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In the fifth episode of Season 3, Manifest Destiny, Kyle is joined by fellow podcaster Zax Protzmann (of the West Coast Popcast) and cinephile Sarah Gray to discuss the first example of the anti-western, William A. Wellman's searing and and unsubtle critique of emerging fascism and mob mentality placing it in the confines of emotional and corruptible frontier justice in The Ox-Bow Incident.
In the fourth episode of Season 3, Manifest Destiny, Kyle is joined by composer Austin Howard and fellow critic Tyler Harlow (of the After the Credits blog) to discuss one of John Ford's complicated portrait of the face and humanity of the soldiers of the cavalry, their community, and their lost presence in the sacrifice of the American myth in Fort Apache
In the third episode of Season 3, Manifest Destiny, Kyle is joined by editor Kristi Shimek and actor/writer Reagan Osborne to discuss John Ford's sound-era revitalization and subversion of B-movie western tropes that launched the genre into prestige cinematic poetry in the all-time western classic Stagecoach
In the second episode of Season 3, Manifest Destiny, Kyle is joined by screenwriter David Gutierrez and novelist/podcast Samuel Cullado (of the Documental Podcast) to discuss the devilishly opaque and psychological kaleidoscope that is Nicholas Ray's strange, colorful, and offbeat embodiment of the western genre, Johnny Guitar.
In the opening of Season 3, Manifest Destiny, Kyle is joined by a panel of guests, including editor Kristi Shimek, cinematographer Josh Carter, and actor Ben McGinley, to discuss the Sergio Leone western masterpiece about the incoming of progress, civilization, and social order against the backdrop of the dying breed of men, the chaos of violence, and the ruthless landscape that is the representation of the old west in Once Upon a Time in the West.
In the season finale of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by script supervisor Katy Baldwin and actor Ben McGinley to discuss the neo-noir masterwork of the 70s malaise and cynical uncertainty in Roman Polanski's investigative drama about societal corruption and the inability of personal clarity or control in Chinatown
In the forty-ninth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by editor Kristi Shimek (of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist) and fellow podcaster Ben Thelen (of the Dead Reckoner podcast) to discuss one of the first proto-noirs that preceded the genre and the style, Fritz Lang's deeply humanist adaptation and creation of the lovers-on-the-run genre You Only Live Once.
In the forty-eighth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by fellow cinephile Ryan Smith and musician Ben Childs to discuss Ivan Passer's rumination on the distrustful malaise of societal corruption in the paranoia and conspiracy infused neo-noir, Cutter's Way.
In the forty-seventh episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by stunt actor Danny Hernandez and script supervisor Katy Baldwin to discuss the first installment of New Wave South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's vengeance trilogy, the fatalistic and tragic burning down house of cards noir Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.
In the forty-sixth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by podcaster Zax Protzmann (of the West Coast Popcast) and streamer Daniel Lopez (of the Corrupt Immoral Channel) to discuss Robert Rodriguez's distillation of noir style, hard-boiled dialogue, and societal corruption in his dedicated recreation of Frank Miller's glorious parody of genre, Sin City.
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A film history and theory podcast that delves deep into a variety of favorites and elusive gems one specific genre at a time. Join the journey and together we can learn about film, auteurs, genre,…