Based on a book by Vasilis Vasilikos, Costa-Gavras’s Z (1969) stars Yves Montand as a political activist who is killed after a rally. The film also stars Jean-Louis Trintignant as the investigator of the incident who manages to uncover a vast conspiracy.
Keith Gordon and Eric Cohen join Mike to discuss this political thriller which is a thinly veiled re-telling of the events in Greece of 1963 and the assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis.
Special Guest: Elliott Gould Guest Co-Hosts: Terry Frost, Eric Cohen
We wrap up #Noirvember and our Philip Marlowe journey for the year with Robert Altman's
The Long Goodbye (1973). Adapted by Leigh Brackett, one of the two main writers from Howard Hawks’s The Big Sleep, the film stars Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe, a man now out of time with the world.
Special Guest: Dahlia Schweitzer Guest Co-Hosts: Terry Frost, Eric Cohen
We continue our #Noirvember coverage with a discussion of The Big Sleep (1946). The first proper Philip Marlowe book by Raymond Chandler, it was the second appearance of Marlowe on screen, this time portrayed by Humphrey Bogart.
Eric Cohen and Terry Frost join Mike to discuss the pre-release version of Howard Hawks's film, how Bogart portrayed Marlowe, and the 1978 re-interpretation of the source material by Michael Winner.
Dahlia Schweitzer returns to The Projection Booth to discuss her upcoming book, L.A. Private Eyes.
Special Guest: Tom Williams Guest Co-Hosts: Terry Frost, Eric Cohen
We continue our #Noirvember2018 coverage with the first in a trio of Raymond Chandler adaptations -- Edward Dymytrk’s Murder My Sweet (1944). Based on the second of Chandler's Philip Marlowe novels, Farewell My Lovely, the film stars Dick Powell "as you've never seen him before."
Released in 1961, Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo was an international sensation and put jettisoned star Toshiro Mifune into the pantheon of cinematic badasses. It’s the story of merchants who manipulate two factions of gangsters in a small town. Our main character -- a man with no name -- comes to the town and after sizing things up decides that he’ll make a bit of money playing both sides against one another. Along the way we discover that perhaps he’s not the unscrupulous amoral bastard he pretends to be.
Eric Cohen and Jordan Blossey join Mike to discuss Yojimbo, it's sequel Sanjuro and a few other "Yojimbo movies" as well as Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars, Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest, Walter Hill's Last Man Standing and a raft of other similar films.
Special Guest: James Ellroy Guest Co-Hosts: Richard Edwards, Eric Cohen
Eric Cohen and Richard Edwards return to take a ride in a convertible time machine, be-bopping back to the year 1997 to look at Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential. Starring more folks from down under than you can shake a boomerang at, this jazzy flick plays with many classic noir tropes while playing fast and loose with the third book of James Ellroy's first L.A. Quartet.
We examine how Hanson and co-writer Brian Helgeland masterfully condensed Ellroy's compelling and complicated story to craft a Neo-Noir that some rank among the best. The film features dazzling performances from "newcomers" Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce.
Written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon (1941) stars Humphrey Bogart as gumshoe Sam Spade who unravels the mystery of the titular black bird.
Special Guests: Michael Moorcock & Sarah Douglas Guest Co-Host: Eric Cohen
Welcome to the Multiverse! We're discussing Robert Fuest's The Final Programme where Jerry Cornelius (Jon Finch) helps a cadre of shadowy figures steal the formula for his father's work which may save humanity from the end of the world...
We're joined by the author of The Final Programme,
Michael Moorcock and actress Sarah Douglas who talks about her roles in The Final Programme, Superman, Solarbabies, and more.
Music:
"Kings of Speed" - Hawkwind
"Every Gun Plays its own Tune" - Spirits Burning
"Black Blade" - Blue Oyster Cult
"Stormbringer" - Magnum
"Stormbringer" - Deep Purple
"Entropy Tango" - Spirits Burning
"Needle Gun" - Hawkwind
"Lords of Chaos" - Magnum
Special Guests: William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson Guest Co-Host: Eric Cohen
Welcome to the future! Logan 5 (Michael York) and Jessica 6 (Jenny Agutter) live in the City of Domes where life seems idyllic with just one little catch: everyone dies at 30. We discuss Michael Anderson's Logan's Run, the dystopian sci-fi classic, with our friend Eric Cohen from The Cinefiles.
We speak to Logan's Run authors William F. NolanGeorge Clayton Johnson about their landmark book and their astounding careers.
Music:
"The Dome - The City - Nursery" - Jerry Goldsmith
"Logan's Run Main Title" - Laurence Rosenthal
"Logan's Run" - Roboton
"Search for Tomorrow" - Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Brian Reitzell
"Flameout" - Jerry Goldsmith
Four men ride along dangerous mountain roads carrying nitro glycerin to put out an oil fire. That's the gist of William Friedkin's Sorcerer -- an adaptation of Georges Arnaud's Wages of Fear -- the movie that pushed the director to the brink.
Guest Co-Hosts: Keith Gordon, Eric Cohen
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Special Guest: William Friedkin