Ellroycast #4: Elizabeth Short (with Joan Renner)
Los Angeles crime historian and co-editor of LAPD ’53 joins us to talk about Elizabeth…
Celebrating the Living: George Clooney
Hard to believe now, but I didn’t actually like George Clooney, when I was first…
Attention Must Be Paid: Bette Davis
Yes, I know. I’ve long said that one of the major points of this column…
Disney Byways: In-Park Tributes
Elias Disney was a contractor. Among other things, he helped build the White City, the…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of August 1972
The Friday Article Round-Up Diversifies Its Interests
You like crime novels? We got crime novels. You want classic TV? We got classic…
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties: The Original Friday the 13th Kicked Off A Slasher Movie Franchise With Banal Results
Doug’s Cinematic Firsties is a recurring series wherein Douglas Laman (A.K.A. NerdInTheBasement) will review a…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of July 1972
“She Was the Happiest Corpse I’d Ever Seen”: Persia on CABARET and the Show that Didn’t End
Unlike most stories that lend themselves to multiple adaptations and forms, the architecture behind Cabaret…