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 569: The Awful Truth (1937)

Episode 569: The Awful Truth (1937)

Screwball month continues with a look at Leo McCarey’s The Awful Truth (1937). Based on the play by Arthur Richman, the film stars Cary Grant and Irene Dunn as Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a couple who br...

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Special Report: Riley Stearns on Dual (2022)

Special Report: Riley Stearns on Dual (2022)

Mike spoke to writer/director Riley Stearns about his latest film, Dual, which opens theatrically in the U.S. on April 15, 2022.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the...

15 Apr 202221min

Episode 568: My Man Godfrey (1936)

Episode 568: My Man Godfrey (1936)

Screwball month continues with a look at Gregory la Cava’s My Man Godfrey. Based on the novel and co-written by Eric Hatch, the film stars William Powell as the titular Godfrey. He’s a forgotten man, ...

13 Apr 20221h 57min

Episode 567: Ball of Fire (1941)

Episode 567: Ball of Fire (1941)

We are kicking off a month of screwball comedy discussion with a look at Howard Hawks’s 1941 film Ball of Fire. Written by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, the film stars Gary Cooper as one of an oc...

6 Apr 20222h 3min

Special Report: Ego Fest 12

Special Report: Ego Fest 12

It's that time, folks... It's another Ego Fest and Mark Begley (Wake Up Heavy) joins Mike in The Projection Booth to ask your burning questions. This special episode also features interviews with Kevi...

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Episode 566: New Wave Hookers (1985)

Episode 566: New Wave Hookers (1985)

We conclude our look at adult films with the raunchiest we've covered so far, New Wave Hookers (1985), a film from the Dark Brothers mired in controversy. Starring Jack Baker and Jamie Gillis, it's th...

1 Apr 20221h 23min

Episode 565: Blonde Ambition (1981)

Episode 565: Blonde Ambition (1981)

We continue our march through March with a look at the adult classic Blonde Ambition. Released in 1981, the film was years in the making. It stars Suzy Mandel and Dory Devin as Sugar and Candy Kane, s...

30 Mars 20223h 39min

Episode 564: Little Orphan Dusty (1978)

Episode 564: Little Orphan Dusty (1978)

Our exploration of adult films continues with a look at Little Orphan Dusty. The credits say the film was co-directed by Bob Chinn and Jacoov Jacoovi thought there’s a little controversy about that. R...

23 Mars 20221h 20min

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