Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. —Henry Fielding

28 April 2021

They Live by Night


Nicholas Ray's They Live by Night is a different kind of crime film, or, rather, it feels different because Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger are so young. They're sweet and kind and sad, and the whole thing is very good.

I saw They Live by Night on the Criterion Channel. It's leaving on April 30th, so I needed to get it in before the end of the month. I need to remember to check out some more Farley Granger movies. He's a legendary midcentury gay actor, but I hadn't realized he'd been in quite so many movies!

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