I Know Movies and You Don't w/ Kyle Bruehl

In the eleventh episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by podcaster Zax Protzmann (of the West Coast Popcast) and philosopher/theologian Steven Lewis to discuss the transplanted noir facade onto the heightened self-important drama within the cliques, classes, and divisions of high school in Rian Johnson's debut Brick.

In the tenth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by editor Kristi Shimek and actor Ben McGinley to discuss a lost elegy of gangland omerta and the downfall of loyalty in Phil Joanou's neo-noir State of Grace.

In the ninth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by screenwriter David Gutierrez and fellow cinephile Sarah Gray to discuss the elusive and unconventional noir about cynical con artistry and the ironic fall from grace in the world of carnies from melodramatist Edmund Goulding and starring a transformed Tyrone Power, Nightmare Alley.

In the eighth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by film critic Tyler Harlow (of the After Credits Blog) and cinematographer Josh Carter to discuss the seminal pre-cursor to French New Wave and the extraordinary blend of noir style, mood, and existential pondering in Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows.

In the seventh episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by script supervisor Katy Baldwin and podcaster Eric Skippings (of the West Coast Popcast) to discuss the revolutionary artistry and blend of live-action and animation combined with some slick 40s noir veneer in Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

In the sixth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by actors Galen Howard and Dan Bauer to discuss the absurdist and surreal modernized parody of The Big Sleep, and all of the subtle winks and nods to the classic noir genre in Joel and Ethan Coen's The Big Lebowski.

In the fifth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by podcaster Zax Protzmann (of the West Coast Popcast) and YouTuber Patrick VanNevel  (of Levi and Patrick Go to the Movies) to discuss the first of the Phillip Marlowe adaptations, the clever and convoluted detective mystery by Edward Dymytryk entitled Murder, My Sweet.

In the fourth episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by raconteur Ben Thelen (of the Popcorn Optional Podcast) and writer Alex Buda to discuss the subversive twist on the  conventions of the noir and its reflection of a more confusing and socially disrupted time in American life as portrayed in Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye.

In the third episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by screenwriter David Gutierrez and multi-instrumentalist Ben Childs to discuss a prototype of the moth-to-flame fatalism and pristine stylistic underpinnings of the noir as defined in Jacques Tourneur's Out of the Past.

In the second episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by director Michael Willer (of the Big Fat Gay Podcast) and stunt actor Danny Hernandez to discuss the behind-the-scenes drama and stylistic impact of the cynical and salacious masterpiece template of noir, Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity.

In the first episode of Season 2, Noir Means Noir, Kyle is joined by novelist Samuel Cullado and composer Austin Howard to discuss the archetypal film noir that utilized the confusion of post-war Vienna as a battleground for friendship and loyalty, Carol Reed's The Third Man.

In the Season Finale of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by a panel of guests: horror expert Devin Parker, script supervisor Katy Baldwin, and podcaster Zax Protzmann (of the West Coast Popcast). Together we delve into the indie horror masterpiece from George A. Romero Night of the Living Dead, and discuss its importance as a pinnacle of cult filmmaking and how it went on to...

In the forty-ninth episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by The Plot Hole co-host Devin Parker and stunt actor Danny Hernandez to discuss the highly relevant pandemic hysteria of George A. Romero's spiritual zombie sequel Dawn of the Dead.

In the forty-eighth episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by screenwriter Kelcie Gruenberg and podcaster Ben Thelen (of the Popcorn Optional podcast) to discuss the bone dry comedic rumination on slacker malaise and the elusive American Dream in Jim Jarmusch's breakout cult hit Stranger Than Paradise.

In the forty-seventh episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by cinephile Richard Valencia and stunt actor Danny Hernandez to discuss the torturous monotony of corporate bureaucratic culture as pristinely shown in Mike Judge's exceptional workplace satire Office Space.

In the forty-sixth episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by fellow cinephile David Guiterriez for a rare one-on-one conversation discussing Johnathan Demme's updated screwball comedy that subverts genre, character, and expectation in Something Wild. 

In the forty-fifth episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by composer Austin Howard and actor Dan Bauer to discuss the limits of discomfort, offense, and cultural impediments to comedy and how they relate to John Landis' sketch comedy film of juvenile antics and inventive societal roasting entitled Kentucky Fried Movie.

In the forty-fourth episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by cinematographer Ryan Alva and filmmaker Michael Willer (of the Big Fat Gay Podcast) to discuss the trailblazing blend of misogyny and empowerment at the center of Russ Meyer's evocative and sadistic battle of the sexes in Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

In the forty-third episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by filmmaker Brandon Rodriguez and fellow cinephile Derek Paranay to discuss the erroneous political assessment and shallow adaptation of Paul Verhoeven's ridiculous and violent sci-fi camp classic Starship Troopers

In the forty-second episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by writer Alex Buda and script supervisor Katy Baldwin to discuss Mel Stuart's blend of docu-realism and elaborate fantasy that brought Roald Dahl's strange book about an eccentric chocolatier to memorable life in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

In the forty-first episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by critic Tyler Harlow (of the For Reel Podcast) and actor Ben McGinley to discuss and understand the dream essence portrait of the over-educated and malaise tormented Generation X trapped in the meandering portrait of Austin, Texas in Richard Linklater's Slacker

In episode forty of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by musician and entrepreneur David Sanders and screenwriter Tristan Fortier to discuss Rob Reiner's faithful adaptation of William Goldman's fantasy ode to the literary and storytelling tradition in The Princess Bride.

In the thirty-ninth episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by editor Steve Aaron and script supervisor Katy Baldwin to discuss Alex Cox's punk rock infused dystopian reflection on the Reagan-era change from the Me Generation to the Greed Generation (and the thin line between both) entitled Repo Man.

In the thirty-eighth episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by cinematographer Josh Carter and philosopher Steven Lewis to discuss a Roger Corman technical barebones classic that cultivates sophisticated satire and murderous glee on the Beatnik culture of the 50s in the hilarious and oddly insightful A Bucket of Blood.

In the thirty-seventh episode of Season 1, Cult Flicks & Trash Picks, Kyle is joined by podcaster Ben Thelen (of the Popcorn Optional Podcast) and novelist Samuel Cullado to discuss the surrealist pop-pastiche of David Lynch's exuberant fantasy of love that collides with the hell of the real world in Wild at Heart.