25: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) - GATO!

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11/22/21 • 60 min

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As we near the end of Noirvember we turn our eyes to a yuletide example of the genre: Shane Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang from 2005!

Join us as we discuss the holiday comforts, our love of Val Kilmer, and how to write from a deep well of spite. Plus, let's learn a little about noir novelist Brett Halliday and his desk full of pen-names.

Next week we continue to straddle the line between noir and Christmas with Charles Laughton's one and only: The Night of the Hunter (1955)!

As we near the end of Noirvember we turn our eyes to a yuletide example of the genre: Shane Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang from 2005!

Next week we continue to straddle the line between noir and Christmas with Charles Laughton's one and only: The Night of the Hunter (1955)!

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24: Sunset Boulevard (1950) - A Fake Can of Beans

This week we are parking in stranger's driveways, harshly critiquing scripts, and living in past glory: it's Billy Wilder's noir masterpiece, Sunset Boulevard from 1950!

We talk about Wilder's fascination with movies on movies, red flags all freelancers should recognize, and that yes, Sunset Boulevard is actually a street name.

Plus, a short history on why Norma Desmond could only be played by Gloria Swanson!

Next week, Noirvember zeroes in on the upcoming holiday season with Shane Black's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)!

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26: The Night of the Hunter (1955) - Stupid Sexy Preacher

We are pivoting from Noivember to the holidays with the perfect movie: the noir Christmas-time horror The Night of the Hunter from 1955!

We talk about what this movie says about sex/canning your preserves, what the 1930's looked like through the eyes of a child (not good), and we set a record for number of most unfortunate impressions done on the pod.

And we couldn't talk about this movie without going behind the scenes to explore the unique ways Charles Laughton expressed his southern gothic fairy tale.

Next week we return to the present to discuss our local boy Denis Villeneuve's Dune from this very year!