If you’ve read the blog for very long, watched The Poisoned Pen’s interviews on YouTube or Facebook, or went to the bookstore, you know Patrick Millikin. Patrick just did a podcast, an episode of “Watch with Jen”, and talked about one of his favorite noir novels, Nightmare Alley, as well as the two films made from it. Here’s the link so you can listen.
Watch With Jen – S5: E12 – NIGHTMARE ALLEY with Patrick Millikin | Patreon
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As a Phoenix-based cinephile & bibliophile, it was a joy & honor to bring on another local film & literature lover in the form of my brilliant friend Patrick Millikin of Scottsdale’s world-famous Poisoned Pen Bookstore. Deciding to give listeners an in-depth exploration of a classic noir novel & its adaptations, in this rich, fascinating, & admittedly spoiler-filled conversation, we dive into author William Lindsay Gresham’s dark masterpiece NIGHTMARE ALLEY & the 1947 & 2021 film adaptations from directors Edmund Goulding & Guillermo del Toro that followed. I’m incredibly proud of this episode, which gives listeners the experience of a great night of thoughtful discussion at Poisoned Pen from wherever they push play around the world. Enjoy!
Bio: Patrick Millikin is a bookseller at The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale and a freelance writer and editor. He is the editor of the anthology Phoenix Noir and The Highway Kind: Tales of Fast Cars, Desperate Drivers and Dark Roads, and his work has appeared in Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Review of Books, and other publications. A longtime devotee of noir fiction, Millikin leads a popular book group called The Hardboiled Discussion Group (now in its twenty-fourth year).
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NIGHTMARE ALLEY (1947) – “The Fool Who Walks in Motley” – Criterion Collection essay by Kim Morgan
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