We are delighted that the curator of this FILM NOIR AT COLUMBIA season - the film critic and historian Christina Newland - has recorded an exclusive video introduction to the double bill of GILDA + IN A LONELY PLACE that starts this 'Noirvember' celebration. Check our website for the full November season details.
IN A LONELY PLACE
When a gifted but washed-up screenwriter with a hair-trigger temper—Humphrey Bogart, in a revelatory, vulnerable performance—becomes the prime suspect in a brutal Tinseltown murder, the only person who can supply an alibi for him is a seductive neighbor (Gloria Grahame) with her own troubled past. The emotionally charged In a Lonely Place, freely adapted from a Dorothy B. Hughes thriller, is a brilliant, turbulent mix of suspenseful noir and devastating melodrama, fueled by powerhouse performances. An uncompromising tale of two people desperate to love yet struggling with their demons and each other, this is one of the greatest films of the 1950s, and a benchmark in the career of the classic Hollywood auteur Nicholas Ray.