Brick (2005) and The Kid Detective (2020)

The very first episode of the The Grey Album Podcast – an audio companion to the newsletter that takes a free-wheeling look at pop culture.

This episode we discuss Rian Johnson’s high school neo-noir Brick (2005) and the underrated Canadian comedy-mystery film The Kid Detective (2020).

Featuring:

* Film Noir slang

* What even is sixth-form college?

* Why we all secretly love femme fatales

* 2000s Emo Kids

* The magic of diners

* A Mikhaila Peterson lookalike

and much, much, more!

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