Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir

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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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  • Bound (1996) with Aisling Lynch
    Feb 11 2025

    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 Aisling Lynch, a Clark Screen Studies alum and creative executive for film producer Russell Hollander in Los Angeles. Aisling joins us to discuss the Wachowksi's stunning and sweaty debut: BOUND.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • The Nice Guys (2016) - with Ian Capozzoli
    Jan 29 2025

    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 Ian Capozzoli, an admissions administrator at WPI, film lover, and Ryan Gosling stan. Ian joins us to discuss Shane Black's 2016 pastiche noir buddy-comedy, THE NICE GUYS.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • I Love Trouble (1948) with Soren Sorensen
    Jan 14 2025

    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 episode comes to you from the PAT vault! Our Ace in the Hole is documentary filmmaker / film professor / friend of the show Soren Sorensen, who joined us in our very first test recording to discuss S. Sylvan Simon's 1948 Franchot Tone vehicle, I LOVE TROUBLE.

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    1 hr and 14 mins

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