Ellroycast #5: The Big Nowhere with Miller
We talk about the second novel of the first L. A. Quartet, The Big Nowhere, the…
Year of the Month: Miller on King Curtis’ “Games People Play”
Back when I was smoking, I had three rules: no smoking in front of my…
50,000 Didgeridoos: Miller on The Exaggerated Reality of WALK HARD
Is there any kind of movie more inherently dull than the biopic? Every genre has…
Year of the Month: Once Upon A Time…in Gotham by Miller
Two men are in the car. The larger one drives, the smaller one — well,…
Year of the Month: Miller on Q: THE WINGED SERPENT
“I saved you all, saved the whole fucking city — and what do I get…
Year of the Month: Miller on The Birthday Party
“Buried within these songs is a prolonged and obsessive quest to uncover the unconscious origins…
Year of the Month: Miller on COLD HAND IN MINE
An’ now people just get uglier An’ I have no sense of time.” — Bob…
Year of the Month: Miller on HOUSE OF STAIRS
Beware — this is also a House of SPOILERS. A brain, an athlete, a basket…
Year of the Month: Miller on Vera Cruz
A group of rough men rides into a small Mexican town. They stop another group…
Year of the Month: Boston on the Verge by Miller
Oh, this town’s got the weight on its shoulders Honey, this town has got it…