In one of my classes this week, a student commented on the level of detail in Truman Capote’s In Cold…
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Category Archives: Film & Theater
Post-Performance Chat: Baskerville at Mason’s Center for the Arts
I was recently invited to deliver a short talk on Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles after this…
Continue reading →Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Launches New Blog: Something Is Going To Happen
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine launched a new blog last week dedicated to “suspense, short stories, and the mystery-fiction scene.” It’s…
Continue reading →Best of the Decade? (Five Books, Five Movies)
I’m not the best at Top 10 lists — partly because my reading and viewing habits are less comprehensive than…
Continue reading →D.C. Events: The Glass Menagerie
Last week, I had a rare opportunity to see a mid-morning production of a play — the Olney Theatre’s production…
Continue reading →Stumped By Stoppard
While I’ve written several times about plays on this site, I have to emphasize that I’m not pretending to be…
Continue reading →Crimes Stories: From Page To Screen
Earlier this week, I mentioned two articles on romantic crime films that I’d written for the current and upcoming issues…
Continue reading →Good Ol’ Girls Premieres Wednesday On UNC-TV
Good Ol’ Girls, a musical inspired by the stories of Lee Smith and Jill McCorkle, premieres on UNC-TV on Wednesday,…
Continue reading →Tennessee Williams’ Small Craft Warnings
Three things drew Tara and me to the Washington Shakespeare Company’s new production of Tennessee Williams late play Small Craft…
Continue reading →One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Before my friend Kyle and I settled in to watch the second half of Carolina’s decisive victory in last night’s…
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