Cinema Sleuths

This week, we investigate Martin Scorsese's neo-noir horror thriller: SHUTTER ISLAND starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Ben Kingsley and Michelle Williams. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6m...

In this episode, your cinematic sleuths investigate whether The Great Muppet Caper really wanted to be a caper film or something else entirely.

Today's case is THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (1981). Starring: Muppet performers Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Steve Whitmire, as well as Charles Grodin and Diana Rigg. Written by Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Jerry Juhl, and Jack Rose. And directed by Jim Henson. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast WHERE TO LISTEN:ApplePodcast: https://podcasts...

<p>Today's case is the 2007 episode of SMALLVILLE titled Noir. Starring Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, and Michael Rosenbaum. Written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders. And directed by Jeannot Szwarc.</p><p>With special guests: Zach from<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1cwa2HaXcPQXItDKLeJPYB?si=9526cc30cd4b46e6" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">ALW...

Today's case is the 2007 episode of SMALLVILLE titled Noir. Starring Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, and Michael Rosenbaum. Written by Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders. And directed by Jeannot Szwarc. With special guests: Zach from ALWAYS HOLD ONTO SMALLVILLE & Anthony Desiato from DIGGING FOR KRYPTONITE ! FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir...

<p>Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! Today's case is 2023’s<strong>STRANGE DARLING</strong>. Starring Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgarld. Written and Directed by JT Mollner. </p><p><br></p><p>SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast WHERE TO</p><p>LISTEN:</p><p>ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.ap...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! Today's case is 2023’sSTRANGE DARLING. Starring Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgarld. Written and Directed by JT Mollner.  SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast WHERE TO LISTEN: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-B...

Is Mulholland Drive ultimately a psychological thriller, a dream, a nightmare — or all of them at once?

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! Today's case is 2001’s MULHOLLAND DRIVE. Starring Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, and Laura Harring. Written and directed by David Lynch. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast WHERE TO LISTEN: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mM...

<p>MEAN STREETS LIVE! Tonight, your cinematic sleuths are discussing AMAZON taking over creative control on 007 and why Bond should go Noir moving forward. We are also discussing Reacher Season 3 and our reaction to Daredevil Born Again. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast WHERE TO LISTEN: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-no...

MEAN STREETS LIVE! Tonight, your cinematic sleuths are discussing AMAZON taking over creative control on 007 and why Bond should go Noir moving forward. We are also discussing Reacher Season 3 and our reaction to Daredevil Born Again. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast WHERE TO LISTEN: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcas...

From its fashion and dialogue to its action and unforgettable protagonist, we ask whether Shaft still stands as one of the great private-eye movies — and whether John Shaft remains one of cinema’s coolest detectives.

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it!  Today's case is 1971’sSHAFT. The film stars Richard Roundtree as Shaft, and Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, and Lawrence Pressman. Written by Ernest Tidyman and John D. F. Black. Directed by Gordon Parks. With music by Isaac Hayes! If you like what we do, please subscribe and leave us a review! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/me...

In this episode, your cinematic sleuths investigate James Cagney’s iconic performance as Rocky Sullivan, Pat O’Brien’s Father Jerry and Humphrey Bogart’s supporting role as lawyer James Frazier, and whether the Dead End Kids are more trouble then their worth.

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1938's ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES. Starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and Humphrey Bogart. Written by John Wexley and Warren Duff. Directed by Michael Curtiz. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast WHERE TO LISTEN: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouT...

In this episode, your cinematic sleuths investigate the complicated behind the scene drama and whether Hitchcock’s film aboutobsession, voyeurism, doubles and chance, became an classic film noir!

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1951's Strangers on a Train! Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker. Screenplay by Raymond Chandler and Czenzi Ormonde. Based on the book by Patricia Highsmith. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock! SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/meanstreetspodcast WHERE TO LISTEN: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/me...

We explore how this miniseries was botched and condensed into a 3hr film and whether it does justice to Hammett’s novel.

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is the 3 hour cut of the 1978 miniseries THE DAIN CURSE. Starring James Coburn, Jason Miller, and Nancy Addison. Directed by E.W. Swackhamer. Created by Robert W. Lenski. Based on the novel THE DAIN CURSE by Dashiell Hammett. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouT...

<p>Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week’s case is DRIVE (2011). Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Ron Pearlman, and Albert Brooks. Written by Hossein Amini. Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is DRIVE (2011). Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Ron Pearlman, and Albert Brooks. Written by Hossein Amini. Directed by Nicholas Winding Refn. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAE...

This week, Cinema Sleuths investigates Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City (2005), the groundbreaking neo-noir crime movie that brought Miller’s graphic novels to life in unforgettable style.

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 2005's SIN CITY. It stars Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, and more. It's written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller and based on the graphic novel Sin City by Frank Miller. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837...

Is From Russia with Love is actually the best Sean Connery Bond film? We investigate!

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1963's FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Starring Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, and Lotte Lenya. Directed by Terence Young. Written by Richard Maibaum and Johanna Harwood. And this week we are joined by the agents of SpyHards Podcast, Scott and Cam, to help investigate this spy-noir classic! FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podc...