As you probably already know, I left my library job at the beginning of February to write full-time, and I’m now working on my novel in earnest.… Read more “Current Obsessions”
Tag: Gloria Grahame
The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Heat was one of the most intense and gritty noir films made during the genre’s two decade prime. Arriving in the latter half of that… Read more “The Big Heat (1953)”
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
Man on a Tightrope is one of director Elia Kazan’s most underrated films and one of his best. The film’s title has more than one meaning–the main… Read more “Man on a Tightrope (1953)”
The Trains of Human Desire (1954)
I’m going to be writing more in depth about Fritz Lang’s great noir Human Desire (1954) later on, but for now I want to focus on one… Read more “The Trains of Human Desire (1954)”
