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- 🇧🇷BR · Film History#5510K to 30K
- 🇯🇵JP · Film History#1121K to 10K
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Following (1998) with Jason Landrum
Jun 24, 2026
Unknown duration
Odd Man Out (1947) with Sankeerthna Vedamtam
May 24, 2026
1h 43m 59s
La Otra (1946) with Michael Mersereau
Apr 27, 2026
1h 33m 20s
Coma (1978) with Jon Quinn
Mar 29, 2026
1h 46m 20s
Blood Simple (1984) with Robert McDonald
Mar 3, 2026
1h 43m 22s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 | Following (1998) 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 Jason Landrum. Jason is a professor of English at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he specializes in film, literature, and critical theory. Jason comes back to the pod to discuss Christopher Nolan's career-launching micro-budget neo-noir, Following.Theme music by autumn_bray.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 5/24/26 | Odd Man Out (1947) with Sankeerthna Vedamtam✨ | film noirclassic cinema+3 | Sankeerthna Vedamtam | Abehugh ProductionsMovieJawn+4 | — | film noirOdd Man Out+3 | — | 1h 43m 59s | |
| 4/27/26 | La Otra (1946) with Michael Mersereau✨ | film noircinema analysis+3 | Michael Mersereau | Abehugh ProductionsUNC-Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History+1 | San Francisco Bay AreaDurham, North Carolina+2 | film noirLa Otra+5 | — | 1h 33m 20s | |
| 3/29/26 | Coma (1978) with Jon Quinn✨ | film noirmedical thriller+3 | Jon Quinn | Clark UniversityCOMA | Portland, OR | film noirCOMA+4 | — | 1h 46m 20s | |
| 3/3/26 | Blood Simple (1984) with Robert McDonald✨ | film noirneo-noir+3 | Robert McDonald | University of KansasBlood Simple | — | Blood Simplefilm analysis+3 | — | 1h 43m 22s | |
| 2/13/26 | TRAP (2024) with Max Hooley✨ | film noirM. Night Shyamalan+3 | Max Hooley | Committee for Public Counsel ServicesAbehugh Productions+1 | Malden, MA | film noirTRAP+4 | — | 1h 36m 15s | |
| 1/17/26 | Tension (1949) with Catherine Leuverink✨ | film noirclassic cinema+3 | Catherine Leuverink | Abehugh ProductionsTENSION+1 | — | film noirTENSION+5 | — | 1h 32m 27s | |
| 12/26/25 | No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) with Alice Bellette✨ | film noirclassic films+3 | Alice Bellette | University of MelbourneNo Orchids for Miss Blandish | Naarm, Australia | film noirAlice Bellette+3 | — | 1h 33m 12s | |
| 12/1/25 | Heatwave (1982) with Laurent Shervington✨ | film noirAustralian cinema+3 | Laurent Shervington | University of Notre DameUniversity of Western Australia+2 | — | film noirHeatwave+5 | — | 1h 33m 06s | |
| 11/3/25 | Out of the Past (1947) with Todd McGowan✨ | film noirclassic cinema+3 | Todd McGowan | University of VermontLACK Conference+2 | — | film noirOut of the Past+5 | — | 1h 26m 46s | |
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| 10/16/25 | The Fall Guy (2024) with Andi Graceson✨ | film noirstunt work+3 | Andi Graceson | Clark UniversityMTV+2 | — | film noirTHE FALL GUY+3 | — | 1h 24m 49s | |
| 10/1/25 | Decision to Leave (2022) with Daniel Cho | 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 Daniel Cho, professor of education at Otterbein University in Columbus, Ohio. Daniel returns to the pod to discuss Park Chan-wook's elevated neo-noir thriller, DECISION TO LEAVE.Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 9/13/25 | Scarlet Street (1945) with Catherine Leuverink | 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 Catherine Leuverink. Catherine got hooked on noir 22 years ago with the 1945 film DETOUR; she has a medicinal relationship with film, collects mid-century modern, and appreciates a cityscape noir. Catherine joins us to discuss Fritz Lang's controversial (once-banned!) classic, SCARLET STREET.Check out Catherine's excellent instagram feed, @anoiraday!Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 8/26/25 | Blade Runner (1982) with Ian Capozzoli | 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 Ian Capozzoli, who works in Communications at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, plays loosehead prop for the Worcester Men's Rugby team, frequents the used DVD bins at his local entertainment stores, and has never once been accused of being a synthetic life form. Ian joins us to discuss Ridley Scott's cyberpunk masterpiece (and its many versions), BLADE RUNNER.Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 8/8/25 | Bait (1954) with Sasha Kohan | 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 Sasha Kohan, a Clark and USC alum who held the Roger Ebert Fellowship for Film Criticism in 2017. Sasha joins us to discuss Hugo Haas' low-budget, fetishistic gold-rush bizarre noir, BAIT (1954).Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 7/21/25 | After Dark, My Sweet (1990) with Ron Brooks | 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 Ron Brooks, an Associate Professor of Writing Studies at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He writes about food, banjos, pinball, or whatever happens to grab his obsessions at the time. Ron joins us to discuss James Foley's oppressively sunny, alcohol soaked neo-noir, AFTER DARK, MY SWEET.Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 6/22/25 | The Prowler (1951) with Michael Gray | 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 Michael Gray, host of the Žižek and So On Podcast. Michael joins us to discuss Joseph Losey and Dalton Trumbo's down-and-dirty cult noir, THE PROWLER.Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 6/4/25 | The Unholy Three (1925) with James Hazelden | 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 films noir. 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 James Hazelden, an award-winning playwright, musician, director, performer, podcaster, and man about town. James joins us to discuss Tod Browning's classic silent proto-noir, THE UNHOLY THREE. | — | ||||||
| 5/22/25 | Phantom Lady (1944) with Daniel Cho | 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 films noir. 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 Daniel Cho, professor of education at Otterbein University in Columbus Ohio, and one of the hosts of the 2025 LACK conference. Daniel joins us to discuss Robert Siodmak's 1944 acid jazz "anti-noir", PHANTOM LADY. | — | ||||||
| 5/7/25 | Mystery Road (2013) with Alice Bellette | 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 films noir. 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 Alice Bellette, a writer, researcher, and Palawa descendent based in Naarm, Australia. Alice has a PhD in Australian literature focused on Aboriginal women’s writing, and she is currently undertaking a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Melbourne. She joins us to discuss Ivan Sen’s slow-burn neo-western procedural noir, Mystery Road. | — | ||||||
| 4/22/25 | No Escape (1953) 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 returning guest Soren Sorensen, a documentary filmmaker and Screen Studies program director at Clark University. Soren's most recent film is OMAR SOSA'S 88 WELL-TUNED DRUMS, which is available to rent or purchase on Amazon! Soren, the first member of the Pods Against Tomorrow 4-Timers Club, joins us to discuss frequent Hitchcock collaborator Charles Bennett's B-movie noir, the 1953 film NO ESCAPE. | — | ||||||
| 4/9/25 | Love is Colder than Death (1969) with Kyle Fleishfresser | 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 Kyle Fleischfresser, a bartender restaurateur, co-owner of the Hutch on Avondale in Oklahoma City. Kyle joins us to discuss Rainer Werner Fassbinder's debut feature, a punk-rock German take on (takedown of?) the French New Wave, LOVE IS COLDER THAN DEATH (1969).Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 3/26/25 | Nixon (1995) with Max Hooley | 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 Max Hooley, a Clark graduate in Psychology and Screen Studies, and holder of a JD from New England Law in Boston. He joins us to discuss how America’s most paranoid presidency mirrored the shadowy moral ambiguity of the genre in Oliver Stone's NIXON (1995).Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 3/11/25 | Thief (1981) with Ben Wolfson | 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 Ben Wolfson, a bay area resident, cinephile, blu-ray collector, and Michael Mann fanatic. Ben joins us to discuss Mann’s debut picture — and best film? — as we dive into the highly technical, neon-drenched world of THIEF (1981).Follow along with Ben’s film club on Reddit at: R/CriterionConversation Theme music by so.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
| 2/25/25 | Shadow of a Doubt (1943) with Sasha Kohan | 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 Sasha Kohan, a Clark and USC alum who held the Roger Ebert Fellowship for Film Criticism in 2017. Sasha joins us to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's upturning of the seedy underbelly of Americana, SHADOW OF A DOUBT.Theme music byso.lxis.Follow Pods Against Tomorrow on social media:InstagramTwitterLetterboxdSoundcloudemail: PodsAgainstTmrw@Gmail.com | — | ||||||
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