pFor our first directorial double feature we look at the work of buddy-comedy auteur Shane Black and his two 21st-century revitalizations of the PI story. In emKiss Kiss Bang Bang/em and emThe Nice Guys/em he crafts two hyper-stylized and hyper-witty worlds of guns, girls, and guys who are in way over their heads. Oh, and did we mention its Christmas? Because of course it is./ppbr/ppstrongRecommendations:/strong/ppTristan - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/glass-onion-a-knives-out-mystery/" rel="nofollow"emGlass Onion/em/a/ppFred - a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/bones-and-all/" rel="nofollow"emBones and All/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