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Cain is able, better than most, and far darker: An Appreciation

Posted on February 16, 2018February 22, 2018 by Michael Kahn
At least thirty years had passed since I first read The Postman Always Rings Twice by James Cain. I confess that during those intervening decades my memory of the short novel had faded into a vague recollection of a dark somewhat sexy crime story involving low-life hustlers that took place somewhere in California. Oh, occasionally I would…
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From Hard-Boiled Mysteries to Film Noir to the World

Posted on June 16, 2016June 20, 2016 by Michael Kahn
Earlier this month, the St Louis Jewish Film Festival asked me to introduce the screening of Fire Birds, an Israeli murder mystery set in Tel Aviv (with English subtitles). To prepare my introductory remarks, I watched the film. Somewhere toward the middle of the movie, I had my epiphany. “Thank you, Mr. Hammett,” I said….
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