Special Report: The Frontier (2015)

Special Guests: Oren Shai, Webb Wilcoxen
Guest Co-Host: Jared Case

The Frontier (2015) is a retro neo-noir in which Laine (Jocelin Donahue), a woman on the run, finds her way to a diner/hotel where the owner, Luanne (Kelly Lynch) hosts an amalgam of shady characters.

Film archivist Jared Case joins Mike to speak to director Oren Shai and co-writer Webb Wilcoxen about this new film.

Links:
Buy The Frontier on Blu-Ray
Visit the official The Frontier website
Visit The Frontier on Kino Lorber
Be sure to LIKE The Frontier on Facebook

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"House Of Pies" - Friends Of Dean Martinez

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Episode 194: The Burglar

Guest Co-Host: Duane Swierczynski

Originally slated for release in 1955, Paul Wendkos's The Burglar didn't hit theaters until 1957 when one of it's stars, Jayne Mansfield, had gained popularity. The film stars Dan Duryea as Nat Harbin, our titular burglar. He and his crew rob Sister Sarah, a Philadelphia spiritualist, of a pricey necklace.

We'll be talking more about the film, it's screenwriter -- David Goodis -- and the 1971 adaptation, Le Casse.

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Listen to "TPB: The Burglar" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy The Burglar by David Goodis
Buy The Burglar as part of the Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics III
Buy The Burglar on DVD
Buy Le Casse / The Burglars on DVD
Visit the official Duane Swierczynski website
Buy some of Duane Swierczynski's books
Buy some of David Goodis's books
Listen to the Married with Clickers episode on The Burglar
Read more about the Cassidy's Girl movie
Visit a Jayne Mansfield fan site
Read more about the cinema of David Goodis
Buy David Goodis: A Life in Black and White by Philippe Garnier
Listen to our Shoot the Piano Player episode

Music:
"Le Casse" - Ennio Morricone
"Suey" - Jayne Mansfield
"Ma Non Troppo Erotico" - Ennio Morricone

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Episode 192: Detour

Special Guest: Noah Isenberg
Guest Co-Host: Richard Edwards

Noir November continues with a discussion of Edgar G Ulmer's Detour. Tom Neal stars as a down-on-his-luck musician who picks up the wrong hitchhiker (Ann Savage) in a tale of fickle fate, phones, and flashbacks.

We're joined once again by Professor Rich Edwards of the Out of the Past podcast and we spoke to Noah Isenberg, author of Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins (9780520235779)

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Listen to "TPB: Detour" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Detour on Blu-Ray
Buy Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins by Noah Isenberg
Buy Detour (BFI Classics) by Noah Isenberg
Buy Detour on DVD
Buy Detour by Martin Goldsmith
Buy Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off Screen on DVD
Hear more of Rich Edwards at Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir
Listen to the Detour episode of Confessions from The Dark City, a film noir podcast

Music:
"I Can't Believe You're in Love with Me" - Keely Smith
"I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" - Alice Cooper

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Episode 164: Blast of Silence (1964)

Special Guest: Allen Baron
Guest Co-Host: Howard A. Rodman

Danger signal! It's an episode all about Allen Baron's 1961 neorealistic Blast of Silence, the story bad boy Frankie Bono, a hit man who comes to New York City at Christmas to fulfill a contract. He's torn between his obligation to pull the trigger and his heart.

We're joined this week by guest co-host Howard A. Rodman to talk about "Hart to Hart," Winky Dink, film preservation, and more.

Links:
Visit Allen Baron's official website
Buy Blast of Silence on DVD
Buy Blast of Silence: A Memoir by Allen Baron
Read more about Blast of Silence

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Listen to "TPB: Blast of Silence" on Spreaker.

Music:
"A Blast, A Flash, Then... Silence" - Motw Dark Side
"Blast of Silence" - M.O.T.O.
"For Now One" - The Beatles
"Blast of Silence" - Kewpie Dolls

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Episode 88: Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

Edouard Saroyan plays piano in a rinky dink honky tonk in Paris when he used to tickle the ivories in the best concert halls. We see his fall from grace and into the icy hands of fate in this adaptation of David Goodis's Down There by François Truffaut.

Joining us from the streets of Philadelphia this week is Professor Richard Edwards who discusses the French New Wave, Goodis, and the nature of film noir.

Listen/Download Now:
Listen to "TPB: Shoot the Piano Player" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy The Maltese Touch of Evil by Shannon Clute and Richard Edwards
Listen to Clute & Edwards's podcast, Out of the Past
Buy David Goodis's Shoot the Piano Player
Buy François Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player
Buy Larry Withers's David Goodis: To A Pulp
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