The Jarring Anachronism
Screenwriter John Orloff claims that the historical inaccuracies in Anonymous are a tribute to how…
Disney Byways: The Florida Project
Walt never did like the motels and souvenir shops and so forth that sprang up…
Freddy Got Fungooed: Widespread Panic by James Ellroy (with John “Son of Griff” Anderson)
For all readers and Ellroy fans out there: John and Grant co-hosted a LIVE reading…
Ellroycast #6: L. A. Confidential with Tristan Nankervis (Drunk Napoleon)
Three protagonists take a journey that leads to many unexpected destinations. Is it Ellroy’s novel…
Ellroycast #4: Elizabeth Short (with Joan Renner)
Los Angeles crime historian and co-editor of LAPD ’53 joins us to talk about Elizabeth…
Confederates in Hollywood
It would not surprise me to learn that John Wayne played more Confederate veterans in…
Hold for Probable Nightmares: Son of Griff and wallflower Talk About James Ellroy’s THIS STORM
DOCUMENT INSERT: 4/25/1940. New English Weekly, review of The Thirties, authored by ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR…
Biopic Women
About the fastest I have ever gone from “Oh, I want to see that!” to…
Lunch Links: THE PHANTASMAGORIA OF OFFENSE (THE MALE VERSION)
Art is loaded with nudity and controversy. With art comes censorship. Jess Irish’s film The Phantasmagoria…
Admiration From Afar–No, Farther Than That
When I was a kid, I had crushes on Hawkeye Pierce, Davy Crockett as played…