culture Click-In Movies: The Sicilian (1987) Cinephilia & Beyond Based on the novel of the same name written by "The Godfather’s" Mario Puzo, Michael Cimino’s "The Sicilian" is an action film based on the life of...
culture The Films and TV of Georges Simenon Koraljka Suton Belgian author Georges Simenon, born in Liège in 1903, discovered his love of reading fairly early on. He stopped going to school at the tender age of...
culture From Silent Films and German Krimis to King Kong: Edgar Wallace’s Indisputable Influence on the World of Cinema Koraljka Suton In many ways, Edgar Wallace was a jack of all trades and a master of some. Born out of wedlock to two actors in 1875 and growing up with foster parents...
culture Click-In Movies: Purple Noon (1961) Cinephilia & Beyond French director René Clément’s 1961 crime thriller "Purple Noon" (Plein soleil) was based on Patricia Highsmith's critically acclaimed and award....
culture Click-In Movies: Flashpoint (1984) Cinephilia & Beyond In 1976 George La Fountaine saw his debut novel "Two-Minute Warning" made into a feature film and released his second book "Flashpoint " that very same...
culture Click-In Movies: Machine Gun McCain (1969) Cinephilia & Beyond Funnily enough, if one wants to talk about "Machine Gun McCain", one first has to comment on the utter lack of will and passion for the project on...
culture Eleven Films Based on the Writings of the American ‘Dimestore Dostoevsky’ – Jim Thompson Sven Mikulec “Dashiell Hammett, Horace McCoy and Raymond Chandler,” American writer Ronald Verlin Cassill once wrote, “none of these men ever wrote a book within...
culture Click-In Movies: The Underneath (1995) Cinephilia & Beyond In 1949, Robert Siodmak directed a film noir called "Criss Cross" based on Don Tracy’s novel of the same name, with Burt Lancaster in the lead role...
culture The Cinematic Legacy of Raymond Chandler Koraljka Suton Novelist and screenwriter Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago, spent his early years in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, but moved to England after his alcoholic...
culture Click-In Movies: The Moon in the Gutter (1983) Cinephilia & Beyond Just two years after directing the internationally-acclaimed cult classic "Diva", French director Jean-Jacques Beineix made the 1983 drama "The Moon ..."
culture The Cinematic Legacy of Evan Hunter aka Ed McBain Koraljka Suton Author and screenwriter Evan Hunter was born in New York City in 1926 as Salvatore Albert Lombino. Even though his first short story was published under...
culture The Cinematic Legacy of W.R. Burnett Koraljka Suton American novelist and screenwriter William Riley Burnett enjoyed a prolific career that spanned more than five decades. Born in Springfield, Ohio...
