A long time ago, back in the 40s and the 50s, Jim Thompson eked out a living writing about psychopathic sheriffs, hit men, treacherous women and…more hit men. It was heady stuff. You ever see the movie The Grifters? (If you haven’t you should. Great movie.) It’s adapted from the Jim Thompson novel of […]
Young people of today…I was once like you, in youth alone, a long time ago. I lived in the moment. I caroused in the day when my mother thought I was in school. I caroused in the night when my mother thought I was at the movies…or bowling…or playing putt putt. Young people of […]
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Scroll through and read the best of new poetry from all corners of the world: THANK GOD FOR PEARL, by Dennis De Rose https://festivalforpoetry.com/2018/03/09/read-poetry-thank-god-for-pearl-by-dennis-de-rose/ SUPER GEEZERS, by Bob Grant https://festivalforpoetry.com/2018/03/09/read-poetry-super-geezers-by-bob-grant/ PARENTAL LAMENT, by Mike Reed https://festivalforpoetry.com/2018/03/09/read-poetry-parental-lament-by-mike-reed/ THE TUNNEL PERFORMANCE SOCIETY, by Bob Eager https://festivalforpoetry.com/2018/03/09/read-poetry-the-tunnel-performance-society-by-bob-eager/ STILL SHE RISES, by Deepika Janiyani…
Ryan Gosling gives me hope. Maybe that’s because I’m a huge fan of 1970s cinema. Here’s what I mean: To me the 70s were the apex of the art form, when we still had big time movie stars that acted in a representational style and collaborated with iconoclast directors. It was a collision of contrast […]
Some parents live vicariously through their children. They are enlivened by their accomplishments. They are invigorated by their potential. With some families, the children are encouraged to carry on the familial occupation passed down one generation to the next. Doctor. Lawyer. Teacher, perhaps. Police officer. Nurse. That’s what Annie’s mother was. A nurse. Annie […]
Okay, so this is for the film people. Movie people? You have to leave the room. Now movie people, don’t get all bent out of shape. I’m not saying that you’re not sophisticated enough. I’m certainly not saying that you’re not smart enough. Not at all. What I am saying is… If you stick […]
All Things Thriller 