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Last night was the show I was most looking forward to. I hadn’t seen either one of the pictures and I was not disappointed. First up, Chicago Deadline. One of my favorite subcategories of the genre, Newspaper Noir! Alan Ladd,… Read More

First up on last night’s Noir City bill was The Accused. A prim professor, played by Loretta Young, is being stalked by a creepy student. When he tries to rape her on the edge of a Malibu cliff, she kills… Read More

First up on last night’s double bill was Calcutta. Alan Ladd and William Bendix play womanizing pilots working the route from Chungking to Calcutta. When their buddy tells them he’s getting hitched, they are skeptical but still willing to meet… Read More

After the previous night’s slight detour along the outskirts, I was thrilled to see The Dark Corner on the bill. This flick brings us right back into the heart of Noir City. A washed up private dick is trying to… Read More

Deanna Durbin. Not a name that immediately springs to mind when you think of film noir.   But this promo photo from Lady on a Train sure caught my interest. Why Deanna, I never knew you had it in you!… Read More

Our Nazi punching theme continues on night two of Noir City with a WWII double shot. First up, Ministry of Fear. Ray Milland (who will always be Satan to me) is released from an asylum, only to be plunged into… Read More

It’s that time of year again, Faustketeers. Time for our yearly vacation to not-so-sunny Noir City. We kicked off the festival with a kinktastic double bill full of thigh-high boots, bondage and overt masochism. It’s like they programed this one… Read More

Bouchercon 2016 is less than a month away! Here’s what I’ll be up to while I’m there. Other than hanging out in the bar, which is a given. WEDNESDAY, Sept 14th, I’ll be reading at N@TB’s Noir Bar After Dark… Read More

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably heard the big news about PEEPLAND, the gritty crime/noir comic series written by me and Gary Phillips, with art by Andrea Camerini and published in the brand new Hard Case Crime line from Titan…. Read More

I’m going to France on a book tour to support the brand new French translation of MONEY SHOT. Lucky for me, I’ve done plenty of research so I know exactly what to expect. If you’re French, or just happen to… Read More