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In A Lonely Place
DVD - 2016
A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story...
Perseus PublishingOne of the best portraits of American postwar machismo gone mad."Puts Chandler to shame . . . Hughes is the master we keep turning to."—Sara Paretsky, author of the V. I. Warshawski novels"A superb novel by one of crime...
Baker & TaylorTwo minor characters from "Hamlet" offer a novel view of the melancholy DanePerseus PublishingAcclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the...
Sullivan's Travels
DVD - 2015
A Hollywood director wants to abandon comedies and make serious films. In order to feed his creative flame, he travels onto the street disguised as a hobo in order to endure real hardship.
Baker & TaylorA book-length essay by the literary critic takes readers on a philosophical tour of the art of the novel, in a wide-ranging piece that explores such topics as the definition of style, the connection between realism and real life, and...