Episode 774: Cop (1988)

Episode 774: Cop (1988)

Noirvember closes with James B. Harris’s Cop (1988)—the first time James Ellroy’s feverish fiction hit the big screen. Mike teams with Andrew Nette and Rod Lott for a deep read of Harris’s adaptation, where James Woods’s unhinged Detective Lloyd Hopkins hunts a killer across eighteen years of buried violence.

The trio digs into Ellroy’s original novel Blood on the Moon and the wilder, abandoned incarnation that came before it—L.A. Death Trip, the unsold, manuscript that first birthed Hopkins. Using material from Ellroy’s own accounts and critical studies (including the brute-force early drafts, the rewrites demanded by Otto Penzler and Nat Sobel, and the shift to publishable structure), the conversation maps how a doomed finale turned into a tight serial-killer pursuit.

The episode also features a new interview with James B. Harris, who breaks down the challenges of translating Ellroy’s structure, keeping Hopkins’s mania intact, and staying faithful to the narrative rhythms of the novel. What emerges is a portrait of a filmmaker wrestling with source material born in chaos—reforged into the dark, abrasive thriller that helped spark decades of Ellroy adaptations.


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Episode 626: Super Mario Bros. (1993)

Episode 626: Super Mario Bros. (1993)

Chris Stachiw joins Mike to discuss the 1993 film from directors Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, Super Mario Bros. It's the story of two brothers, Mario Mario (Bob Hoskins) and Luigi Mario (John Legu...

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Episode 614: Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975)

Episode 614: Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975)

We conclude Black History Month with a look at Jamaa-Fanakaa’s Welcome Home Brother Charles. Released in 1975 it’s the story of our titular Brother Charles (Marlo Monte) who is picked up by the police...

5 Huhti 20231h 40min

Special Report: Randy Schmidt on Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

Special Report: Randy Schmidt on Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection

Mike talks with writer Randy Schmidt about his biography on Karen Carpenter and the 2023 documentary, Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection. Find out more at https://karencarpenterdoc.com/Become a ...

3 Huhti 202324min

Episode 619: Rules of the Game (1939)

Episode 619: Rules of the Game (1939)

French Month continues with a look at Jean Renoir’s Rules of the Game. Released originally in 1939, the film was based on Alfred de Musset's Les Caprices de Marianne and skewers French nobility in a c...

29 Maalis 20231h 43min

Special Report: Lee Demarbre  on Enter the Drag Dragon (2023)

Special Report: Lee Demarbre on Enter the Drag Dragon (2023)

Lee Demarbre (Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter) returns to The Projection Booth to discuss his latest film, Enter the Drag Dragon, a rollicking tale of kung fu, independent film, and drag.Do not watch this...

28 Maalis 202343min

Episode 620: Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Episode 620: Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Yaniv Eidelstein and Stephen Scarlata join Mike to look at Adrian Lyne’s 1990 film Jacob’s Ladder. It’s the story of Jacob Singer (Tim Robbins) who’s platoon in Vietnam is attacked by unknown forces. ...

27 Maalis 20233h 12min

Special Report:  Quentin Dupieux  on Smoking Causes Coughing (2023)

Special Report: Quentin Dupieux on Smoking Causes Coughing (2023)

On this special episode, Mike talks with Quentin Dupieux all about his latest film, Smoking Causes Cancer, which is now playing at film festivals and will be streaming in late March, 2023.Become a sup...

24 Maalis 202313min

Special Report: Boston Underground Film Festival 2023

Special Report: Boston Underground Film Festival 2023

On this special episode, Mike talks with Artistic Director 
Kevin Monahan and Director of Programming
 Nicole McControversy about the 2023 Boston Underground Film Festival, a five-day fest focused on ...

24 Maalis 202314min

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