Cinema Sleuths

Today, your cinematic sleuths are back at it! Today’s case is none other than WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT from 1988, starring Bob Hoskins, Charles Fleischer, Christopher Lloyd, and Joanna Cassidy… Directed by Robert Zemeckis Produced by Steven Speilberg Find out how Who Framed Roger Rabbit became THE film that saved Disney's animation arm and reinvigorated animation films. FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast:...

Was L.A. Confidential a near-perfect modern noir — and how did this controversial production become one of the great crime films of the 1990s?

This week, your cinematic sleuths discuss Curtis Hanson's 1997 adaptation of L. A. Confidential, which stars Russel Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, and Kim Basinger.   From studio worries to controversial casting, we cover it all.   FIND US HERE: ApplePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mean-streets-the-film-noir-podcast/id1733189837 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0mMUeJTho...

<p>Deckard and Booth take to the mean cinematic streets to explore THE BIG SLEEP (1946). We're wading through on and off screen scandals, how the writers worked around the Motion Picture Code, the odd changes to the adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, and how production meddling might've saved the film AND MORE!</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dir...

For our first episode, your cinema sleuths take to the mean cinematic streets to explore THE BIG SLEEP (1946). We're wading through on and off screen scandals, how the writers worked around the Motion Picture Code, the odd changes to the adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, and how production meddling might've saved the film AND MORE!   Directed by Howard Hawks Starring Humphrey Bogart & La...

<p>COMING APRIL 2024</p>

COMING APRIL 2024