Frank Krutnik
@krutnik.com
Musician & author of agenda-setting critical studies of film noir, screen comedy, and radio, including Thrillers, Chillers and Killers: Radio and Film Noir (Rutgers UP, 2025).
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Frank Krutnik
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· Mar 13
"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
Here's the new music video from molebrigade, starring Louise Brooks in her Pandora's Box heyday
molebrigade - Bisexual (2025)
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October 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Here's the new music video from molebrigade, starring Louise Brooks in her Pandora's Box heyday
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
molebrigade_Want to Know (2025)
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September 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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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September 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Great review of my book "Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers" from influential pop-culture historian Martin Grams:
martingrams.blogspot.com/2025/09/thri...
martingrams.blogspot.com/2025/09/thri...
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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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...
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September 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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:
krutnik.com/f/evie-sands
krutnik.com/f/evie-sands
Latest song & video from molebrigade... an after-hours treat for the children of the night
molebrigade - Nite Like This (2025)
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August 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Latest song & video from molebrigade... an after-hours treat for the children of the night
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...
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...
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August 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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...
Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton help molebrigade launch their latest music
molebrigade - (I Am) The Beast (2025)
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July 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton help molebrigade launch their latest music
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
For commentary, see the July 7, 2025 blog post on krutnik.com
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
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July 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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
For commentary, see the July 7, 2025 blog post on krutnik.com
New anti NRA/anti gun control music & video from molebrigade. Not for the faint hearted...!
molebrigade - Shooter (2025)
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June 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New anti NRA/anti gun control music & video from molebrigade. Not for the faint hearted...!
Check out my response to the Page 99 Test on Marshal Zeringue's Campaign For the American Reader site...
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:...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Check out my response to the Page 99 Test on Marshal Zeringue's Campaign For the American Reader site...
JACK BENNY DOES SUSPENSE
- latest blog post at krutnik.com, May 19, 2025
- latest blog post at krutnik.com, May 19, 2025
Frank Krutnik
Writer, Film Studies Specialist, Occasional Musician
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May 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
JACK BENNY DOES SUSPENSE
- latest blog post at krutnik.com, May 19, 2025
- latest blog post at krutnik.com, May 19, 2025
Here's an interesting attempt to read Luigi Mangione through the lens of Double Indemnity
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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.
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May 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Here's an interesting attempt to read Luigi Mangione through the lens of Double Indemnity
lareviewofbooks.org/article/aven...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/aven...
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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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...
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May 4, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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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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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Boris Karloff, "The Night Reveals", Mystery Playhouse (ABC Radio)
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April 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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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Here's the first response to my forthcoming book Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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...
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April 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Here's the first response to my forthcoming book Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
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New anti-oligarchy music video from molebrigade
New anti-oligarchy music video from molebrigade
molebrigade - Wake Up America (2025)
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March 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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New anti-oligarchy music video from molebrigade
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...
Peter Ibbetson Blu-ray review | Cine Outsider
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March 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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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March 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Latest music video from molebrigade:
youtu.be/qaXY31nfKlo
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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.
March 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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.