

Pods Against Tomorrow: Reinvestigating Film Noir
Abehugh Productions
Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever.
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Oct 22, 2024 • 1h 14min
Dark Passage (1947) with Gillian Rude
Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is Gillian Rude, a film lover, 35mm enthusiast, and honors graduate of the Clark University Screen Studies program, who joins us to discuss the 1947 Bogie and Bacall classic DARK PASSAGE.
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Oct 8, 2024 • 1h 15min
Eyewitness (1981) with Andrew Hart
Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is Andrew Hart, a creative director and audio/video producer, who joins us to discuss the bizarre details of Peter Yates' 1981 thriller EYEWITNESS.
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Sep 24, 2024 • 1h 16min
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) with Liza French
Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is Clark University alum Liza French, a youth worker, artist, and audio storyteller who joins us to discuss Robert Aldrich's atomic noir KISS ME DEADLY.
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Sep 10, 2024 • 1h 16min
Brick (2005) with Jason Landrum
Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is English professor Jason Landrum, who joins us to discuss Rian Johnson's stylish debut feature, BRICK (2005).
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Aug 27, 2024 • 1h 17min
Murder, My Sweet (1944) with Exy Wetterhahn
Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is Exy Wetterhahn, a teacher and noise musician, who joins us to discuss the queer-coded world of Edward Dmytryk's MURDER, MY SWEET (1944).
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Aug 8, 2024 • 1h 23min
Double Indemnity (1944) with Soren Sorensen
Pods Against Tomorrow reinvestigates the noir genre one film at a time. Join our hosts, Hugh Manon and Abe Doubleday-Bush, along with a rotating guest — our "Ace in the Hole" — as they delve into an analysis of classic, neo-, and pastiche film noirs. Each episode explores the timeless themes that shaped the film noir genre and changed American pop culture forever. This week's Ace in the Hole is documentary filmmaker / film professor Soren Sorensen, who joins us to discuss perhaps the most iconic noir film of all, Billy Wilder's DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944).
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