Among the more obscure of films noir: George Sanders (although too little of him), Gail Patrick as the femme fatale she’s always meant to be, and Richard Denning with some well floppy hair. A winner because it’s set in the stolen/forged book racket and mostly in a library. Some library! Not only does it have…
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Matinee: A Damsel in Distress
Sometimes you need to cheer yourself up with a little hoofin’ and laughing and ingenue romance. As I did the other day thanks to iPlayer. A Damsel in Distress was just what the day needed: Fred Astaire, George and Gracie in London where a most youthful Joan Fontaine has fallen for an American and of…
David Lynch in AMP
Matt Marble put out a call for contributions to a special issue of the AMP journal on the sounds of David Lynch, so I wrote a score. It’s included in this special release chock full of information and tributes. If you don’t know about the American Museum of Paramusicology, you probably should so check it…
Calcanthum (2019)
As I work furiously away behind the scenes on both my forthcoming online course HOW TO KEEP WRITING WITH A FULL TIME JOB (ironically, finally have time to put it together because I do not) and on ARCANE ALCHEMY the forthcoming exhibit with the Queen of Everything AKA Stephanie Johnson, I have been assembling my…
Nephomancy Selected!
The first festival appearance for NEPHOMANCY! The Great Lakes International Film Festival has selected my experimental short for presentation at the event. I am quite pleased as you can imagine! I mistakenly thought this was in my home state but it’s actually in Erie, PA. But Great Lakes is Great Lakes. And I am delighted….
Last Week to See STEPPING OUT OF HISTORY
CREATE Council On The Arts is honoring and celebrating women’s artists in tribute to International Women’s History Month with an incredible constellation of featured work. These are just a few of our 26 participating artists –don’t miss this spectacular collective exhibit! “Stepping Out of History: Telling Our Own Story” ends April 9th. Featured artists include:…
Pomegranate @NYSWI Albany Film Fest
This Saturday the Albany Film Festival runs most of the day with a big variety of screenings, speakers, and events. My film ‘Pomegranate’ will be screened during the Experimental Shorts slot 12:15-13:00 in the Campus Center West Boardroom (see map at link). Pomegranate is based on my six-sentence story of the same name and deals…
Pomegranate at Albany Film Fest
Wow, my first fest film! My experimental short Pomegranate will be part of the NYS Writers Institute Albany Film Festival on April 1st (yes, really — despite that date). This is exciting for me. Maybe I shouldn’t have turned down that filmmaking scholarship all those years ago (long story) but as with all things that…
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
A loose adaptation of Chandler’s Farewell My Lovely with George Sanders as the Falcon instead of Marlowe, which more or less means the same plot but instead of Marlowe muttering we have Sanders kissing all the girls — almost literally! And he swans about in his white tie and tails about which I’ve no complaint….