Ranked #1
Episode 1: Out of the Past
Episode 1: Out of the Past
In this premier episode, Shannon Clute and Richard Edwards discuss Jacques Tourneur's noir masterpiece "Out of the Past.... Read more
2 Jul 2005
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28mins
Ranked #2
Episode 24: Chinatown
Episode 24: Chinatown
Robert Towne's screenplay for the 1974 film "Chinatown" tells an original story, but a story whose scope, intrigue, char... Read more
1 Jun 2006
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34mins
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Ranked #3
Episode 2: Double Indemnity
Episode 2: Double Indemnity
In this podcast, Clute and Edwards investigate Billy Wilder's 1944 noir classic "Double Indemnity." They place the film... Read more
9 Jul 2005
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Ranked #4
Episode 37: Body Heat
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With its throwback hardboiled script and careful restaging of iconic noir shots, Lawrence Kasdan's 1981 BODY HEAT is a n... Read more
6 Jul 2007
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34mins
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Ranked #5
Episode 48: In a Lonely Place (with Megan Abbott)
Episode 48: In a Lonely Place (with Megan Abbott)
Clute and Edwards welcome guest investigator Megan Abbott , the reigning Dark Dame of Noir. Megan is the author of a sup... Read more
27 Dec 2008
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Ranked #6
Episode 50: The Blue Dahlia
Episode 50: The Blue Dahlia
A script by Raymond Chandler. Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, and William Bendix in leading roles. Costumes by the great Edit... Read more
8 Nov 2009
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42mins
Ranked #7
Episode 11: The Big Sleep and The Big Lebowski
Episode 11: The Big Sleep and The Big Lebowski
When "The Big Lebowski" was released in 1998, Ethan and Joel Coen claimed its "episodic" narrative structure found its s... Read more
15 Nov 2005
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Ranked #8
Episode 21: Sunset Blvd.
Episode 21: Sunset Blvd.
The most famous texts of any canon are rarely the most typical; rather, they push the limits. The fame of Billy Wilder's... Read more
15 Apr 2006
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30mins
Ranked #9
Episode 30: The Postman Always Rings Twice and The Man Who Wasn't There
Episode 30: The Postman Always Rings Twice and The Man Who Wasn't There
In this double-feature podcast, Clute and Edwards investigate Tay Garnett's 1946 "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and th... Read more
2 Dec 2006
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #10
Episode 29: Detour
Episode 29: Detour
Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 film "Detour" is commonly lauded as a B-noir that overcame production limitations with artful mini... Read more
1 Nov 2006
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41mins
Ranked #11
Episode 5: The Maltese Falcon
Episode 5: The Maltese Falcon
This episode examines the classic "The Maltese Falcon." Based on a book by Dashiell Hammett, starring Humphrey Bogart, ... Read more
15 Aug 2005
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31mins
Ranked #12
Episode 31: Touch of Evil
Episode 31: Touch of Evil
Orson Welles's 1958 "Touch of Evil" is considered the last film noir of the classic period. Clute and Edwards investigat... Read more
2 Jan 2007
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33mins
Ranked #13
Episode 39: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Episode 39: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Shane Black's 2005 KISS KISS BANG BANG is a film of delirious contradictions. It is part comedy, part tragedy, a bawdy ... Read more
1 Sep 2007
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35mins
Ranked #14
Episode 43: They Live By Night
Episode 43: They Live By Night
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT is film noir at its best. Edward Anderson's little-known hard-boiled rural bandit novel is made into ... Read more
4 Jan 2008
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34mins
Ranked #15
Episode 20: Reservoir Dogs
Episode 20: Reservoir Dogs
Kubrick's "The Killing" weaves the narrative threads of each character's story into the complex yarn of a heist. Tarant... Read more
1 Apr 2006
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36mins
Ranked #16
Episode 41: The Glass Key and Miller's Crossing
Episode 41: The Glass Key and Miller's Crossing
Stuart Heisler's 1942 film THE GLASS KEY retained the personages and major plot twists of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel ... Read more
10 Nov 2007
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #17
Episode 26: Murder, My Sweet
Episode 26: Murder, My Sweet
Dick Powell was cast as Philip Marlowe in the 1945 film "Murder, My Sweet." Was it a stroke of genius to allow a song an... Read more
30 Jun 2006
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31mins
Ranked #18
Episode 15: The Lady From Shanghai
Episode 15: The Lady From Shanghai
Every Orson Welles film demonstrates the great director's ability to work with and against filmic tradition. "The Lady f... Read more
15 Jan 2006
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38mins
Ranked #19
Episode 44: Brick
Episode 44: Brick
Rian Johnson's superlative 2005 debut film BRICK is neither a nostalgic tribute nor a modern reaction to noir style. But... Read more
5 Feb 2008
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39mins
Ranked #20
Episode 4: The Third Man
Episode 4: The Third Man
As they discuss "The Third Man," starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten, Shannon and Richard debate whether film noir i... Read more
1 Aug 2005
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28mins
