HUNTING SHADOWS by Charles Todd

by | Jan 25, 2014 | Books, Reviews

HUNTING SHADOWS Charles Todd William Morrow January 21st, 2014 Hunting Shadows by Charles Todd, the mother-son writing team, once again has Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge attempting to solve a murder case. Their books are part historical novels and part gripping...

Behind The Book: THE EXECUTION

by | Jan 25, 2014 | Books

Over the last thirty-five years, the bulk of my time has been spent creating and running cop shows from Hill Street Blues to Miami Vice and the Law & Orders. As most TV viewers know, the networks do not make mini-series anymore, but I’ve never lost the desire to...

It's a wrap: Noir at the Bar-Twin Cities

by | Jan 24, 2014 | Events

Thursday, January 23,  was the third Noir at the Bar: Twin Cities. To say it was a beer-filled, crime infused success would be an understatement. With an attendance of fifty crime/mystery fans hanging off their every word, Kristi Belcamino, Matthew Clemens, and Dan...

Five Influential Songs

by | Jan 24, 2014 | Features, Five Things

As a child growing up, my mother was always singing, and I was fascinated by songs she chose – traditional songs, hymns, hits from American musicals, pop songs in the ‘hit parade’ as we called it then. For some reason I thought that the lyrics of these songs would...

Film Review: THE PAST

by | Jan 24, 2014 | Films

THE PAST (in French and Farsi with subtitles) Writer-Director, Asghar Farhadi Starring: Ali Mosaffa, Berenice Bejo, Jeanne Jestin, Elyes Agius, Pauline Burlet, Tahar Rahim I have been waiting for another movie from Farhadi since THE SEPARATION, and although this does...