Some housekeeping up top. I return to CrimeReads with a feature story reviewing the directorial career of beloved actor Danny DeVito. The survey was prompted by the arrival in theaters of The Roses, an adaptation of the Warren Adler novel The War of the Roses which DeVito made into a memorable black comedy in 1989. The main takeaway: watch Death to Smoochy (2002).
Next, a recap of the middle third of the year at my newsletter Cocktails and Crime:
Trying to regain my fiction writing mojo by serving as an Edgars judge and reading a trio of novels that spawned some classic movie thrillers
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), part one: documentaries on food, drink, and film
SIFF, part two: vintage 3D noir and crime films
I run a 5K, see some big-screen Kurosawa, and report on recent reading
Class as treated in a pair of current crime novels, and French mushroom noir
A pair of baseball books
The Facebook memoir Careless People prompts a social media report card
I make my documentary debut, and see even more big-screen Kurosawa
A quartet of new crime movies
Background on my DeVito article for CrimeReads
