Ciara Moloney Podcast

Friday Film Showcased – No Way Out (1987) – The Big Clock/No Way Out Special Part 2

Friday Film Showcased (FFS) returns with the second and final part of our two-part special on adaptations of Kenneth Fearing’s novel The Big Clock, ostensibly in tribute to the late Gene Hackman. That is borne out in this episode, as Ciara Moloney and Conor Hogan discuss a film Gene Hackman is actually in: No Way Out (1987), in which he stars opposite Kevin Costner.

Ciara and Conor discuss topics including: bad alternate titles, Mel Gibson and Roger Donaldson re-enacting Who’s On First, remakes vs readaptations, limo-based coitus, inaccurate IMDb trivia, Cold War paranoia, Will Patton’s Smithers energy, magic computers, Iran-Contra, bad music, great twists, and whether Kevin Costner could play baseball in the Old West.

No Way Out (1987) – The Big Clock/No Way Out Special Part 2 – Friday Film Showcased

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Catch up on Part 1 here!

Mentioned in the podcast:

Kevin Costner on Oprah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4gHNGa2sCs

Richard Schickel’s review of No Way Out for Time: https://web.archive.org/web/20080408202708/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965232,00.html

Paul Haspel, Agency Games in Cold War Washington: Politics and Gender in No Way Out, Journal of Popular Film and Television, 38(3), pp. 133–142. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01956051003725236

Kevin Costner on baseball movies vs westerns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDbEYJ9Mbtk

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Showcased Selections: American Giallo – Dressed to Kill (1980)

From the archives, a bite-sized edition looking at Brian De Palma’s American giallo Dressed to Kill. Or is it a giallo? Yes. Is it transphobic? Probably. Is it a great film? Definitely. What’s Brian De Palma’s deal? I guess we’ll never know.

Whether you’re a FFS connoisseur revisiting the hits, or a new listener who finds our full episodes too daunting, this one’s for you. Put on your best clothes… to kill?

Showcased Selections: American Giallo – Dressed to Kill (1980) – Friday Film Showcased

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Music: Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D, Opus 61 – III || Marine Chamber Orchestra (MusOpen)

For more, check out our giallo omnibus here: https://thesundae.net/2026/03/02/friday-film-showcased-omnibusd-giallo-deep-red-dive/

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Friday Film Showcased Omnibus’d: Giallo Deep (Red) Dive

Originally released in two parts, this special omnibus edition of Friday Film Showcased collects Ciara Moloney and Conor Hogan’s discussions about their giallo season into one big bite. Revisit without having to click from one episode to another. Listen for the first time by plunging into the two-hour-and-something deep end. Tell your friends. Tell your grandparents. Subscribe on all the platforms.

Omnibus'd: Giallo Deep (Red) Dive… on Grey Velvet in a Woman's skin… of Blood! It's exactly what you think it is – Friday Film Showcased

Films discussed: Deep Red, Stagefright Aquarius, Bay of Blood, Blood and Black Lace, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Dressed to Kill, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman’s Skin, What Have You Done to Solange? and Don’t Torture a Duckling.

More topics: the various tropes of the giallo genre, Dario Argento, Mario Bava, and most importantly Lucio Fulci, the entangled history of the noir, the ‎krimi, and the giallo, and red phones.

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Friday Film Showcased – The Big Clock (1948): The Big Clock/No Way Out Special Part 1

Friday Film Showcased (FFS) returns with part one of a two part special on adaptations of Kenneth Fearing’s novel The Big Clock. We are doing this as a tribute to the late Gene Hackman, who is not in the movie discussed in this episode, but was alive when it came out. But was he a child? Listen and find out!

Ciara Moloney and Conor Hogan discuss topics including: Ray Milland (man), ray-millanding (verb), The Powerhouse Charles Laughton, queer coding and the Hays Code, clocks of various sizes and mechanisms, comedic genius Elsa Lancaster of Bride of Frankenstein fame, Maureen O’Sullivan who surely is only in this as a favour to her husband John Farrow (father of Tia, Mia, and this film, if directing is fatherhood), how much can you actually fit behind a bar, President McKinley, and the existential quest to find one’s self. Literally!

The Big Clock (1948) – The Big Clock/No Way Out Special Part 1 – Friday Film Showcased

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Showcased Selections: Head (1968) starring The Monkees!

🎶Hey hey, we’re Friday Film Showcased, and people say we showcase around, but we’re too busy editing to load any podcasts up… 🎶

From the archives, a bite-sized edition looking at Bob Rafelson’s almost-forgotten existential Monkees movie, Head (1968), written by Jack Nicholson!

Whether you’re a FFS connoisseur revisiting the hits, or a new listener who finds our full episodes too daunting, this one’s for you. So take the last train to Clarksville, you randy Scouse git: this is the podcast that will make you believe in daydreams.

Fun fact: Mike Nesmith’s mother invented Tipp-Ex.

