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Joy Murphy

Aug 213 min

The Early Origins of the Writing of Sideways and My Love of Alisal Ranch

Over 20 years ago, dead broke, divorced, and living in rent-controlled Santa Monica, CA I started making pilgrimages to the Santa Ynez...

Joy Murphy

May 192 min

The Sideways Tetralogy Now Available- RexPickettbooks.com

In 1999 I wrote a novel titled Sideways. It would take another five years before it became the hit, award-winning film of the same title....

Joy Murphy

Feb 143 min

Rex Pickett's Discovery and Love for Ancien Wines

Since moving to the city of Napa a little over a year ago I have been a frequent visitor at the Vintners Collective in downtown Napa....

Joy Murphy

Feb 12 min

Paul Giamatti, The Sideways Legend and I Reunite

Sideways came out nearly 20 years ago. I haven't seen Paul Giamatti, my alter ego Miles Raymond – I write autobiographically in the...

Joy Murphy

Dec 8, 20236 min

Max, the Writer's Cat

I haven’t had a pet since I was a kid, and that was some decades ago. Kate, the archivist who processed my papers, knowing I lived a...

Joy Murphy

Nov 8, 202313 min

SIDEWAYS and the Theatrical Genius of Alvis Hermanis

Twelve years ago I premiered/workshopped my Sideways play (a theatrical adaptation of my novel written by me) at the tiny 50-seat Ruskin...

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Joy Murphy

Oct 2, 20232 min

Sideways Author Rex Pickett is Riga and Rioja Ready!

This weekend I fly to Riga, Latvia to attend the premiere of my Sideways play at the New Riga Theatre. A 250-seat theater sold out 11...

Joy Murphy

Jul 30, 20232 min

Rex's SIDEWAYS Update- Napa and New Zealand

The above photo is of the Vintners Collective in downtown Napa. Formerly a brewery, then a Chinese laundry, this historic building is...