Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir
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Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir

Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.

Episodes

  1. NOV 5

    The Gingerbread Man (1998) with Soren Sorensen

    Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is documentary filmmaker / film professor Soren Sorensen, who returns to the show to discuss Robert Altman's undersung Nineties Noir, THE GINGERBREAD MAN. Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 17m

  2. OCT 22

    Dark Passage (1947) with Gillian Rude

    Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is Gillian Rude, a film lover, 35mm enthusiast, and honors graduate of the Clark University Screen Studies program, who joins us to discuss the 1947 Bogie and Bacall classic DARK PASSAGE. Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 14m

  3. OCT 8

    Eyewitness (1981) with Andrew Hart

    Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is Andrew Hart, a creative director and audio/video producer, who joins us to discuss the bizarre details of Peter Yates' 1981 thriller EYEWITNESS. Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 15m

  4. SEP 24

    Kiss Me Deadly (1955) with Liza French

    Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is Clark University alum Liza French, a youth worker, artist, and audio storyteller who joins us to discuss Robert Aldrich's atomic noir KISS ME DEADLY. Theme music by ⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 16m

  5. SEP 10

    Brick (2005) with Jason Landrum

    Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.  This week's Ace in the Hole is English professor Jason Landrum, who joins us to discuss Rian Johnson's stylish debut feature, BRICK (2005). Theme music by ⁠so.lxis⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Soundcloud⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 16m

  6. AUG 27

    Murder, My Sweet (1944) with Exy Wetterhahn

    Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.  This week's Ace in the Hole is Exy Wetterhahn, a teacher and noise musician, who joins us to discuss the queer-coded world of Edward Dmytryk's MURDER, MY SWEET (1944). ⁠Support eXy's work⁠! Theme music by ⁠so.lxis⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Letterboxd⁠ ⁠Soundcloud⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 17m

  7. AUG 8

    Double Indemnity (1944) with Soren Sorensen

    Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.  This week's Ace in the Hole is documentary filmmaker / film professor Soren Sorensen, who joins us to discuss perhaps the most iconic noir film of all, Billy Wilder's DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944). Theme music by so.lxis. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: Instagram Twitter Letterboxd Soundcloud email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 23m
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Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.

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