This week, Cinema Sleuths investigates John Mackenzie’s The Long Good Friday (1981), a defining British gangster film of the 1980s.

Starring Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman and Derek Thompson, The Long Good Friday. The Long Good Friday captures a London on the brink of enormous social and economic change.

In this episode, explore the film’s London setting, organised crime, the redevelopment of the Docklands and Britain’s changing identity, while examining why Harold’s ambitions represent something much bigger than simply building a criminal empire.

Directed by: John Mackenzie

Cinema Sleuths (Formerly Mean Streets) is produced by Luke Deckard & Matthew Booth 

Edited by Luke Deckard 

Theme song by Luke Deckard 

Logo by  Phil Dragash 

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This week, Cinema Sleuths investigates Nicholas Ray’s In a Lonely Place (1950), the acclaimed psychological film noir starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame.

Based on the sensational novel by Dorothy B. Hughes, In a Lonely Place, your cinematic sleuths explore what makes this adaptation such a powerful and unsettling classic. We explore Humphrey Bogart’s performance as Dix Steele, one of his darkest screen roles, and Gloria Grahame’s complex portrayal of Laurel.

Directed by: Nicholas Ray

Cinema Sleuths (Formerly Mean Streets) is produced by Luke Deckard & Matthew Booth 

Edited by Luke Deckard 

Theme song by Luke Deckard 

Logo by  Phil Dragash 

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We're back with a special investigation! We're diving into the pilots for  ⁨@Dexter⁩  RESURRECTION on  ⁨@paramountplus⁩  and  ⁨@PrimeVideo⁩ 's Ballard!

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In this special FREE episode of Pop-Culture: Investigations, we are joined by Tipping My Fedora host Sergio Angelini to discuss the announcement that Denis Villeneuve will direct BOND 26 for AMAZON. We also lift our hats at the news that Matthew McConaughey has been cast as MIKE HAMMER in a new film adaptation written by TRUE DETECTIVE creator Nic Pizzolatto.

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In this post-investigation investigation, Luke and Matt discuss Mission: Impossible THE FINAL RECKONING, where the franchise went post Fallout, and how it should've ended...

Plus, Matt offers a new (old) recommendation for listeners!

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This week, Cinema Sleuths investigates Roger Corman’s Machine Gun Kelly (1958), the gritty crime drama starring Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Frank De Kova, Morey Amsterdam and Richard Devon.

Based loosely on the real-life criminal George “Machine Gun” Kelly, the film follows a violent gangster whose reputation and criminal career begin to unravel as pressure from the authorities — and his own volatile personality — closes in.

In this episode, your cinematic sleuths investigate one of Roger Corman’s early crime movies, examining how the legendary exploitation filmmaker approaches the gangster genre and how Charles Bronson portrays a very different kind of criminal from the tough-guy roles that would later make him famous.

Directed by: Roger Corman

Cinema Sleuths (Formerly Mean Streets) is produced by Luke Deckard & Matthew Booth 

Edited by Luke Deckard 

Theme song by Luke Deckard 

Logo by  Phil Dragash 

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it…

This week, Cinema Sleuths investigates Brian De Palma’s Mission: Impossible (1996), the espionage thriller that launched one of modern cinema’s biggest action franchises.

Starring Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, Henry Czerny and Vanessa Redgrave, Mission: Impossible follows IMF agent Ethan Hunt after a disastrous mission leaves his team dead and him suspected of being a traitor.

In this episode, we explore Tom Cruise’s emergence as Ethan Hunt, Brian De Palma’s direction and the film’s distinctive blend of noir, espionage thriller, mystery and action cinema.

Directed by: Brian De Palma

Cinema Sleuths (Formerly Mean Streets) is produced by Luke Deckard & Matthew Booth 

Edited by Luke Deckard 

Theme song by Luke Deckard 

Logo by  Phil Dragash 

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This week, Cinema Sleuths investigates Joel and Ethan Coen’s Blood Simple. (1984), the groundbreaking neo-noir crime thriller that announced the arrival of the Coen Brothers.

In this episode, your cinematic sleuths investigate the film that launched the Coen Brothers’ remarkable filmmaking career, exploring how the Coens take familiar noir ingredients — adultery, murder, money, betrayal and a private detective — and twist them into something uniquely their own.

Directed by: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Cinema Sleuths (Formerly Mean Streets) is produced by Luke Deckard & Matthew Booth 

Edited by Luke Deckard 

Theme song by Luke Deckard 

Logo by  Phil Dragash 

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This week, Cinema Sleuths investigates Arthur Penn’s Night Moves (1975), the dark and atmospheric neo-noir detective thriller starring Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Melanie Griffith, James Woods, Susan Clark and John Crawford.

In this episode, your cinematic sleuths investigate Night Moves, a down and dirty 1970s neo-noir! 

We examine Gene Hackman’s performance as Harry Moseby, Arthur Penn’s direction and the film’s deliberately uneasy atmosphere, while investigating why Night Moves was lost in the '70s neo-noir landscape. 

Directed by: Arthur Penn

Cinema Sleuths (Formerly Mean Streets) is produced by Luke Deckard & Matthew Booth 

Edited by Luke Deckard 

Theme song by Luke Deckard 

Logo by  Phil Dragash 

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This week, Cinema Sleuths investigates Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950), one of the greatest and most enduring film noir classics ever made.

Starring Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Nancy Olson and Erich von Stroheim, Sunset Boulevard follows struggling Hollywood screenwriter Joe Gillis, who becomes entangled with Norma Desmond, a faded silent-film star determined to make her comeback.

What begins as a desperate arrangement soon becomes a dark and disturbing story of ambition, obsession, fame, exploitation and Hollywood’s ruthless relationship with its stars.

In this episode, your cinematic sleuths put Sunset Boulevard under the magnifying glass, exploring the film’s iconic noir atmosphere and its savage satire of Hollywood and explore the question at the heart of the movie: does Hollywood create its monsters, or simply discard them when they’re no longer useful?

Directed by: Billy Wilder

Cinema Sleuths (Formerly Mean Streets) is produced by Luke Deckard & Matthew Booth 

Edited by Luke Deckard 

Theme song by Luke Deckard 

Logo by  Phil Dragash 

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