Alisha Mughal
Movie Reviews

How “In a Lonely Place” Changed Noir’s Direction

There’s something the matter with Dix Steele—the protagonist in Dorothy B. Hughes’ 1947 novel In a Lonely Place and in its 1950 adaptation

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Movie Reviews

Right Now, It’s Important: An Ode to S.E. Hinton’s Teenagers | Features

My eighth-grade teacher’s name was Mrs. Hughes. She always told us not to be a bump on a log if she saw that

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Movie Reviews

Justice for Alex Forrest | Features

In 1987’s “Fatal Attraction,” Glenn Close’s Alex Forrest, just awakened from what must have been a deep sleep, the kind that comes after

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