Tag: black comedy
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Laura
[audio:/podcasts/pdm09.mp3] Download Episode | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS Story: A detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating. Detective: Mark McPherson Release Date: November 1944 Writer: Vera Caspary (novel), Jay Dratler (screenplay) and Samuel Hoffenstein (screenplay) and Elizabeth Reinhardt (screenplay) (as Betty Reinhardt) Ring Lardner Jr. (uncredited) Source: Laura, by Vera Caspary Mystery…
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March: Romantic Mystery
Hey, it’s March. And this post was supposed to be up yesterday. Apologies. Romantic mystery is a natural. Mystery has plenty of plot but not much room for character development; romance is all about character but has a tougher time with plot; marry the two and you’ve got a winner. Romantic suspense, woman-in-jeopardy, rom-crime, whatever…
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
[audio:/podcasts/pdm08.mp3] Download Episode | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS Story: A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor. Detective: Harry Lockhart Release Date: 11 September 2005 Writer: Brett Halliday (novel), Shane Black (screenplay) Source: “Bodies Are Where You Find Them”, by Brett Halliday…
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LA Confidential
This week on Popcorn Dialogues, Alastair stands in for Jenny as we take a stroll through organized crime and institutional corruption. Sounds like fun! [audio:/podcasts/pdm07.mp3] Download Episode | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS Story: A shooting at an all night diner is investigated by three LA policemen in their own unique ways. Detective:…
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The Big Sleep
This week, the lovely Krissie (Anne Stuart) joined us for the discussion, set on defending one of her favorite movies. Reactions were mixed, and there were complications in the audio (a tech gremlin kept stopping the recordings) but despite all, we pulled out a fun and (we hope) marginally informative podcast. We also honed our…
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The Maltese Falcon 1941
PODCAST WARNING: Lani and Jenny found it hard to discuss this movie as professionally as they should have; therefore if you’re interested in a serious discussion of The Maltese Falcon, you’ll probably want to skip this one. If you want to hear two women laughing hysterically about a noir classic, tune in. [audio:/podcasts/pdm05.mp3] Download Episode | Subscribe…
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February: Noir/Hardboiled Mystery
Welcome to February, the Valentine’s month, full of hearts and roses. Yeah, I’ve never understood that because in Ohio, February is the month of the dead, so we’re doing film noir, the genre that says life is grim and hopeless and women are evil betrayers, but thank god there are some men who go…
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Sherlock: A Study in Pink 2010
[audio:/podcasts/pdm04.mp3] Download Episode | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS Story: The British police are baffled by a series of suicides until DI Lestrade hires Sherlock Holmes who shows them that they have a serial killer on their hands. Detective: Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective the world has ever known, here interpreted as a…
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Sherlock Holmes 2009
[audio:/podcasts/pdm03.mp3] Download Episode | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS Story: Someone is murdering young women in London, so the police call in Sherlock Holmes to solve the crimes. Which he does in the opening of the movie, only to have the Big Bad escape which leads to him using his deductive powers to…
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Evil Under the Sun 1982
[audio:/podcasts/pdm02.mp3] Download Episode | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS Story: A group of people gather at a seaside resort where jealousy and hatred swirl around a famous actress, observed by the equally famous detective Hercule Poirot. Detective: Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s fastidiously annoying little Belgian turned into a fabulously over-the-top big Belgian by…
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The Thin Man 1934
[audio:/podcasts/pdm01.mp3] Download Episode | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS Story: A former detective, now retired and married to an heiress, is reluctantly drawn back into detecting when an inventor’s mistress is murdered. Detective: Nick Charles, abetted by his wife Nora, his dog Asta, and a lot of alcohol. This is a very detective-centric…
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What We Learned From the PopD RomCom Series
This is a chat that Lani and I did trying to sum up what we learned from last year’s romcom series. We wander around a bit, but I think we pretty much covered everything. This is cross-posted on Argh Ink and the Lucy March site, too. Jenny: So what have we learned from nine months…