Harry Hunsicker

What a great way to start a Monday! Shortlisted for a Thriller Award! Congrats to my fellow nominees.

I’m thirty minutes into HAMNET. Great movie so far but why does everything happen at a Steak and Ale?

@EWendallThomas Thanks!

@HarryHunsicker No brainer, Harry!

If you’re attending Bouchercon this year—the world conference for mystery and thriller fans and writers—I have a story eligible for the Anthony Award, THE GIRL OF STEEL published by the nice people at Dark Yonder. Frida and I would be most appreciative if you voted for it.

I had zero expectations going into SENTIMENTAL VALUE (family drama, dysfunctional father-daughter relationship, subtitled…🤦‍♂️) but this may be my favorite Oscar nominee of the year.

I sure like to write except for the writing part.

Noir at the Bar Nacogdoches!

If you’re wondering how Snow Lockdown is going at my house, I’m currently watching a YouTube video of a guy singing the Epic of Gilgamesh in the original Sumerian.

THE RIP is loads of fun, a well crafted story about a stash house full of drug money and cops who can’t trust each other. Great performances from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and their beards.

The Santa Fe Whole Foods is like the bar scene in Star Wars, loud and full of unidentifiable life forms.

For your end of the year viewing pleasure, allow me to suggest RELAY on Netflix, about a fixer who helps whistleblowers while hiding his identity using a relay service for the deaf. That pitch does not do justice to the film. It’s edge-of-your-seat tension from start to finish.

My personal noir film festival continues with John Cassavetes’ THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE. Ben Gazzara, owner of the saddest strip club in LA, is a degenerate gambler who finds himself in debt to some really bad people. Complications ensue. Great film if for nothing more than the gritty 1970s setting.

My personal Thanksgiving film festival continues with Yorgos Lanthimos’ THE LOBSTER, a bleak but humorous story about a dystopian future where you have 30 days to find love or you’ll be turned into the animal of your choice. Spoiler: It gets weird after that. Really enjoyed the film.

Why aren’t more people talking about AMERICANA, @tonytost’s crime thriller/neo noir western? Utterly captivating film. Quirky, darkly humorous, maybe a little too languid for some. I loved it. Think Quentin Tarantino crossed with Wim Wenders but very much its own thing.

New obsession: THE BEAST IN ME. Murder and intrigue. Secrets. The crazy woman from Homeland still being crazy. Four episodes in and I have no idea what the payoff is but I’m up for the ride. Totally bingeable.

Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN. Bad dads make bad dads. I loved every frame. Spectacular film.

Really enjoyed @ageofdisclosure, the new documentary by @Dan_Farah. The sheer number of government officials who said “we’re not alone” was astonishing. As a companion piece, check out @joerogan’s interview yesterday with Farah. Great stuff there too.

I had a great interview with Carter Wilson. No topics were off limit. Well, maybe one or two. instagram.com/p/DRUjOfQEt6K/…