Cinema Sleuths

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is POOL OF LONDON (1951). Starring Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron, Susan Shaw, Renee Asherson, Moira Lister, and Max Adrian. Directed by Basil Dearden. Written by Jack Whittingham and John Eldridge. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is THE BLUE DAHLIA, starring Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, and William Bendix. Directed by George Marshall and written by Raymond Chandler! FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: https://twitter.com...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is HOLLYWOODLAND, starring Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, and Diane Lane in a biopic turned neo-noir about the death of George Reeves, the man who played SUPERMAN in the Adventures of Superman (1951). Directed by Allen Coulter. Written by Paul Bernhaum. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-p...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is THE DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, starring Denzel Washington, Jennifer Beals, Tom Sizemore, and Don Cheadle. Written and directed by Carl Franklin and adapted from the 1990 novel of the same name written by Walter Mosely. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: htt...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is BODY HEAT (1981), starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, and Richard Crenna and Ted Danson. Written and directed by Lawrence Kasden! FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: https://twitter.co...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is JOHN WICK, starring Keanu Reeve, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, and Willam Dafoe. Directed by Chad Stahelski (and David Leitch). Written by Derek Kolstad. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0m...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is an episode from the 1990s TV anthology series FALLEN ANGELS. We investigate the 1996 episode RED WIND based on the short story written by Raymond Chandler and starring Danny Glover as Philip Marlowe! FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtub...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week, we are giving you something a little different. Back in 2022, Luke and Matt took to YouTube Live to chat about their love of film noir and hardboiled fiction. Two years later, Mean Street emerged from that chat. We hope you enjoy looking back at the first discussion between Luke and Matt. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/po...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week, we are giving you something a little different. Back in 2022, Luke and Matt took to YouTube Live to chat about their love of film noir and hardboiled fiction. Two years later, Mean Street emerged from that chat. We hope you enjoy looking back at the first discussion between Luke and Matt. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/po...

Friend of the podcast Stephanie Czajkowski, who was featured on our LAST SEDUCTION episode, has produced an incredible new podcast with her husband called CALIGULA: PACKAGE OF EXCELLENCE. It's a deep-dive exploration into the complicated making of this movie. We've loved it and wanted to share it with you, our listeners!

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 2024's LOVE LIES BLEEDING, starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian and Ed Harris. Directed by Rose Glass. Written by Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska! FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: ht...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 2024's superhero noir, BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER, starring Hamish Linklater, Jason Watkins, Krystal Joy Brown, Eric Morgan Stuart, Diedrich Bader, Minnie Driver, Christina Ricci, and Jamie Chung. Created by Bruce Timm and produced by Matt Reeves and J J Abrams. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1971's GET CARTER, starring Michael Caine. Written and Directed by Mike Hodges. Based on the novel by Ted Lewis. Special Guest on this episode is Nick Triplow, author of Getting Carter, which you can purchase here: https://tinyurl.com/gettingcarter FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 2014's A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES, starring Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, and David Harbour. Written and Directed by Scott Frank. Based on the novel by Lawrence Block.   FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 2024's THE FALL GUY, starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. It was directed by David Leitch and written by Drew Pearce. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: https://t...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1984's The Terminator! Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Michael Biehn. Directed by James Cameron. Written by James Camerson, Gale Anne Hurd, and William Wisher Jr. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1958's TOUCH OF EVIL, starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, and Orson Welles! Directed andwritten by Orson Welles. Based on the novel Badge of Evil by Whit Masterson. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1956's THE KILLING, starring Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook, Jr., Marie Windsor, and Colleen Gray, and directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. Based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1953'S THE BIG HEAT, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, and Lee Marvin, and directed by Fritz Lang FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeanStreetsPC M...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 2024's BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F starring Eddie Murphy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, and Kevin Bacon! FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: https://twitt...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1942's THE GLASS KEY, starring Brain Donlevy, Veronica Lake, and Alan Ladd! FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeanStreetsPC Find Julie Anderson here: https://www.amaz...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is 1949's THE THIRD MAN, starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, and Alida Valli FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeanStreetsPC Mean Streets is produced by...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is a double feature! We're taking to the small screen to look at two new noir TV shows: SURGAR on AppleTV and REBUS on the BBC. We are also joined by Ian Rankin, author and creator of Rebus. He shares some insight into the production of the new hit show. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-n...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is Chinatown (1974). Directed by Roman Polanski Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston. Written by Robert Towne FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj0T2-BAEA Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeanSt...

Your cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week's case is OUT OF THE PAST (1947). Directed by Jacques Tourneur Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas Based on the novel BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH by Daniel Mainwaring FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJThoZk6mj...