Episode 378: HEAT (1995) with Kelly Krantz and Natalie Marlin

Episode 378: HEAT (1995) with Kelly Krantz and Natalie Marlin

April 14, 2026 · 2h 24m

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The episode discusses the film HEAT and its impact on the crime genre with guests Kelly Krantz and Natalie Marlin.

That’s right: We’ve finally got Womenn on Mann on Trylove! The heist of a lifetime. Everything on the line. And at the center of it: Two guys in their 50s having romantic tensions that make classic Hollywood look like a convent. HEAT is a thoroughly sung masterpiece of Michael Mann’s career: inspired by real events, a remake of his own earlier work, and embellished with the director’s signature lonely, lingering, Shakespearean pathos. With Kelly and Natalie, we’re circling HEAT like a shark to figure out what makes it the melodramatic, epic, load-bearing high water mark that most gritty crime movies are still trying to match — and what still gives it an edge over the rest, more than three decades later. Then, it’s time for some rapid-fire HEAT -adjacent trivia. Find Kelly… On Bluesky at @kransekage.bsky.social On Twitter at @kransekage_ On Letterboxd at @luckyhoss On Trylove episodes: WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), ARREBATO (1979), PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974), REVOLVER (1973), THE DOOM GENERATION (1995), THE NIGHT PORTER (1974), REMEMBER MY NAME (1978), PLAY IT AS IT LAYS (1972), OUTLAND (1981), BASIC INSTINCT (1992), THIEF (1981) Find Natalie… On Twitter and Bluesky On Letterboxd at…

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