Tag: Jim Thompson

The Grifters [Criterion Collection] Blu-Ray Review

Roy Dillon (John Cusack) is a small time con man, pulling little grifts in bars to get by. While the occasional blown con may get him a savage beating from an irate bartender now and then, his life grows increasingly more complicated when his new girlfriend Myra (Anette Benning) tries to pull him into a…


Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Our Lady of the Lesser Dead Nation

I’m back, y’all! After a short break to give the gift guide some breathing room, it’s time for another round of write-ups for books that seem to be well-regarded in the realm of horror. In this intro, one thing I did want to mention that may have crossed some minds in all this. The title…