Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir

• Mystery Road (2013) with Alice Bellette

  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 films noir. 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 Alice Bellette, a writer, researcher, and Palawa descendent based in Naarm, Australia. Alice has a PhD in Australian literature focused on aboriginal women’s writing, and she is currently undertaking a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Melbourne. She joins us to discuss Ivan Sen’s slow-burn neo-western procedural noir, Mystery Road.

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• No Escape (1953) 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 returning guest Soren Sorensen, a documentary filmmaker and Screen Studies program director at Clark University. Soren's most recent film is OMAR SOSA'S 88 WELL-TUNED DRUMS, which is available to rent or purchase on Amazon! Soren, the first member of the Pods Against Tomorrow 4-Timers Club, joins us to discuss frequent Hitchcock collaborator Charles Bennett's B-movie noir, the 1953 film NO ESCAPE.

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• Love is Colder than Death (1969) with Kyle Fleishfresser

  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 Kyle Fleischfresser, a bartender restaurateur, co-owner of the Hutch on Avondale in Oklahoma City. Kyle joins us to discuss Rainer Werner Fassbinder's debut feature, a punk-rock German take on (takedown of?) the French New Wave, LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH (1969).Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email: [email protected]

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• Nixon (1995) with Max Hooley

  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 Max Hooley, a Clark graduate in Psychology and Screen Studies, and holder of a JD from New England Law in Boston. He joins us to discuss how America’s most paranoid presidency mirrored the shadowy moral ambiguity of the genre in Oliver Stone's NIXON (1995).Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email: [email protected]

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• Thief (1981) with Ben Wolfson

  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 Ben Wolfson, a bay area resident, cinephile, blu-ray collector, and Michael Mann fanatic. Ben joins us to discuss Mann’s debut picture — and best film? — as we dive into the highly technical, neon-drenched world of THIEF (1981).Follow along with Ben’s film club on Reddit at: R/CriterionConversation Theme music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠so.lxis⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Soundcloud⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠email: [email protected]

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