“Desire Goes Off the Rails: Youssef Chahine’s Cairo Station (1958, Egypt)” by Anees Aref

REVIEW ESSAY: “Demonstrates noir’s appeal, regardless of the time or place of origin….”

RFO Editor to Introduce a Screening of The Burglar at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA

BLOGS: “Matthew Sorrento to introduce a screening of The Burglar (Paul Wendkos, 1957), adapted by David Goodis from his 1953 novel, at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA on Sunday, May 17….”

Howard A. Rodman Book Tour: 5/19-7/19

BLOGS: “The screenwriter and author of Destiny Express and The Great Eastern to visit several cities….”

“The Endearing and the Enduring: On The Companion Guide to The Godfather Trilogy” by William Blick

BOOK REVIEW: “An incisive look at the films through the lens of a scholar, critic, and fan….”

“Nearing Woods Hole: From Silver Moon Rising” by A. M. Potter

NOVEL EXCERPT: “His heart skipped a beat. He plunged headfirst into Vineyard Sound like a diving bird….”

RFO Editor Matthew Sorrento in Conversation with Novelist Jacinda Townsend, 4/3/26, Inkwood Books, Haddonfield

BLOGS: “She’d gotten no trigger warning. And her entire life, she wanted to scream now, had deserved a trigger warning. Searing, surprisingly witty, and deeply human, Trigger Warning is a novel about the durational aftermath of anti-Black police violence.”

“On the Mean Streets of Tulsa: FX’s The Lowdown” by Anees Aref

REVIEW: “Lee Raybon calls himself a “truth storian” [p]layed by Ethan Hawke as a cross between Hunter S. Thompson and Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe….”