1944 - Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss (with Sarah Pepe)

About this episode

The episode explores themes of noir through various films from 1944, featuring discussions on love, lies, and crime.

Big year for hard-boiled noir! Murder! Betrayal! Halloween! This episode we get into gaslamps as symbols of both love and lies, sinister insurance schemes, lonely detectives, boat escapades and serial killer old ladies! You can watch along with our video version of the episode here on Youtube! [https://youtu.be/JyCW95n2AMA] You can check out our social media crap here: http://linktr.ee/1w1y And you can watch and form your own opinions from our 1944 Films Discussed playlist right here! [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbjWmIpd1Wtqp-aRX9C7hZsiWzz3-Ni9q] Sarah's youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/@CultureKaleidoscope] See you next year!

People in this episode

Hosts: Cris Elie, Glen Covell

Guest: Sarah Pepe

Topics covered

• noir
• murder
• betrayal
• detectives
• Halloween
• serial killers

Keywords

• noir
• gaslight
• murder
• betrayal
• detectives
• Halloween
• serial killers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Culture Kaleidoscope

Books & works: Gaslight, 1944 Films Discussed

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