A Couch in New York

A Couch in New York (Chantal Akerman, 1996) is most well-known, it seems, for being not very well received. Upon its release in its titular city, Janet Maslin described it as “pleasant but unaccountable fluff”....

Stanwyck, Barbara

Before beginning, I offer the disclaimer that I am not an unbiased writer of this Great Actors profile. I have a tattoo of Barbara Stanwyck. It’s an image of her as Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (Bill...

Raw Deal

Anthony Mann had been working in Hollywood for almost a decade before he made himself widely known as a distinctive filmmaker, an impact that was augmented perhaps by his collaboration with one of the most reco...