“Bring Me the Dead of Jerry Garcia” by Mark Mellon
FICTION: “Manhood and honor cast aside like the useless impediments they were….”
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“Back to Troubled Grounds: The Two Jakes” By Anees Aref
“You can’t forget the past…just as much as you can’t change it” –Jakes Gittes (Jack Nicholson) in The Two Jakes The Two Jakes almost never happened. The sequel to the legendary 1974 film Chinatown (directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Towne) was a project doomed from the start, with creative clashes behind the […]
Read More “Back to Troubled Grounds: The Two Jakes” By Anees ArefPreview: “Fernando Ayala’s The Bitter Stems (1956)” by Jeremy Carr
At Film International, Jeremy Carr reviews Fernando Ayala’s The Bitter Stems (Los tallos amargos, 1956) from Flicker Alley: The imagery is not only its most strikingly noirish attribute, but it’s among the more dazzling of any film, of any genre.
Read More Preview: “Fernando Ayala’s The Bitter Stems (1956)” by Jeremy Carr“Get Back Again” by M.T. Williams
FLASH FICTION: “There was always some bottom feeder trying to take what I built….”
Read More “Get Back Again” by M.T. Williams“LA Christmas Present” by Tony Dawson
PROSE POEM: “Now Rambo’s at home on paid leave….”
Read More “LA Christmas Present” by Tony Dawson“Walking the Fine Line: Leonardo Padura and ‘Havana Noir’” By William Blick
NONFICTION: “Padura has had to walk a fine line in his writing as he faces restrictive elements from the Cuban government, while being realistic about the state of his society….”
Read More “Walking the Fine Line: Leonardo Padura and ‘Havana Noir’” By William Blick“Flashbacks and ‘Second Sight’: The Ravine” by Ken Hall
FILM REVIEW: “The combination of noir, suspense, and spiritual and fantastic elements prevents the film from being an ordinary inspirational piece.”
Read More “Flashbacks and ‘Second Sight’: The Ravine” by Ken Hall“Hard Case Crime, April 2022: It’s Westlake!” by Matthew Sorrento
NONFICTION: “As the renown imprint presents the last unpublished novel by the author, it delivers one of his most unique and rewarding….”
Read More “Hard Case Crime, April 2022: It’s Westlake!” by Matthew Sorrento“Resurrection” by Barbara Buckley Ristine
FLASH FICTION: “There had been a time when she was too squeamish to touch a spider, when she would cry at the sight of a dead bird, but not now….”
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NONFICTION: “Such characters differ in their affect from another class of noir figures, those who seem ‘dead at the center,’ displaying little or no genuine emotion as they proceed through the narrative. Perhaps these characters might be classified popularly as ‘psychopaths,’ although the definition of the term according to psychological theory and practice is complex….”
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