News and views and issues and previews (and other words that rhyme with “news”).

Recently, I moved back to Mississippi after spending a year in Atlanta working on a writing project. I’m now ensconced in my next writing venture–editing the fascinating memoir of a woman born and bred here in the Delta–but alas, other obligations have fallen to the wayside in the meantime. As such, you may have noticed…

Happenings.

The past nine days have been busy and somewhat fruitful … well, everywhere except this blog. Carrie, Nikki, and I enjoyed a weekend in Birmingham (that’s Alabama, not England—though Lord knows we all probably wish it were) with some of our college buddies. All told, the seven of us had not all been in the…

Around and about.

Recently, a couple of our posts were linked over at the LAMB … The Director’s Chair honoring Alfred Hitchcock was this past weekend. Two of True Classics’ posts were submitted and linked to for the event: a review of Vertigo and Brandie’s excessive lauding of Shadow of a Doubt. Go check out the links to…

News you can (kinda) use.

Just a couple of announcements/items of interest: Our post about our friend Leigh’s discovery of a signed photo of Dear Mr. Gable has been reprinted on the Movies Unlimited blog, MovieFanFare. Yay! Go check it out!  🙂 What movies make you weep beyond all measure? We’re looking for guest bloggers for our new “Maudlin Mondays”…