Recently, Teresa appeared on the “All About Agatha” podcast, where she and host Kemper Donovan talked about Christie movie adaptations. But it wasn’t just a conversation about “Agatha Christie, She Watched.” Kemper decided to go down the list of Poirot and Miss Marple movies and choose the best and worst for each portrayer: Peter Ustinov […]
Teresa reviews Three Act Tragedy (2018) and thought that despite the character doubles, change of location, and butt-kissing, the story held together. (Drame en trois actes) (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 2½ poisoned cocktails A famous actor falls madly in love but needs to keep his hidden past hidden. You’ll recognize much of […]
Teresa sat down with Ann Dark from the “Dark and Stormy Book Club” podcast to talk about our “Agatha Christie, She Watched” coffee table book. We had a great time talking about the movies, Teresa’s favorite characters and movies, and how to hold your own Agatha Christie film festival.
We discovered a new Agatha Christie podcast! It’s called “Tea & Murder: An Agatha Christie Podcast” and it is hosted by Rebecca Thandi Norman. The show has only one full episode (plus a trailer and a “here’s who I am and what this show’s about” episodes), and the structure is part interview and part book […]
A new episode dropped in our “Agatha Christie, She Watched” podcast: The ABC Murders! This week, we’re talking about traveling salesmen, boarding houses with benefits, murder parties and dangerous backgammon. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2018 movie “The ABC Murders,” starring John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot. This is a Poirot you’ve […]
Teresa Reviews “Murder in Mesopotamia” (2002) in the fourth episode of our podcast! Now coming out every Monday. And just a reminder that these reviews are SPOILER HEAVY so don’t listen if you don’t want to know whodunnit! Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press watch and review the David Suchet Poirot “Murder in Mesopotamia” […]
Agatha Christie seems to be undergoing a mini-revival of sorts. Last year, we had Kenneth Branaugh’s all-star version of “Murder on the Orient Express” (in my top 2 of OE movies, vying neck-and-neck with David Suchet’s). We saw this in the theater, because that’s the best way to tell Hollywood to bring us more movies […]
Hey Bill, what do you think of that new Agatha Christie biography reviewed in The Wall Street Journal? Without having read it, I can tell you that it’s a good family-authorized book with all the pluses and minuses that it implies. That’s because “Agatha Christie: A Mysterious Life,” was published in 2006 as “Agatha Christie: […]
Agatha Christie caught a break early in her career when her second novel “The Secret Adversary” was syndicated in American newspapers. Yes, American newspapers published fiction – real fictional stories in addition to the usual collection of fake, pseudo-fake, trendy, and actual facts. American newspapers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, American newspapers […]
This past month, film critics and bloggers were treated to the first look at the Kenneth Branagh Murder on the Orient Express. Like the 1974 movie, it’s stylish, mostly faithful to the book and featuring an all-star cast including Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penélope Cruz, Josh Gad, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, and Derek […]