The Solute Book Club: Son of Griff on CITY OF QUARTZ
One should not study history in order to avoid repeating it. Churchill’s oft quoted dictum…
Decade of the Month: Son of Griff on the Black Riders of the Purple Sage
Traditional notions of African American culture in the 1920s are based on urban communities during…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE
Fritz Lang’s German films are often called “art films” by American critics and exhibitors, largely…
Pictures Before a Revolution: Son of Griff on BARRY LYNDON’s Paternal Gaze
Many viewers feel that Barry Lyndon exemplifies director Stanley Kubrick’s best and worst tendencies. While…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on SERGEANT RUTLEDGE
I would hazard a guess that contemporary cultural politics hasn’t been kind to Sergeant Rutledge,…
Authoritarian Agonistes: Son of Griff on ’71’s Scopophilic Supercops
In the 1970s, conservative American mythologies confronted historical realities. The Mai Lai massacre, the Kent…
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…
We Live in a Society? Son of Griff on HIGH NOON and the Mythopoetics of American Cold War Politics
High Noon’s reputation rests on being a “Western for people who don’t like Westerns.” Since…
Year of the Month: Son of Griff on SCANDAL SHEET
Scandal Sheet is a tight little crime melodrama set in the world of tabloid journalism.…
Ellroycast #7: My Dark Places with Anastasia Rose Hyden (Year of the Month)
True-crime expert Anastasia Rose Hyden joins us to talk about Ellroy’s “L. A. Crime Memoir”…