Three con artists vie for dominance in #StephenFrears' classy, clever, and cool 1990 adaptation of #JimThompson’s THE GRIFTERS. @criterion.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/g...
Grifter’s Got an Irresistible Urge to be the Guy That’s Wise: The Grifters (1990)
Roy Dillon (John Cusack) is on the grift, strictly low end games. Quick jobs that nab a few dollars here, maybe a couple hundred there. He’s not interested in big stakes, long games. His mother, Li…
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March 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Three con artists vie for dominance in #StephenFrears' classy, clever, and cool 1990 adaptation of #JimThompson’s THE GRIFTERS. @criterion.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/g...
Roy Dillon faces troubles aplenty from women with agendas. Of course, he’s got some of his own in #JimThompson’s beautifully nasty noir novel, THE GRIFTERS. #MulhollandBooks @libraryofamerica.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/g...
Roy, Lilly, Moira, and Carol: Jim Thompson’s The Grifters
To the world at large, Roy Dillon is a guy who hasn’t really gotten a break. He’s clever, quick on his feet, reasonably educated, a solid salesman, and though he could’ve gone to a big university o…
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March 31, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Roy Dillon faces troubles aplenty from women with agendas. Of course, he’s got some of his own in #JimThompson’s beautifully nasty noir novel, THE GRIFTERS. #MulhollandBooks @libraryofamerica.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/g...
A boxer gets pulled into a kidnapping scheme in #JamesFoley’s exquisite adaptation of #JimThompson’s hardboiled novel, AFTER DARK, MY SWEET. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/a...
Funny How Sometimes Things That Aren’t True Are More True Than the Truth: After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
Former boxer Collie (Jason Patric) walked out of an institution some time back, and he’s been walking ever since. With a paper parcel of his few belongings under one arm, he makes his way across th…
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January 10, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A boxer gets pulled into a kidnapping scheme in #JamesFoley’s exquisite adaptation of #JimThompson’s hardboiled novel, AFTER DARK, MY SWEET. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/a...
A man out of prison learns that his parole may have come through not out of kindness but because he’s got a role to serve. If he wants to learn what (and survive) he will have to be quick and clever in #JimThompson’s early noir novel, #Recoil. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/r...
The Conditions of A Patsy’s Parole: Jim Thompson’s Recoil
Patrick Cosgrove has been convicted of bank robbery for a crime he cannot explain. He certainly did the deed, but it was spontaneous and as much of a surprise to himself as it was to the poor telle…
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August 28, 2026 at 12:32 AM
A man out of prison learns that his parole may have come through not out of kindness but because he’s got a role to serve. If he wants to learn what (and survive) he will have to be quick and clever in #JimThompson’s early noir novel, #Recoil. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/08/27/r...
A murder case turns into a wild media circus in #JimThompson’s incredibly bleak mosaic novel, THE CRIMINAL. One of the darker (yet also comic) entries in the author’s catalog. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/t...
A Nasty Piece of Work: Jim Thompson’s The Criminal
When Josie Eddleman was found sexually assaulted and murdered, the town of Kenton Hills was outraged. They wanted justice for the young woman, and while the police saw no reason to detain the last …
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July 31, 2026 at 3:06 AM
A murder case turns into a wild media circus in #JimThompson’s incredibly bleak mosaic novel, THE CRIMINAL. One of the darker (yet also comic) entries in the author’s catalog. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/t...
A small town’s movie theater becomes the setting for duplicity, blackmail, and unnatural death in #JimThompson’s slim but thrilling crime novel, NOTHING MORE THAN MURDER. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/n...
You Settle Fast or Go Broke: Jim Thompson’s Nothing More Than Murder
Joe Wilmot is in a bit of a bind. He’s the manager of the Barclay movie house, a cinema his wife Elizabeth owns (begun by her family, it still bears her maiden name), as well as the manager of its …
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June 26, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A small town’s movie theater becomes the setting for duplicity, blackmail, and unnatural death in #JimThompson’s slim but thrilling crime novel, NOTHING MORE THAN MURDER. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/06/25/n...
In 1981, French filmmaker #BertrandTavernier transplanted #JimThompson’s Pop. 1280 novel from the southern US to south Africa. The film COUP DE TORCHON is a masterpiece of comic noir, capturing the spirit of the book nicely. @criterion.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/c...
God Made Murder Out of Kindness: Coup de torchon (1981)
Frenchman Lucien Cordier (Philippe Noiret) is a law man in a small south African town, but he gets very little real respect. His wife Huguette (Stéphane Audran) is far more interested in doting on …
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June 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
In 1981, French filmmaker #BertrandTavernier transplanted #JimThompson’s Pop. 1280 novel from the southern US to south Africa. The film COUP DE TORCHON is a masterpiece of comic noir, capturing the spirit of the book nicely. @criterion.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/c...
A man sees a better future with a much younger woman than the one he has right now. But dreams are seldom all they seem in #JimThompson’s A HELL OF A WOMAN. #MullholandBooks @libraryofamerica.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/h...
Hating It, Hating Yourself, and Hoping: Jim Thompson’s A Hell of a Woman
Frank “Dolly” Dillon is not happy with his current existence. He works at a job for Pay-E-Zee Stores, selling cheap tchotchkes to folks for more than they are worth, which also happens to be more t…
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February 27, 2026 at 12:19 AM
A man sees a better future with a much younger woman than the one he has right now. But dreams are seldom all they seem in #JimThompson’s A HELL OF A WOMAN. #MullholandBooks @libraryofamerica.bsky.social consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/h...
A boxer with a condition is pulled into a gripping hardboiled yarn of yearning, kidnapping, and betrayal in #JimThompson’s powerful novel, AFTER DARK, MY SWEET. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/a...
That Darned Crazy Jack: Jim Thompson’s After Dark, My Sweet
Kevin “Kid” Collins makes his way from the asylum to the small city in a matter of days. Stealing cars, bumming lifts, getting around however he can. He’s a former boxer, can take care of himself, …
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January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
A boxer with a condition is pulled into a gripping hardboiled yarn of yearning, kidnapping, and betrayal in #JimThompson’s powerful novel, AFTER DARK, MY SWEET. consideringstories.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/a...