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. 6 DAYS AGO

    Collateral (2004) with Corey Provencher

    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 Corey Provencher, a podcaster and Clark University Screen Studies sophomore who works at Clark University's Media Arts Study Hub. Corey joins us to discuss Michael Mann's neon-noir, COLLATERAL. Listen to Concept High! Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 20m

  2. 12/18/2024

    My Name is Julia Ross (1945) with Katie Stebbins

    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 Katie Stebbins, Digital Projects Librarian at Clark University's Goddard Library, Clark University alum, and film zine creator. Katie joins us to discuss Joseph B. Lewis' creepy Cornwall noir, MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS! Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 16m

  3. 12/03/2024

    The Unseen (1945) with Chris Ruble

    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 Chris Ruble, coordinator of the Clark University Resource Library and the Media Arts Study Hub. Chris joins us to discuss Lewis Allen's obscure governess thriller, THE UNSEEN. Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 18m

  4. 11/19/2024

    The Killer (2023) with Nishaly Arous Nieves

    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 film student Nishaly Arous Nieves, who joins us to explore the process-obsessed and billionaire-branded world of David Fincher's THE KILLER. Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ email: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com

    1h 16m

  5. 11/05/2024

    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

  6. 10/22/2024

    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

  7. 10/08/2024

    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

  8. 09/24/2024

    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

  9. 09/10/2024

    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

  10. 08/27/2024

    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

  11. 08/08/2024

    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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