Today I’m kicking off my Best Discoveries of 2021 lists, a series of books and movies I enjoyed during the year in a variety of...

Phantom Lady (1942) Cornell Woolrich (writing as William Irish) Centipede Press, 2013 edition Originally published by J.B. Lippincott Co....

The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood (2020) Sam Wasson Flatiron Books Hardcover, 416 pages Includes notes, index...

The Blank Wall (1947) Elisabeth Sanxay Holding (adapted as The Reckless Moment, 1949*) Women Crime Writers: Suspense Novels of the 1940s...

Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup (2006) Tom Weaver...

The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 (2018) Dan Callahan McFarland & Company Trade paperback, 242 pages Includes 28 photos,...

In today's video, I talk about the Summer Film Book Reading Challenge and the books I plan to read. I hope you'll take a look and tell me...

Today I kick off Raquel Stecher’s 2021 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge with my first entry. If you haven’t already done so,...

I was delighted to be a recent guest on Book Journey, a video series created and hosted by my friend Nathan Jones, who also produces a...

Today begins my Best of 2020 lists, a series of books and movies I enjoyed during the year in a variety of categories. Today, the best...

By request (okay, so it was a request from only two people), I’m giving you an updated version of my Film Noir Holiday Gift Guide...

The Black Path of Fear (1944) Cornell Woolrich Ballantine Books (1982 reprint) Mass market paperback, 160 pages ISBN 0345304888 Today’s...

Scoundrels & Spitballers: Writers and Hollywood in the 1930s (2020) Philippe Garnier (originally published as Honni soit qui Malibu:...

Seconds (1963) David Ely Signet Books, third printing Mass Market Paperback, 159 pages Like the film of the same name that was adapted...

Robert Wise: The Motion Pictures (Revised Edition, 2020) J. R. Jordan BearManor Media Paperback, 480 pages Includes Table of Contents,...

The Devil Finds Work (1976) James Baldwin Vintage International Paperback, 127 pages ISBN 9780307275950 We should pay close attention to...

Painting with Light (1949, 2013) John Alton Introduction by Todd McCarthy With a new foreword by John Bailey University of California...

I don’t know about you, but I often reflect upon the fact that I’ll never be an expert on anything, particularly movies. This sobering...

The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the MGM Publicity Machine (2005) E. J. Fleming McFarland & Company Paperback, 315 pages...

Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock (2020) Christina Lane Chicago Review Press...