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…
Blind Reads: Young Men and Fire by Norman MacLean
Blind Reads: in which Avathoir and wallflower read each other’s favorite books without knowing a…
The Spiral: Avathoir and wallflower Talk About Thomas Pynchon, 7: Mason and Dixon
ʃtaires! We haue found ʃtaires! -Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves Avathoir: We’re back! After…
General Sherman and Miss Scarlett: The Historical Accuracy of the Civil War Section of GONE WITH THE WIND
Note: This is a term paper I wrote for the winter quarter of the 1999-2000…