Blogs about: Donald Westlake

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Left Behind1 comment

planettrash wrote 3 weeks ago: At the bus stop this morning, there were two paperback books left behind. Just as a few weeks ago, s … more »

Tags: Environment, litter, bus stop, Books, Tom Clancy

Why not try these troubled double bills?7 comments

dcairns wrote 4 months ago:   I was going to give up the comedy double bill thing, honest I was, BEFORE grinding it into the gr … more »

Tags: film, Literature, Dortmunder, The Charge of the Light Brigade

Quote of the Day -- Your Stars, Today6 comments

dcairns wrote 5 months ago: ‘Darker, tonight, without the moon, but lots of high tiny white pinpoints of stars in cluster … more »

Tags: film, Literature, mythology, Stranger on the Third Floor, The Elephant Man, Dortmunder, Drowned Hopes

Quote of the Day: Short People13 comments

dcairns wrote 6 months ago:   Walter Matthau, as Kendig, in HOPSCOTCH, to a photograph of Myerson, played by Ned Beatty. … more »

Tags: film, Literature, criterion, Glenda Jackson, Hopscotch, Ned Beatty, Ronald Neame, walter matthau

"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!" 4 comments

dcairns wrote 6 months ago: It doesn’t really look like there’s a head growing up out of his neck, more like there … more »

Tags: film, Literature, Television, walter matthau, Billy Wilder, The Fortune Cookie, Jack Lemmon, Buddy-buddy, Charley Varrick

"Enough: too much."9 comments

dcairns wrote 7 months ago: I’d been meaning to get into Donald Westlake’s work (he scripted THE GRIFTERS from Jim … more »

Tags: film, Literature, Gene Tierney, New York, critics, DeQuincey, Laura, Preminger, Noir

The Zero Effect2 comments

mysterytrivia wrote 8 months ago: One of the most enjoyable movies ever! Starring Bill Pulman and Ben Stiller. Truly a fantastic way … more »

Tags: Mystery Quotes, Mystery Writing Advice, Recommended Movies, Passion, Bill Pulman, Ben Stiller

Lawrence Block and Donald Westlake

Adelino Alvarez wrote 2 weeks ago: I discovered Lawrence Block’s novels more than twenty years ago. More or less at the same time … more »

Tags: Lawrence Block

The Outfit (1973)

Toshi Yano wrote 5 months ago:   Earl Macklin (Robert Duvall) is barely out of prison when his girl, Bett (Karen Black), tells hi … more »

Tags: Movies, Elisha Cook, Joe Don Baker, Karen Black, Marie Windsor, Richard Stark, Robert Duvall, the outfit


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