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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #81: The Merchant of Venice (1972)
81. Cedric Messina’s The Merchant of Venice So Maggie Smith portrayed Portia in a 1972 BBC production ofThe Merchant of Venice, and since this wasn’t part of the BBC’s dreadful complete Shakespeare project (which looks as if Roger Corman directed it), I thought it safe to venture my eyes and ears on it. This Merchant was… Continue reading
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Episode 392: Jonathan Small!
Episode 392 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, I talk with podcaster, editor, journalist, and journeyman writer Jonathan Small about how to build a career as a writer… Continue reading
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Miami Book Fair International or Bust!
Hi, all. Here’s my fundraiser to help get me down to Miami Book Fair International later this month. At the time of this post, I am 58% of the way to my goal. Here is the link to the indiegogo campaign. With gratitude, Johnboy Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #298: Terminator Salvation
The Curator of Schlock #298 by Jeff Shuster Terminator Salvation Okay. I’m bored! So maybe I was a bit off on my Terminator: Dark Fate box office success predictions. No, it didn’t do as well as the opening weekend for Joker. No, it didn’t do as well as the opening weekend box office for Terminator Genisys. The media is… Continue reading
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Aesthetic Drift #22: Celestial 57
Aesthetic Drift #22 by Chelsey Clammer Celestial 57 The stars vibrated above me. Within me. Synchrony. At 2 a.m. I would walk back to my truck at seventeen, eighteen, nineteen years old, having come from a concert, the music still clamoring along my bones. Late ’90s, downtown Austin, where my favorite band, Sister 7,… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #80: Filming ‘Othello’
80. Orson Welles’s Filming ‘Othello’ I’ve neglected this blog for nearly a year, dear readers. I had suffered a surfeit of Shakespeare, something I didn’t think was possible. Fucking Hamlet again, I would think. Why? I mean, why? So far, I have reviewed seven films of Hamlet. Some of them are great, but I may… Continue reading
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Episode #391: Carmen Maria Machado!
Episode 391 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on Apple podcasts, stitcher, spotify, or click here to stream (right click to download, if that’s your thing). In this week’s episode, I talk with the amazing Carmen Maria Machado about her new experimental memoir, In the Dream House, as well as her… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #297: Terminator 3
The Curator of Schlock #297 by Jeff Shuster Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines It ain’t that bad. Terminator: Dark Fate premiers this weekend. I expect it to smash box office records. I see Terminator sequels, spinoffs, and television series in the future. Arnold Schwarzenegger will dance in the limelight once again. Commando II will soon follow. In fact,… Continue reading
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