pBogart wasn#39;t the only Marlowe running around LA during the 1940s. In tonight#39;s episode we look at five other Marlowe adaptations and discuss how they stack up - or don#39;t - against the icon. We#39;re talking emFalcon Takes Over/em, emTime to Kill/em, emMurder My Sweet/em, emLady in the Lake/em, and emBrasher Doubloon./em/ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/band-baaja-baaraat/" rel="nofollow"Band Baaja Baaraat/a, a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/journey-to-italy/" rel="nofollow"Journey to Italy/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters/" rel="nofollow"Mishima/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pIt#39;s Bogie, baby! We kick off the noir era of the detective in proper style with the icon himself, Humphrey Bogart, and two of his most enduring and definitive performances - emThe Maltese Falcon/em and emThe Big Sleep./em/ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/police-story/" rel="nofollow"emPolice Story/em/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/evangelion-3010-thrice-upon-a-time/" rel="nofollow"emEvangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time/em/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pBefore noir and the pulp detective, we had the gentleman detective. Urbane, witty, often an amateur, he drew from literary sources like Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Agatha Christie. And few embodied him with as much verve and charisma as William Powell, the star of our first two movies for the season - emPrivate Detective 62 /emand emThe Thin Man/em/ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/parallel-mothers/" rel="nofollow"emParallel Mothers/em/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/funeral-parade-of-roses/" rel="nofollow"emFuneral Parade of Roses/em/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pWelcome to our first season - The Private Eye! We kick things off with a broad look at what we expect to find and what we#39;re looking forward to watching this season./ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - Doom Patrol/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/spider-man-no-way-home/" rel="nofollow"Spider-man: No Way Home/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pYou can#39;t rob an armored car - except when you can, like in these two tales of action packed heists - 1949#39;s emCriss Cross/em, and 2021#39;s emWrath of Man/em./ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/train-to-busan/" rel="nofollow"Train to Busan/a, a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/crimes-of-the-future-2022/" rel="nofollow"Crimes of the Future/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/fire-island-2022/" rel="nofollow"Fire Island/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pA little update on our upcoming season./ppMusic by a href="https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/genre/jazz/" rel="nofollow"Scott Buckley/a/p

pLet#39;s hit the highway and ride. We#39;re checking out two tales of heists gone wrong in Detroit - 1978#39;s emBlue Collar/em, and 2021#39;s emNo Sudden Move/em./ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/encanto/" rel="nofollow"Encanto/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/playtime/" rel="nofollow"Playtime/a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pWe return! This time we#39;re breaking into your homes and threatening you with the violence of cinema, looking at two home invasion flicks - 1955#39;s The Desperate Hours, and 2022#39;s Windfall./ppRecommendations:/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/om-shanti-om/" rel="nofollow"Om Shanti Om/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/sherlock-jr/" rel="nofollow"Sherlock, Jr./a/ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pFor the first movie pairing, Fred amp; Tristan take the obvious route of looking at the two emNightmare Alley/ems - Edmund Goulding#39;s 1947 adaptation, followed by Guillermo Del Toro#39;s 2021 adaptation. Together they demonstrate the many ways adapters bring themselves to the work they are changing for a new medium, each version boasting its own particular strengths./ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com/" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com/" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com/" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/p

pThe inaugural episode! Fred and Tristan discuss their experience and background with noir, their favorite films of the genre, and what they#39;re looking forward to discussing on the show./ppWritten amp; Produced by Tristan Johnson amp; a href="http://www.fredpelzer.com" rel="nofollow"Fred Pelzer/a/ppA Strange Phantom Production/ppMusic by a href="https://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow"Kevin MacLeod/a./ppa href="http://www.celluloiddirt.com" rel="nofollow"Learn more about us/a or follow us on a href="https://letterboxd.com/CelluloidDirt/" rel="nofollow"Letterboxd/a/ppa href="https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/working-class-film-noir-cinema" rel="nofollow"Jacobin Article on Noir/a/p