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!