This was intended to be our Christmas episode but forgetfulness while travelling meant we missed releasing it altogether! But to celebrate the season while still in the realm of film noir, we watched Angels with Dirty Faces. In Home Alone, Kevin watches a gangster film titled "Angels with Filthy Souls" which is really the only connection you can draw between the two. There isn't a single scene in the real movie which matches the fictional one. But this James Cagney morality play is an interesting watch regardless. Happy New Year!

We return after a long Thanksgiving break with another Hitchcock/Grant collaboration. In this thriller about money and murder, Joan Fontaine earns the only best actor Oscar ever won by performance in a Hitchcock film. Give this one a watch and see Cary Grant play the villain for once. Then spend the next few days contemplating the ending.

This week we take a slight detour into the genre of the "gangster film" and watch one of the most notable films on that list: the original 1932 version of Scarface, Directed by Howard Hawks.

Having watched the more famous 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon, we were curious to turn the clock back to 1931 when Hollywood took it's first shot at a film adaptation of the novel. At that time Hollywood was in the far less puritanical "pre-code" era where slightly more risque material was accepted. We find a more smug, playboy version of Sam Spade among other surprises.

This week we watch the more famous 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon. Considered the first big film to mark the beginning of the era of film noir. And thus we begin our little survey of style. We'll be going along the timeline choosing a few stand out films from the quintessential noir catalog along the way.

We're turning the clock back on what we'll call the official start of our little noir series. M (1931) directed by Fritz Lang. His first "talkie." With elements of German Expressionism and that narrative darkness we've come to know of noir films, M contains some of the bones we'll recognize in the structure of films to come.  Give this classic a watch and join our discussion!

This week we watch Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious! We're taking it back for the next few weeks and watching a string of films noir. This is the unofficial start and inspiration for us to start a noir series. Watch along as we travel through the 1940s!

Summary: Nicolas Cage is Nicolas Cage.

We're back on foreign language film week! On our friend Chris' recommendation we watch the absolutely chilling, relentless Korean horror/thriller I Saw The Devil. Definitely give this one a watch if you're looking to forget how to smile for a few weeks.

Checking another film off the long list of ones we haven't yet seen but should have. This week is directorial debut week again. Travis selected the classic 12 Angry Men. We chat about who we'd cast in a 2018 remake.