Author Archives: Christa Faust

Hey, what do you know, kids? It’s vintage shoe day again. These are 1940s white satin peeptoe dancing slippers with clear rhinestones and decorative ruby glass shields.  The brand name is long faded to illegibility but there is a handwritten… Read More

Check out the gorgeous Glen Orbik cover art for my new Angel Dare novel CHOKE HOLD, forthcoming from Hard Case Crime in Feb. 11.

I’m not doing any official signings this year, but I’ll be there. Tonight I’ll be at the Mystery Bookstore for their annual pre-festival party and then I’ll be wandering around the festival tomorrow. You can probably find me by triangulating… Read More

Throughout the festival, Hollywood historian Karie Bible and I have been bemoaning the high male to female ratio in the theater, as evidenced by the unnaturally long line for the men’s room during intermission. Burlesque and vintage pin-up fashions are… Read More

I was pretty curious about these two films based on a series of popular radio plays. It’s been a top notch run so far, but this was the first night this year that just didn’t do it for me at… Read More

After our somewhat girly Gothic Noir double Thursday night, Crashout was a much needed testosterone injection. This is a man’s movie, dammit, and I loved every minute of it. Some friends and I were recently bemoaning the apparent extinction of… Read More

Looks like there was a bit of a mix up on the old Cinematheque website. For some reason, the direct link I’ve been using didn’t list last night’s Gothic Noir double Among the Living and Dark Waters. It just went… Read More

Muller posted this list on Facebook as a response to yesterday’s write up of Walk A Crooked Mile. 1. ROPE: Farley Granger and John Dall. Not only is it what the film is all about, it was written by a… Read More

Another stellar night of Noir at the Egyptian. This year has really been exceptional in both rarity and quality. I’m really glad I decided to do the whole run. First up, Drive A Crooked Road. Mickey Rooney plays a lonely,… Read More

First, the movies. It’s been more that 40 years since New York Confidential played on a big screen. This rare Noir gem is a gritty, tightly plotted, doco-style mob picture starring Broderick Crawford as a hot-headed Mafia king-pin, Richard Conte… Read More