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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #62: Hamlet (2009)
62. Gregory Doran’s Hamlet (2009) Gregory Doran’s 2009 film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2008 run of Hamlet boasts a tremendous cast, with David Tennant as the Danish prince, Patrick Stewart as both his uncle and his father’s ghost, and Penny Downie as Gertrude. This is a re-staging of that production on film soundstages… Continue reading
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Episode 285: Litlando 2017: YA Fiction Panel!
Episode 285 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, Sara Nicolas, Christina Farley, and Ella Martin discuss the world of young adult fiction at Litlando, from February 25th, 2017. TEXTS DISCUSSED Episode 285 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite… Continue reading
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Episode 284: Horror Movie Poetry Night IV
Episode 284 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. This week is a live show: Horror Movie Poetry Night IV. We enter the dark rubicons of Saw, Annabel, Child’s Play, The Lady in White, Phantasm, Return of the Living Dead, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Omen,… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #201: The Wicker Man
The Curator of Schlock #201 by Jeff Shuster The Wicker Man (I thought Christopher Lee was in this one.) Blog 201. Only 99 more to go before I get to 300. Only 700 more after that until I get to 1,000. I will be the world authority on schlock if I have to lie, cheat,… Continue reading
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Pensive Prowler #12: Walking in the Rain
Pensive Prowler #12 by DMETRI KAKMI Walking in the Rain In memory of George Young, the co-writer of ‘Walking in the Rain’; and for John King, who shares the passion. Melbourne, 1981. It was the height of the New Romantics movement. I was twenty years old and enamoured of the Blitz Kids in England’s club… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #200: The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
The Curator of Schlock #200 by Jeff Shuster The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake How come he gets four skulls and I only get one? Whoah! 200 blogs. What a long, strange trip it’s been. I remember when John King first approached me on writing this weekly column. We had arranged a deal. If I… Continue reading
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Episode 282: Loose Lips Live Show!
Episode 282 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I share a recording of Loose Lips, the monthly current events literary thing hosted by the inestimable Tod Caviness, with special guests Erik Deckers, Whitney Hamrick, Joe Snyder, Mary McGinn,… Continue reading
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The Curator of Schlock #199: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
The Curator of Schlock #199 by Jeff Shuster Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter Let’s just get this over with. Sigh. It’s Friday the 13th so I have to cover another Friday the 13th movie. I guess it’s a horror movie so it fits in with this month’s theme. This one is 1984’s Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter… Continue reading
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Shakespearing #48: As You Like It at CSC
Shakespearing #48 by David Foley Wit and Fresh Sorrow: As You Like It at CSC When non-traditional casting is not the same as color-blind casting, things can get interesting. (I realize non-traditional casting is a bit of a misnomer since by now it’s quite traditional.) In John Doyle’s new production of As You Like It… Continue reading
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