This week we welcome novelist and Italian cinema enthusiast Marek Turner! Marek programs a couple of intriguing poliziotteschi-adjacent films for Rob and Joe to watch and discuss with him: Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), directed by Marco Bellocchio, and No, The Case is Happily Resolved (1973), directed by Vittorio Salerno.

We will be announcing a Spoiler Territory section for both films, so if you haven't seen them before you listen, you can nevertheless avoid spoilers for Slap the Monster on Page One by skipping ahead to the 1:09:14 mark, and for No, The Case is Happily Resolved by skipping ahead to 1:49:08.

Check out Marek's novels, The Eighth Hill and Killerpede!!! Easily available as ebooks on Amazon and Apple, among other online stores.

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