Odds are you are under some type of stay at home order or doing some sort of social distancing. We’ve got you covered with a mini-episode. We both watched “Riot in Cell Block 11.” It’s a classic prison noir film that we both enjoyed. We talk about the film without any major spoilers, and it’s …
Bonus Episode — Quarantine Edition — Riot in Cell Block 11 Read More »
Welcome to Point Blank! This time around we share another round of Coca-Cola with Paco Ignacio Taibo II as we take a deep dive into “An Easy Thing.” We both loved this book and can’t stop talking about it. In Cinema Spotlight, we still can’t get away from Paco as we look at a documentary …
E41: An Easy Thing (Part 2) — Cinema Spotlight “El Che” — 5 Round Burst Read More »
Welcome to Point Blank! Grab your Coke and cigarettes (the fuel for both our writer and our detective this episode) and join us for a discussion of An Easy Thing by Paco Ignacio Taibo II. I think we are both in love with Paco’s writing and he’s a pretty interesting person as well. We’ll introduce …
E40: An Easy Thing (Part 1) — Mexican Noir — Forgotten Classics Read More »
Welcome to Point Blank! We return to Sao Paulo, diving deep into Leighton Gage’s Blood of the WIcked, the first Chief Inspector Mario Silva investigation. We’ll also reflect on City of God (2003), a Brazilian crime film that both of us agree is a modern classic, and we give you five Brazilian crime fiction hard …
E39 — Blood of the Wicked (Pt. 2) — Deep Dive — Cinema Spotlight — Five Round Burst Read More »
Welcome to Point Blank! In this episode we travel down to the beautiful beaches, massive cities, and humid jungles of Brazil to explore Brazilian Noir. We’ll introduce Leighton Gage’s ‘Blood of the WIcked’ the first Chief Inspector Mario Silva investigation. We’ll take a look at some of the crime fiction books of the decade, and …
E38: Brazilian Noir – – Books of the Decade – – Blood of the Wicked (Part 1) Read More »
Welcome to the second part of our feature on Natsuo Kirino’s noir classic Out. We dive deep into the text and discuss the good and the less good. Warning: spoilers aplenty so read ahead. We also review Akira Kurosawa’s film noir classic Stray Dog, look back at Black Mask’s lesser known young sibling, Manhunt Magazine, …
E37 — Out — Natsuo Kirino — Stray Dog — Manhunt Magazine Read More »
In Episode 36, we head as far east as we’re going to go on on our Noir Trip Around the World as we take you to the industrial wastelands of working class Tokyo with our introduction to Natsuo Kirino’s very popular and controversial crime noir, Out. In Subject Unknown, we chat about Japanese Noir, and …
E36: Out (Part 1) — Natsuo Kirino — Japanese Noir — Dog Eared Classics Read More »
Welcome to Point Blank Podcast! In Episode 35, we take a close look at two sisters; ones a killer, the other cleans up the mess. We travel to Lagos, Nigeria a place think with a gritty noir feel where we cover Oyinkan Braithwaite’s wildly popular “My Sister, The Serial Killer.” We look at the work …
In Episode 34, we are off to Nigeria for a look at the riveting tale of two sisters, My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite From the title you’d probably guess one is in fact a killer, and the other gets really good at cleaning up the mess. We introduce Braithwaite’s novel and review …
E34: My Sister, The Serial Killer (Part 1) — Blood Sugar Review — Nigerian Noir Read More »
