Joy MurphyAug 213 min readThe Early Origins of the Writing of Sideways and My Love of Alisal RanchOver 20 years ago, dead broke, divorced, and living in rent-controlled Santa Monica, CA I started making pilgrimages to the Santa Ynez...
Joy MurphyMay 192 min readThe Sideways Tetralogy Now Available- RexPickettbooks.comIn 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 MurphyFeb 143 min readRex Pickett's Discovery and Love for Ancien WinesSince 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 MurphyFeb 12 min readPaul Giamatti, The Sideways Legend and I ReuniteSideways came out nearly 20 years ago. I haven't seen Paul Giamatti, my alter ego Miles Raymond – I write autobiographically in the...
Joy MurphyDec 8, 20236 min readMax, the Writer's CatI 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 MurphyNov 8, 202313 min readSIDEWAYS and the Theatrical Genius of Alvis HermanisTwelve years ago I premiered/workshopped my Sideways play (a theatrical adaptation of my novel written by me) at the tiny 50-seat Ruskin...
Joy MurphyOct 2, 20232 min readSideways 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 MurphyJul 30, 20232 min readRex's SIDEWAYS Update- Napa and New ZealandThe above photo is of the Vintners Collective in downtown Napa. Formerly a brewery, then a Chinese laundry, this historic building is...