What else is on my radar for new, soon and recent period crime shit ('specially now that Megan Abbott and Ace Atkins are doing contemporary pieces)? How about the bomb dropped by James Ellroy that he's writing a second L.A. Quartet? Yeah, you're right, it'll probably take a decade for the first one to arrive, so meantime theres... hmmm... what's this Sugar Pop Moon by John Florio? You checked it out? How about The Kept Girl by Kim Cooper (plus there's this)? Or... or The Tilted World by Tom Franklin & Beth Ann Fennelly? That sounds like a winner (check out their interview with Stephen Usery on the Mysterypod podcast).
Well - how 'bout the Bonnie & Clyde from A&E, The History Channel and Lifetime (nevermind, I think I just answered my own question)? Okay, what about Mitch Glazer's Magic City on Starz? Anyone seen it? Bueller? How 'bout True Detective debuting in January on HBO? Yeah, I'm not sure exactly what period it is (trailer I saw looks like it spans a couple decades - maybe 70's and 80's?), but with the track record of Boardwalk Empire and Galveston (the novel from the show's creator Nic Pizzolatto) I'm so on board.
And movies? I'm holding out for the James Gray double bill of The Immigrant (which he wrote and directed) and Guillaume Canet's Blood Ties (which Gray shares a screenwriting credit on).
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Tried to watch "Mob City"...just atrocious, especially on the heels of "Boardwalk Empire's" best season.
I actually loved History Channel's "Hatfields and McCoys" (seen it?) so I'll give "Bonnie & Clyde" a chance.
There's an official press release saying that Ellroy's "Perfidia" is coming fall 2014. We'll see...However a graphic novel of Ellroy's "The Black Dahlia" was supposedly just released in France. Sounds interesting...
"Sugar Pop Moon" wasn't mind-blowing, but it was well done.
And off topic, but re-watching "Brotherhood" and LOVING it! Maybe it's just cause I'm a New Englander (they nailed it), but one of my favorite crime shows.
Hatfields has been on my list for a long time. I need to check it out. And I'll echo your love for Brotherhood. Great show - strong finish.
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