Link to the show: Young Adult Movie Ministry Episode 12 on Substack
Release date: September 28, 2020

Movie of the Week

The Maltese Falcon (1941), directed by John Huston
[Digital rental on Amazon | iTunes | YouTube]

Special Guest

Jamelle Bouie, columnist for the New York Times and film noir aficionado.

Other Mentions

• The Hays Code
• Jamelle’s Noir syllabus – a fantastic list of noir films to learn about the genre. (The YAMMPOD show notes page has most all the noir movies listed that they talk about on the episode, so I’m not reproducing them here. Go visit the official site!)
• Archer
• Blood on the Moon (western noir)
• Fritz Lang’s M
• James M. Cain novels
• Breaking Bad
• Dashiell Hammett – author of the Sam Spade novels including The Maltese Falcon
• Michael Mann’s Miami Vice
• “The Mystery of the Maltese Falcon” (Vanity Fair article that Alissa mentioned)