See also: ⁠https://thesundae.net/2024/08/23/friday-film-showcased-episode-3-jack-nicholson-the-fortune-1975-five-easy-pieces-1970-about-schmidt-2002-more/

Showcased Selections: Head (1968) starring The Monkees! – Friday Film Showcased

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Friday Film Showcased – Shane Black Christmas: The Last Boy Scout

For the ninth day of Christmas, Friday Film Showcased gave to me: a podcast episode about The Last Boy Scout, written by Mr. Christmas himself, Shane Black!

Ciara and Conor talk about Ten-Camera Tony Scott, Hot Shot Jimmy “Cardigan” Carter, and the rise of sports gambling. Listen below or on your favourite podcast platform, and remember, Satan Claus is out there and only growing stronger.

Shane Black Christmas: The Last Boy Scout – Friday Film Showcased

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Friday Film Showcased Season 2 Preview: We’ve Only Just Begun… (To Live)

For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.

Following a hiatus, Ciara and Conor are back for season 2 of Friday Film Showcased. Is this the first episode of the season? Is this the trailer/preview for the season? Listen and find out!

Featuring: Autumn Mvt 1 Allegro (Tony Vivaldi), performed by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players, sourced from Free Music Archive under CC BY-SA license

Season 2 Preview: We've Only Just Begun… (To Live) – Friday Film Showcased

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Friday Film Showcased, Episode 5: Giallo – Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972)

For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.

In the quintus episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor continue their discussion of the giallo genre with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece, Don’t Torture a Duckling. Spoilers abound! You can find our previous instalment, where we discussed giallo more broadly, here. (Including an edition in which all screams have been replaced by bunny noises. How relaxing!)

And make sure to tune in to the end of the episode for Conor’s original song inspired by the film!

Episode 5: Giallo – Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) – Friday Film Showcased

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Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/

Mentioned in the podcast

Ciara’s Fangoria article about Don’t Torture a Duckling: ⁠https://www.fangoria.com/lucio-fulci-so-much-more-than-the-godfather-of-gore-dont-torture-a-duckling-at-50/

The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/

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Friday Film Showcased, Episode 4: Giallo – Screamless Bunny Edition

For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.

In the Quatro episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor discuss the genre of giallo, including the films in the title of this episode and Stagefright Aquarius, Blood and Black Lace, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Bird With the Crystal Plumage.

In the interests of listeners who don’t enjoy listening to screaming, we have released a version where screams, chainsaws and eyeball popping replaced with the soothing sound of bunny rabbits! The uncensored version is also available, but you can listen to the Screamless Bunny Edition here:

Screamless Bunny Edition – Episode 4: Giallo – Deep Red, Bay of Blood, Dressed to Kill, What Have You Done to Solange and More – Friday Film Showcased

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Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/

We continue our discussion on giallo with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece Don’t Torture a Duckling:

Episode 5: Giallo – Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) – Friday Film Showcased

Mentioned in the podcast

Giallo in Casa Muppet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AikJ8F5oY

Ciara’s article on Pieces: https://crookedmarquee.com/pieces-isnt-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/

The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/

YELLOW in ITALIANO Coldplay cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PtHYQoC20

De Palma (2015) documentary, dir. Noah Baumbach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlxmwz55Tk

J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us (discussion of transphobia in cinema including Psycho and Silence of the Lambs from 50:00)

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Friday Film Showcased, Episode 4: Giallo – Deep Red, Bay of Blood, Dressed to Kill, What Have You Done to Solange and More

For many years, with regard to their film-watching, Ciara and Conor have been theming their months. On Friday Film Showcased (FFS to friends, and sometimes enemies), they look back on themes gone by.

In the Quatro episode of FFS, Ciara and Conor discuss the genre of giallo, including the films in the title of this episode and Stagefright Aquarius, Blood and Black Lace, Pieces, Lizard in a Woman’s Skin and Bird With the Crystal Plumage.

Will we ever find out happened to Solange?

Giallo list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/hoganassasin/list/giallo-season/

You can listen to it here:

Episode 4: Giallo – Deep Red, Bay of Blood, Dressed to Kill, What Have You Done to Solange and More – Friday Film Showcased

A version in which the screaming is replaced by bunny noises is now available. How relaxing!

Screamless Bunny Edition – Episode 4: Giallo – Deep Red, Bay of Blood, Dressed to Kill, What Have You Done to Solange and More – Friday Film Showcased

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We continue our discussion on giallo with a deep dive on Lucio Fulci’s 1972 masterpiece Don’t Torture a Duckling:

Episode 5: Giallo – Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) – Friday Film Showcased

Mentioned in the podcast

Giallo in Casa Muppet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_AikJ8F5oY

Ciara’s article on Pieces: https://crookedmarquee.com/pieces-isnt-exactly-what-you-think-it-is/

The Giallo Files: https://giallofiles.blogspot.com/

YELLOW in ITALIANO Coldplay cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PtHYQoC20

De Palma (2015) documentary, dir. Noah Baumbach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zlxmwz55Tk

J.K. Rowling | ContraPoints https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gDKbT_l2us (discussion of transphobia in cinema including Psycho and Silence of the Lambs from 50:00)