Odie Henderson (not on here!) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Odie Henderson (not on here!)

My hometown appears in several noirs (and Richard Pryor runs a scam there in Uptown Saturday Night). Most famously, our brains got insulted in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. But here's a non-dialogue noir reference. Edith Wharton & Joanne Woodward mention us in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. https://t.co/7mK7RqNSxA

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Odie Henderson (not on here!)

My hometown appears in several noirs (and Richard Pryor runs a scam there in Uptown Saturday Night). Most famously, our brains got insulted in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. But here's a non-dialogue noir reference. Edith Wharton & Joanne Woodward mention us in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. https://t.co/7mK7RqNSxA

Odie Henderson (not on here!)

@mattzollerseitz @AmosPosner I just can't believe all the names Bond girls say Octopussy! Ian Fleming writes dirty chicks all day Octopussy! Do U believe it's odd Or is it only me? Octopussy! I can't understand. Does she have 8 punany? Octopussy! This is something new! 1 for U and 7 just for me. Octopussy!

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Also at @BostonGlobe, I wrote about PERSUASION, which only I seem to like. My review will apparently conjure up Jane Austen's angry ghost, who will bore me to death like she did back in high school. Save the trip! I'll be in Hell soon enough, Jane! (2/3) https://t.co/2ZXkMZjHjc

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Alan Parker's THE COMMITMENTS remains the only movie I've never been able to sit through. I walked out of it when it came out, and I tried twice more on HBO (I liked Roddy Doyle's books). Every other movie I've walked out of (8 in total to be exact), I eventually saw in total.

Odie Henderson (not on here!)

My @Criterion essay on Gordon Parks' groundbreaking The Learning Tree is up. Have a look, and more importantly, see the movie. It's on Criterion Blu-Ray now. https://t.co/LQ6LrfUSO9

Odie Henderson (not on here!)

CLASH BY NIGHT leaves the "we put solitary letters on our covers" Channel this month! "Home is where you come when you run out of places," says Stany in one of her best lines. I wrote about it at Noir City XIII: https://t.co/q3MpdG2gN8 https://t.co/GYxhvvfMGF

Odie Henderson (not on here!)

My hometown appears in several noirs (and Richard Pryor runs a scam there in Uptown Saturday Night). Most famously, our brains got insulted in SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. But here's a non-dialogue noir reference. Edith Wharton & Joanne Woodward mention us in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE. https://t.co/7mK7RqNSxA

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Written by Joel Schumacher, who for some unbelievable reason was hired to write several Black movies back in the 1970's. Sparkle's end of movie dress is Black Famous, even if it does look like Divine's dress in Pink Flamingos. (BAD ODIE!) https://t.co/10sZ2ErXYT

Odie Henderson (not on here!)

My @Criterion essay on Gordon Parks' groundbreaking The Learning Tree is up. Have a look, and more importantly, see the movie. It's on Criterion Blu-Ray now. https://t.co/LQ6LrfUSO9