7:30 p.m.

POINT BLANK
‍(1967 92 Minutes)Introduction and discussion by Steve Stodghill.
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7:30 p.m.

POINT BLANK (1967, 92 minutes) Introduction and discussion by Steve Stodghill.
Mal Reese is in a real bind--owing a good deal of money to his organized crime bosses--and gets his friend Walker to join him in a heist. It goes off without a hitch, but when Reese realizes the take isn't as large as he had hoped, he kills Walker--or so he thinks. Some time later, Walker decides it's time to get his share of the money and starts with his ex-wife Lynne, who took up with Reese after the shooting. That leads him on a trail--to his wife's sister Chris, to Reese himself, then onto Big Stegman, then Frederick Carter, then up the line of gangsters in an effort to get money from people who simply won't acknowledge that they owe him anything.

SATURDAY MAY 20, 2023

Book signings will take place between 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. on Saturday May 20th.
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Paul Coggins – Nationally recognized criminal defense attorney and former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Wrote the mystery thriller The Lady is the Tiger, and co-authored a book about college athletics. Author of two novels in the Cash McCahill series (Sting Like a Butterfly and The Eye of the Tigress)
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Harry Hunsicker – Best-selling author of eight crime thrillers. Wrote screenplay for the short film (S)hit Squad, premiering at the DNF. Former EVP of the Mystery Writers of America, his work has been short-listed for both the Shamus and Thriller Awards.
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Eli Cranor – Author of Don't Know Tough, winner of the Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel contest, and hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "Southern noir at its finest, a cauldron of terrible choices and even more terrible outcomes."

Victor Gischler – Edgar and Anthony Award-nominated author of noir crime novels Gun Monkeys, Shotgun Opera, The Deputy, Stay and many others. A feature film adaptation of Gun Monkeys is currently in production in Louisiana starring Pierce Brosnan and Morena Baccarin.
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Gary Phillips – Staff writer on FX’s Snowfall, and author of more than 20 books, including the acclaimed new novel One-Shot Harry.
‍3699 McKinney Ave.

12:45 P.M.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
(1951, 101 Minutes)‍

11:00 a.m.

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951, 101 minutes)
Bruno Antony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father, and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple: Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants gone. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand, but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the "bargain" and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused to divorce him. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings.

1:45 pm

CAPE FEAR
(1962, 106 Minutes)‍

1:45 pm

CAPE FEAR (1962, 106 minutes)
Having nothing but time on his hands, brutal, irredeemable criminal Max Cady re-enters the life of strait-laced lawyer and family man Sam Bowden after serving a life-changing eight-year stint in jail for assault. Now, nothing can prevent Max from getting what he wants, and driven by the unquenchable desire to get even, the sadist with the chilling smirk sets a sinister cat-and-mouse game in motion. In the following days, as Cady takes pleasure in pushing Bowden's buttons in a relentless campaign of psychological warfare, the psychotic ex-con will have Bowden and his family peering over their shoulders, hell-bent on destroying the district attorney who sent him to prison. Can Sam protect what he holds dear? Will the nightmare in Cape Fear ever end?

7:30 p.m.

THE GETAWAY
(1972, 123 Minutes)
Doc McCoy has been granted parole. The catch is that Sheriff Beynon expects a small favor from McCoy for his generosity: robbing another bank! Beynon does not really intend to let McCoy walk away after the heist and neither does co-robber Rudy Butler, but stopping Doc proves a trifle difficult.

7:30 p.m.

THE GETAWAY (1972, 123 minutes)
Doc McCoy has been granted parole. The catch is that Sheriff Beynon expects a small favor from McCoy for his generosity: robbing another bank! Beynon does not really intend to let McCoy walk away after the heist and neither does co-robber Rudy Butler, but stopping Doc proves a trifle difficult.

Additional book signings will take place between 5:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
on Saturday May 20th.
‍3699 McKinney Ave.

8:00 P.M.

THE MALTESE FALCON
(1941, 100 Minutes)
Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two men are partners, but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wonderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a man named Floyd Thursby. It seems Miss Wonderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who uses gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and feigned civility. Her only hope of protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of one or the other murder. More murders are yet to come, and it will all be because of these dangerous men -- and their lust for a statuette of a bird: the Maltese Falcon.

8:00 p.m.

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941, 100 minutes)
Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two men are partners, but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wonderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a man named Floyd Thursby. It seems Miss Wonderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who uses gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and feigned civility. Her only hope of protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of one or the other murder. More murders are yet to come, and it will all be because of these dangerous men -- and their lust for a statuette of a bird: the Maltese Falcon.

10:00 P.M.

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
Hosted by Anne and Steve Stodghill ()

1:45 pm

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY - Hosted by Anne and Steve Stodghill
TBD

7:30 p.m.

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2023 Schedule

2023 KICK OFF PARTY TUESDAY APRIL 18, 6:00-9:00 p.m.

THURSDAY MAY 18, 2023

FRIDAY MAY 19, 2023

SATURDAY MAY 20, 2023