Renee Patrick

A black and white portrait of Maria Riva in front of a camera. Text reads: "1924-2025: Maria Riva, Actres and Autho Whoe Demystified Her Mother's Fame, Dies at 100." Photo from Getty Images

Maria Riva, an actress and author who was the only child of Marlene Dietrich, whose bombshell biography of her mother explored the terrible cost of her fame, died on Wednesday. She was 100. nyti.ms/4qGku18

ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime, an Elmore Leonard bio leads me back to some of his early stuff, with a surprising amount of material about Fresca. Plus, drinking around Chicago. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-84...

Kim Novak for Vertigo by Alfred Hitchcock in a dress by Edith Head (1958)

NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. A biography of Elmore Leonard sends me back to early work by Dutch, and to my complicated history with Fresca. Also, I drink Midwestern style. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-84...

Most of these cocktails will be in A HELL OF A DRINK, my upcoming book with Chris Elford, and you can get them at Navy Strength through this weekend.

Took the whole month, but I drank my way through the entire Nightmare on Wall Street menu at @navystrengthseattle. Pictured: the Roman Ritual, inspired by THE OMEN, and the Dream Warrior, based obviously on NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3.

A black-and-white photograph of costume designer Edith Head from 1937

BORN ON THIS DATE. Edith Head, born October 28, 1897. Seen here in a photo from 1937, the year the first Lillian Frost & Edith Head mystery DESIGN FOR DYING (2016) is set.

BLUE MOON is a captivating, small miracle of a movie. It's even more astonishing to watch Ethan Hawke's revelatory turn as Lorenz Hart while in the midst of his polar-opposite performance in FX's THE LOWDOWN.

ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime: everything you'd want to know about the new horror movie cocktail book I'm writing with Chris Elford, plus why you should watch RELAY with Riz Ahmed and more. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-83...

NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME! The full story on the horror-movie-inspired cocktail book I'm writing with world-class bartender Chris Elford, plus the best movie thriller of the year so far and more. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-83...

The Room 237, Chris Elford's cocktail inspired by THE SHINING. Now at Navy Strength Seattle and soon to be in our book A HELL OF A DRINK.

Me and Vince at a tiki bar decorated for Halloween. His cocktail has a glowing green ice cube. Mine has a blood orange and apricot garnish.

Me and @vpkeenan.bsky.social enjoying some horror movie inspired cocktails at Navy Strength. His is "Cleaners of the Rotten" inspired by When Evil Lurks and mine is a non-alcoholic "Samara's Cup" based on the American remake of The Ring. Recipe book coming soon, so stay tuned...

SOME PERSONAL NEWS! Cannot wait to get A HELL OF A DRINK out there in 2027. Chris Elford is a dear friend and a genius bartender. His horror movie inspired cocktails are fantastic. Every Sasquatch book is gorgeous. Halloween will never be the same again!

SIFF and Seattle Central have mutually decided to end our current lease at the Egyptian. We are so grateful to Seattle Central for their partnership over the years, and to all who have come to a film or event at SIFF Cinema Egyptian. Read more at siff.info/siffegynews-bsky.

Hit opening weekend at Navy Strength's annual Halloween pop-up Nightmare on Wall Street in Seattle. Had fantastic cocktails inspired by CANDYMAN (1992/2021) and THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991).

Also, this may be related to a book project I may be announcing shortly.

ICYMI at Cocktails and Crime, a look at the 40th anniversary restoration of BRAZIL, the movie that broke my brain when I was a kid and is newly relevant today. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-82...

Worn #onthisday in 1981 by fashion models from Nordstrom department store in Seattle, WA, posing in winter casual wear (L) and outdoor gear (R). Seattle has historically been a sportswear industry incubator, spawning brands from Eddie Bauer to REI, Filson, Outdoor Research, and Tommy Bahama. #OTD

NEW COCKTAILS AND CRIME. On revisiting a movie from my youth that's now all too relevant, and on what changes and what stays the same. Also, music documentaries. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-82...

Costume designer Edith Head alongside the late actor Robert Redford

A man wearing a shearling-lined jacket and light blue shirt stands indoors, looking to the side with his hand on his chest. Other people are visible in the background.

The simply incomparable Robert Redford

(1936-2025) ❤️

18 Stylish Hitchcock Films to Rewatch Now From Grace Kelly dazzling in ‘Rear Window’ and ‘To Catch a Thief’, to the immaculate styling of ‘Vertigo’ and ‘The Birds’.

Edith Head's name comes up more than once. www.vogue.com/article/most...

Inspired by this month's fashion lineup?

Check our latest addition to the TCM Library: FILM FASHION ICONS.

Curated by Alicia Malone, this chic deck and Style Inspiration Guidebook makes the perfect pairing for the fashionistas in your life.

Order today: bit.ly/3Ib91Fu

NEW NEWSLETTER COMING! Edith Head's spotlight September on TCM and more! Subscribe and receive a free article on Edith's noir fashions! reneepatrickbooks.com

TCM Spotlight: Edith Head Wednesdays in September | 22 moviesCostume designer Edith Head had an illustrious career in Hollywood. She worked on over 1,000 films and was nominated for 35 Academy Awards, eight of which she won. A...

My latest article for TCM chronicles the career of costume designer Edith Head and her impact on Hollywood: www.tcm.com/articles/Pro...

At the blog, a recap of the middle third of 2025 at Cocktails and Crime. blog.vincekeenan.com/2025/08/down...

Glenn Ford leans on Edith Head to autograph one of the sketches she created for Capra’s POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES on which they both worked, 1961.

ICYMI, the latest Cocktails & Crime has background on my CrimeReads story about the six movies directed by Danny DeVito now that a remake of THE WAR OF THE ROSES is in theaters. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-81...

C&C 81: Directed by Danny DeVito at CrimeReads Bonus features for my latest article, with an appropriate cocktail

Related: in the latest Cocktails & Crime, bonus features on my @crimereads.bsky.social article on the films of Danny DeVito, including the admission that I wrote the piece just to get more people to watch DEATH TO SMOOCHY. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-81...

Danny DeVito, Director It can be difficult for those of a certain age to accept that generations will not automatically think of Danny DeVito as irascible reprobate Louie De Palma on Taxi (1978-1982) but as irascible rep…

With THE ROSES in theaters, I look back at THE WAR OF THE ROSES and the other five movies directed by Danny DeVito at @crimereads.bsky.social. Every one of them a crime story. crimereads.com/danny-devito...

© Diane Arbus, The King and the Queen of a Senior Citizen Dance, NYC, 1970, courtesy Collection FOTOGRAFIS, Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien

Helmut Newton, Hanna Schygulla and costume designer Edith Head, Los Angeles 1980 © Helmut Newton Foundation

In "Newton, Riviera and Dialogues. FOTOGRAFIS Collection × Helmut Newton.", Newton's #photographs are juxtaposed with "partner images" of key figures in the photographic canon, on view from Thu, Sep 4, 7 pm at the Helmut #Newton Foundation in #Berlin.

☞ www.photography-in.berlin/helmut-newto...