progressive, forward-thinking culture. But if we only look back into our inconveniently well-recorded history, we can see that might not have always been the case. When Americans…
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Noir City at SIFF – Don’t Bother to Knock
Tonight’s Noir City line-up at SIFF Cinema features a film that contains one of the best performances of Marilyn Monroe’s career. I believe that Monroe was a much finer actress than she is often given credit for, with her sex symbol image and tragic death…
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Noir City at SIFF – Stranger on the Third Floor
Bust out the fedoras and seamed stockings and prep your alibis. Noir City, SIFF Cinema’s annual festival showcasing the gems of film noir, kicks off its fifth series tonight. Presented in conjunction with the Film Noir Foundation, the fest will show fourteen classic films over…
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Top 5 – Film Noirs
Another MacGuffin Film Podcast Top 5’s segment. This time Brandi and Allen share their top 5 film noirs.
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