Frank Krutnik

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Here's the new music video from molebrigade, starring Louise Brooks in her Pandora's Box heyday

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Check out the latest music video from molebrigade - a critique of the 'male gaze' that draws on the services of Betty Boop and Private Snafu

Great review of my book "Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers" from influential pop-culture historian Martin Grams:

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Evie Sands I’ve long been an admirer of the remarkable run of songs Evie Sands delivered in the 1960s, but getting hold of them has been a frustrating experience. Sands worked for several record labels in that e...

New blog post celebrating Ace Records' marvellous new release of the 1960s singles of Evie Sands, which have been collected together for the first time:
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Latest song & video from molebrigade... an after-hours treat for the children of the night

Suspense: Bearded Genius vs. ‘Scientific’ Analysis As I consider in my recent book Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers: Radio and Film Noir, the notion of creative authorship was crucial to establishing the quality credentials of radio’s much lauded thri...

Was the success of acclaimed radio thriller series Suspense (1942-62) due to producer-director William Spier or the CBS Research Dept? Read all about it here: krutnik.com/f/suspense-c...

For commentary, see the July 26 2025 blog post on krutnik.com

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Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton help molebrigade launch their latest music

Razzia sur la Chnouf (1955) - black club in Montparnasse An extraordinary scene from this drug-themed French noir, directed by Henri Decoin. Featuring Jean Gabin and Lila Kedrova. For commentary, see the July 7 2025 blogpost on krutnik.com

Check out this strange, fascinating scene from the 1955 drug-themed French noir 'Razzia sur la Chnouf', starring Jean Gabin.

For commentary, see the July 7, 2025 blog post on krutnik.com

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New anti NRA/anti gun control music & video from molebrigade. Not for the faint hearted...!

Pg. 99: Frank Krutnik's "Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers" Featured at the Page 99 Test: Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers: Radio and Film Noir by Frank Krutnik . About the book, from the publisher:...

Check out my response to the Page 99 Test on Marshal Zeringue's Campaign For the American Reader site...

Frank Krutnik Writer, Film Studies Specialist, Occasional Musician

JACK BENNY DOES SUSPENSE
- latest blog post at krutnik.com, May 19, 2025

Great pics! Those pep pills sure must have been powerful...

Avenging Angels | Los Angeles Review of Books Travis Alexander considers what Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity” can teach us about Luigi Mangione and the insurance crisis.

Here's an interesting attempt to read Luigi Mangione through the lens of Double Indemnity

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Eddie G in the Death House The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (aka. the Hays Code) featured a section entitled “Repellent Subjects”, which identified several topics that “must be treated within the careful limits of goo...

New blog post looks at 3 noir films in which Edward G. Robinson comes face-to-face with the execution chamber.

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Cheers, Tim - good to hear from you! Yes, I'm sure you'll find the book useful, as it covers Lights Out as well as the more obvious suspects

YouTube video by Krutnik videos Boris Karloff, "The Night Reveals", Mystery Playhouse (ABC Radio)

Check out Boris Karloff in this rare 1949 radio adaptation of a Cornell Woolrich story. For commentary, see the April 20 blog entry on krutnik.com.

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JoAnne McMaster (Any Good Book)'s review of Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers 4/5: I wanted to read this book because I love mysteries, any way that I can get them. I have never heard a mystery on the radio, but I've seen them in movies, and I've always wondered about what life...

Here's the first response to my forthcoming book Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

YouTube video by frank krutnik molebrigade - Wake Up America (2025)

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New anti-oligarchy music video from molebrigade

Check out Gary Couzens' review of the blu-ray of "Peter Ibbetson", from Indicator, including my booklet essay: www.cineoutsider.com/reviews/blur...

Latest music video from molebrigade:
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"Krutnik’s excellent scholarship widens our knowledge of a thrilling era of popular culture, finding a dynamic correlation between the screen and the airwaves." -- Richard Hand

“Frank Krutnik elegantly synthesizes his meticulous research on the noir mediascape, offering a new and compelling account of the transmedial currency of the noir mystery story across page, screen and airwaves in American culture.”-- Helen Hanson.

"In this incredibly detailed book, Krutnik has thrillingly reimagined the ecosystem of noir by resituating it among the key radio programs through which it reached the public. It models a compelling new approach to the historical study of media interplay." -- Neil Verma

The first in-depth study of noir storytelling on the two media, arguing that radio drama was an important counterpart to, influence on, or spin-off from the noir films. The book also challenges conventional understandings of the noir phenomenon. Forthcoming from Rutgers UP, May 13, 2025.