Alan CliffeOn The Way We WereThe Way We Were on DVD. My first time out. Which is a little odd, considering my history and my politics. Or the history of my politics…2 min read·3 hours ago----
Alan CliffeOn CapoteCapote’s short stories from start to finish. The guy could write, and from a young age — I think he wrote the first story in the…1 min read·2 days ago----
Alan CliffeA Brief EncounterPretty girl at the park, eighteen or twenty, brunette, there with some friends, a little shyly: “Are you a writer?”1 min read·Apr 30, 2024----
Alan CliffePandora’s TextPandora North awoke. The man next to her did not. The funny thing was, she’d kind of liked the guy.2 min read·Apr 30, 2024----
Alan CliffeChrist on a CrackerA question arose during Mad Men’s run about the origin of the Pete Campbell saying of my title. As the saying goes nowadays, I did my own…2 min read·Apr 10, 2024----
Alan CliffeAs I was walking south behind an inner-ring-suburban City Hall, looking for a paper bag that got…1 min read·Apr 8, 2024----
Alan CliffeThe Godfather Coda.A dramatic road not taken: In re Michael’s return visit, in Kay’s company, to the town of Corleone, I wonder what surviving relatives of…2 min read·Apr 3, 2024----
Alan CliffeCannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.From ’88. It seems that Apocalypse Now is not the only film inspired by Heart of Darkness. Adrienne Barbeau plays a Kurtz — yes, she’s…1 min read·Apr 3, 2024----
Alan CliffeOn Black SailsC18 piracy from the points of view of the pirates and their associates. It may be simultaneously the most and the least realistic filmic…1 min read·Apr 3, 2024----