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Category Archives: James Ellroy
Summer reading report back 2013
As the summer holiday’s draw to an end and the business part of 2013 kicks off, it’s time for a little run down of what I’ve read over the Christmas/New Year period and how I’m going to approach my reading in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime Factory, Crime fiction, James Ellroy, Lee Marvin, Noir fiction
Tagged American Death Songs, Blood of Paradise, Crime Wave Press, David Corbett, Dead Sea, Dwaybe Epstein, Fat City, James Ellroy, Jim Nisbet, Jordan Harper, Lee Marvin: Point Blank, Leonard Gardner, Lethal Injection, Nicole Moore, Patricia Hindsmith, Sam Lopez, Shakedown, The Censor's Library, The Talented Mr Ripley
Melbourne International Film Festival progress report part 2: Rampart, Gangs of Wasseypur
This week I caught two of my must see crime films at the Melbourne International Film Festival, Rampart (2010) and Anupama Copra’s Gangs of Wasseypur (2012). Rampart is latest in a long line of movies that combine two of crime … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction and film from India, Crime film, James Ellroy, Melbourne International Film Festival, Neo Noir, Oren Moverman
Tagged Anne Heche, Anupama Copra, Colors (1988), Cop (1988) The Shield, Copland (1997), Cynthia Nixon, Dudley Smith, Gangs of Wasseypur, Jame Ellroy, Melbourne International Film Festival, Narc (2002), Oren Moverman, Q&A (1990), Rampart (2010), The Messenger (2009), Training Day (2001), Woody Harrelson
Crime time at the 2012 Melbourne International Film Festival
Last year’s Melbourne International Film Festival was the best I can remember in terms of bringing global crime cinema to Melbourne. And MIFF 2012 looks like it’s going to be every bit as good. I’m particularly pleased to have received media accreditation … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction and film from India, Crime fiction and film from Mexico, Crime fiction and film from Thailand, Crime film, James Ellroy, Melbourne International Film Festival, Oren Moverman
Tagged Bangkok Dangerous (1999), Gangs of Wasseypur, Gina Gershon, Headshot (2011), Killer Joe (2011), Matthew McConaughey, Melbourne International Film Festival, MIFF 2012, Miss Bala (2011), Ned Beatty, Oren Moverman, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Rampart (2011), Sigourney Weaver, Stephanie Sigman, Steve Buscemi, The Messenger (2009), To Live and Die in LA (1985)
City of Light
Years ago I read a book called Big Bad Blood by a Sydney crime writer called Dave Warner. I can’t remember much about it now, except it was set in Sydney’s vice centre, Kings Cross, in the mid-sixties and involved … Continue reading
Crime fiction criminals
By definition, the majority of crime fiction characters are criminals or at least commit illegal and/or immoral acts. But books where the main character is a full-time professional criminal are surprisingly few and far between. Here’s a selection of some of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime fiction, Donald Westlake aka Richard Stark, Garry Disher, George V Higgins, James Ellroy, Jim Thompson, Megan Abbott, Parker, Ted Lewis
Tagged Andrew Vachss, Burke, Charlie Huston, Cold Shot to the Heart, Donald Westlake aka Richard Stark, Garry Disher, George V Higgins, Get Carter (1971), Henry Thornton, Jack Carter and the Mafia Pigeon, Jack Carter's law, Jack's Return Home, James Ellroy, Jim Thompson, Keller, Lawrence Block, Megan Abbott, Michael Caine, Parker, Patricia Highsmith, Queenpin, Richard Stark, Ripley, Ted Lewis, The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), The Getway, Virginia Hill, Wallace Stroby, Wyatt
