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• the Last of Sheila: a Stylish Whodunnit

  

  Fans of games, puzzles and mysteries will enjoy the 1973 film The Last of Sheila. Written by the dynamic duo of composer Stephen Sondheim and actor Anthony... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Matt Scudder – Nostalgic Nyc Noir

  

  My dad was a huge fan of the prolific author Lawrence Block. Block is best known for two series of books, one following ex NYC cop Matthew Scudder and his... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poltergeist, Circa 1930

  

  In The Haunting of Alma Fielding English woman Alma Fielding has had a hard life. She has had numerous health issues, is in a dull marriage and struggling... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Classic Swedish Noir

  

  Originally published on Cannonball ReadIn 1965 writing partners (and partners in real life) Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö embarked on a quest – to write and publis... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kindle Enthusiasm

  

  This pandemic has made everything hard, including reading. Something that I love to do, but somehow didn’t want to concentrate that hard to do … until I got a... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Little Grey Cell Comfort Food

  

  When I can’t think of anything else to read, or just want something comforting and familiar, there is always Agatha Christie. And although I have read (I... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Some Great, Some Not So, Some Not Even Suspense

  

  A Century of Great Suspense StoriesI got this one to listen to on drives more than thirty minutes. You can basically hear one short story each way. It is a mixe... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Strangers on a Train - Stranger and Strangerer

  

  Every once in a while I get a yen to read the source novel for one of my favorite classic movies. My most recent read (actually listen) is Strangers On A... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible.

  

  Available on iTunes and Amazon on March 10, 2020, comes a new documentary film from Electrolift Creative Productions, Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2021 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• How is It Almost September?

  

  Catching up with Cannonball Read ...Too Much and Never Enough by Mary TrumpWinners Take All by Anand GiridharadasCrime In Progress by Glenn Simpson Peter... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Book to Film: the Talented Mr. Ripley

  

  Patricia Highsmith wrote The Talented Mr. Ripley in in 1955. She based it loosely on Henry James’s The Ambassadors (which I now have to add to my to-read list). Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill

  

  reads like a spy novel. The full title is Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators. And Farrow lays out quite a conspiracy. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Demi Moore, Inside out

  

  Reading Demi Moore’s memoir Inside Out is like having a seat in the room while she is undergoing therapy. And yoga. And flirting with Bruce Willis. And being... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Books to Film: Pal Joey and BUtterfield 8

  

  After recently reading Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, I decided that I not only wanted to continue with my book-to-film theme, but keep it centered in... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Free Spirit Holly Golightly, Forever a Cipher

  

  Breakfast at Tiffany's the book shares a lot of the same traits as Breakfast at Tiffany's the film: charming in places, predictable in others, with some... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• i Loved Laura, Except for . . .

  

  Another book from my personal challenge of reading the source material for favorite classic movies: Laura, by Vera Caspary. This book is a detective noir, as... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fire & Blood: Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah…

  

  I loved Game of Thrones from its very first episode. I was as shocked as any non-reader of the series at its Psycho-like twist in its penultimate first season... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• the Uninvited: Ghosts Like Us

  

  I love old black and white movies, especially mysteries and horror movies. I was watching one of my all-time favorites, The Uninvited, a ghost story starring Ra... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Favorite Movie #120 - Holiday Edition: When Harry Met Sally ...

  

  Favorite movies that have had an impact on me - #120 - When Harry Met Sally ... (1989) - This movie is so much more than the famous Katz's Deli scene. Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Favorite Movie #119 - Holiday Edition: Follow the Fleet

  

  Favorite movies that have had an impact on me - #119 - Follow the Fleet (1936) - The New Year's holiday was always synonymous with Astaire/Rogers films on... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, SELF EXPRESSION