Welcome back folks!

In this dose of madness we discuss successes and fails of online shopping at Temu and the blistering noir Compulsion!

Compulsion is a 1959 American crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. The film is based on the 1956 novel of the same name by Meyer Levin, which in turn was a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder trial. It was the first film produced by Richard D. Zanuck.

Although the principal roles are played by Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman, top billing went to Orson Welles.

Seasons Greetings Noir fans!

In this one off holiday special we talk festivities, being WHAMED, and occasionally about the neo noir Shutter Island.

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film[4] directed by Martin Scorsese and adapted by Laeta Kalogridis, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels, who is investigating a psychiatric facility on Shutter Island after one of the patients goes missing. Mark Ruffalo plays his partner and fellow deputy marshal, Ben Kingsley plays the facility's lead psychiatrist, Max von Sydow plays a German doctor, and Michelle Williams plays Daniels' wife.

We are back to insult your ear drums with our shenanigans!!

This special takes us into the world of Fright!!! A horror noir....of sorts!!!

The patient (Nancy Malone) of a London psychiatrist (Eric Fleming) thinks she is the suicidal lover of Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf.... In this special episode our shady hosts explore the horror noir Fright, discuss spooky season in illinois, using AI as a bartender and more!

In this episode we talk about the boundary pushing neo noir crime thriller Bound.

Bound is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by the Wachowskis[a] in their feature film directorial debut. Violet (Jennifer Tilly), who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), enters into a clandestine affair with alluring ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon), and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of Mafia money.

Bound was the first film directed by the Wachowskis, and they took inspiration from Billy Wilder to tell a noir story filled with sex and violence. Financed by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was made on a tight budget with the help of frugal crew members including cinematographer Bill Pope. The directors initially struggled to cast the lesbian characters of Violet and Corky before securing Tilly and Gershon. To choreograph the sex scenes, the directors employed sex educator Susie Bright, who also made a cameo appearance in the film.

Directed by The Wachowskis

Written by The Wachowskis

Produced by

• Stuart Boros
• Andrew Lazar

Starring

• Jennifer Tilly
• Gina Gershon
• Joe Pantoliano
• John Ryan

Cinematography Bill Pope

Edited by Zach Staenberg

Music by Don Davis

In this weeks episode we welcome our fantastic guest Emmy Award Winning writer/director Matthew Gentile!

He was kind enough to let us review his new noir crime thriller American Murderer!

Based on a true story, this riveting thriller follows Jason Derek Brown (Tom Pelphrey), a charismatic con man bankrolling his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown’s trail: LanceLeising (Ryan Phillippe), a dogged FBI special agent determined to put Brown behind bars. When Brown’s funds run low and his past catches up with him, he plots his most elaborate scheme yet,pitting himself against Leising in a deadly game of cat and mouse—and becoming the most unlikely and elusive fugitive on the FBI’s most-wanted list.

Featuring an all star cast including - Tom Pelphrey, Ryan Phillippe, Idina Menzel, and Jacki Weaver.

Directors Statement

Why do we fall for con artists? Is it that they’re smart and the victims are gullible, or is itsomething deeper? This is the question at the heart of AMERICAN MURDERER.As a kid, I was obsessed with crime--so much so that I would browse the Top Ten MostWanted list, hoping to help the FBI catch a fugitive. One of them made a distinct impression onme: Jason Derek Brown, a surfer dude with spiky blonde hair and a smirk on his face. Comparedto Osama Bin Laden and Whitey Bulger, he just didn’t fit the profile.On the surface, AMERICAN MURDERER is a cat-and-mouse thriller about a fugitive and the FBIagent who has been tasked with bringing him to justice. But what fascinates me about Jason’sstory isn’t the crime itself; it’s how he impacted the people who loved him. That’s why I choseto tell his story through multiple perspectives. Whether the audience likes Jason or not–by theend of the film, they will get a 360-degree view of who he was.With AMERICAN MURDERER, my intention is to guide the audience to look directly into theeyes of a dark soul and shine a light on how he became this way. Thus the film poses anotherquestion: can we take a human being who is rotten to the core and move an audience to aplace of compassion? I believe that we can.

-Matthew Gentile