“La Chienne: Renoir Begins (Preview)” by Christopher Sharrett

REVIEW: “While the film is credited with bringing German Expressionism to French cinema and thus another step toward film noir, the film is notable for its sense of stillness….”

“The Dance of the Bashful Bride” by Charles Rammelkamp

POETRY: “The face that launched a thousand anti-sub sorties,” / Grandad quipped, and Grandma rolled her eyes….”

Somebody’s Done For by David Goodis (Excerpt)

NOVEL EXCERPT: “What it all amounts to, he told himself, is you’re not in shape for a deal like this. You get involved in this sort of thing, you should be properly prepared. I mean mentally, too. It’s a cinch you’re not prepared mentally, because now I’d say you’re just about ready to give up….”

“In the World of Pre-Code: Geoffrey O’Brien on Arabian Nights of 1934” (Excerpt)

INTERVIEW EXCERPT: “The book moves through different genres and, finally, through different historical moments, gradually emerging from the alternate world of movies into the worlds of movie-making and movie-watching, as if finally coming out of the theater after a day at the pictures.”….”

“A Bad Omen” by Nils Gilbertson

FICTION: “I’m a problem solver. I have a problem, and you have a problem. And now we’re helping each other solve our problems….”

“The Big Heat – From On Dangerous Ground: Film Noir Poems” by Woody Haut

POETRY: “At the heart of the heat…/post-war hell….”

“Lonely Hearts Killers: From 1943 to 1947” by Dane Ince

POETRY: “If the Lonely Heart were merely depressed / They fixed that easy….”

“Lawrence Tierney: Face of a Cop Hater” by Burt Kearns

TRUE CRIME/BIOGRAPHY: “Tierney is another picture altogether…. He is a man who has had his head handed to him.”

“Mid Dive” by Dane Ince

POETRY: “never very entertaining / they have the purpose of oblivion….”

“O Captain My Captain” by Jo Perry

FICTION: “If the arc of history really bends toward justice, the contents of that steel box should belong to me—not to the invisible grandson with his fully-subsidized Silver Lake Craftsman and a ‘job’ writing experimental, bedpan-free screenplays the client cannot fucking stop talking about….”