Finishing up Season One of Silver Screen Sleuths, guest Lawerence Allan and host Emily J. Edwards are bringing you a jumbo-length discussion of Shane Black's 2016 cult classic, THE NICE GUYS starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Kim Basinger, Margaret Qualley, and Angourie Rice. Two longtime Angelenos wax poetic about the role of crime in the city of Angels, noir fiction, and the existential dillemias of sitting in traffic.

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Colin Harker, author of THE FEAST OF THE INNOCENTS and THORNS, joins us for an early dip into Spooky Season with the 1944 adaptation of Vera Caspary's LAURA, directed by Otto Preminger. Starring the incomparable Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, and Clifton Webb, the supernatural story of a police officer falling in love with a murdered woman is only a quarter of the story. At best.

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Chapters

• 00:00 Exploring the Genre Blend
• 10:08 The Influence of Classic Literature
• 19:57 Character Dynamics and Psychological Themes
• 28:59 Exploring Sexuality and Power Dynamics
• 30:01 Gender, Sexuality, and Vulnerability
• 50:54 The Haunting and Supernatural Elements of the Film
• 57:41 Exploring Gothic Elements in Film Noir
• 01:00:05 The Relationship Between Genre and Literary Fiction
• 01:11:21 The Dark Coming of Age in Laura
• 01:20:00 Realistic Handling of Romance in Laura

The incredible Jackie McMahon, author of THE CLOAK AND DAGGER CLUB, joins host Emily J. Edwards to discuss a Robert Altman classic starring almost every great British actor who tread the boards: GOSFORD PARK. The Julian Fellows-penned, Oscar-winning film takes the classic closed-loom, country-mansion mystery and turns it on its head, as the upstairs/downstairs dynamic dissolves when no one really cares that a man met a violent end in his home.

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Chapters

• 00:00 Setting the Stage: 1930s London and Gosford Park
• 04:05 Character Interactions and Social Dynamics
• 32:29 Challenges of Classic Detective Novels
• 33:07 Balancing Authenticity and Sensitivity
• 36:29 Representation of Marginalized Groups
• 59:24 Justice and Social Order in Mystery Fiction