I tell myself I’ll stop by the ol’ homestead regularly to sweep away the cobwebs, make sure the lights still work, keep the place spruced up. Then months go by before I make the drive and I find the joint colonized by possums and—what the hell’s that smell in the back room? You wait here while I check it out.
In the meantime, a recap of 2026 so far at Cocktails and Crime, where I mainly hang my hat.
I pulled together a list of everything I read and saw in 2025 … and decided not to publish it.
A rundown of Noir City Seattle, including the movies I introduced as co-host.
I check out two films that didn’t make the jump to Seattle’s Noir City along with the documentary The Donn of Tiki.
A recap of the festival, plus Sirāt and the reissued Night of the Juggler (1980), which I describe as stupid High and Low meets dumb Death Wish. In a complimentary way.
Reviews of The Last Kings of Hollywood and Partially Devoured, about Night of the Living Dead.
A look at Jane Leavy’s Make Me Commissioner, thoughts on Miroirs No. 3 and The Christophers, plus the 10th anniversary of Renee Patrick’s Design for Dying.
My Seattle International Film Festival in review, including the restored Queen Kelly (1929) and what may be “the most oversexed movie I’ve ever seen.”
The 40th anniversary of my high school graduation and how the ceremony marked my triumphant entry into show business.
A roundup of new old mysteries and old new mysteries.
