Double Feature—a Winner of a Podcast

I had a small difference of opinion with a podcast last December over a piece of hate mail I wrote in reaction to a “review” from a second and separate podcast. The original review did not do service to a favorite film of mine (Touch of Evil), and it galled me a bit. It was a situation that could only happen in the inner connected world of internet radio and blogging. I will not bore you here. If you are curious you can go back to What Did I Expect? post.

I come to you today to praise a show that gets it right. The Podcast is called Double Feature (Check them out. Click here.).

I’ve listened to several of their shows and they also covered Touch of Evil and other films noir. They discuss two movies per podcast. I was intrigued enough with their review of Kinky Boots to give it a rent and it was quite an enjoyable night at the movies. Thanks guys! But back to noir. They are young reviewers, but they show some respect to the old films. They do a bit of research. They explain how they came to the noir and the interesting back story for the picture they discuss. They also, like another podcast I know, show their youth by not being familiar with the old-time actor's careers (Edward G. Robinson). They habitually tie some action, plot, or visual from an older film to something created in their lifetime. (probably from the horror genre), but it is impossible to fault Double Feature for this. It is natural enough to compare something unfamiliar to something familiar, and this is a good entré for others their age or younger. What raises these fellows above a host of others is they do not come the to older material with an attitude. They are not sneering or bored, like punks. They take a real interest in their own topics. Yay!

They are also creative. They recast Touch of Evil with Robert Rodriguez actors. At first I thought that I wouldn't enjoy this exercise, but I was surprised by their efforts. I could imagine the alternative version of Touch of Evil, and it was still good.

I will be talking about Double Feature again I know. Right now I'm heading for ITunes to rate them five fingers.