In a Lonely Place

not only is this movie a complete heartbreaker--the ending, in particular, is enough to send you to the hospital--but it's also the inspiration for a very nice Smithereens/Suzanne Vega song called In a Lonely Place. "I was born the day I... Full review

Here's late 1940's early 1950's Film Noir, a love gone wrong drama. Bogart's ugliness, the angles of his forehead, the lines about his mouth are fascinating. Bogart is both violent and tender by body language. A truly remarkable and revealing performance.... Full review

not only is this movie a complete heartbreaker--the ending, in particular, is enough to send you to the hospital--but it's also the inspiration for a very nice Smithereens/Suzanne Vega song called In a Lonely Place. "I was born the day I... Full review

Here's late 1940's early 1950's Film Noir, a love gone wrong drama. Bogart's ugliness, the angles of his forehead, the lines about his mouth are fascinating. Bogart is both violent and tender by body language. A truly remarkable and revealing performance.... Full review

Bogart is at his uncompromisingly dark best as the Hollywood writer whose temper leads to accusations of murder and conflicted relationships. By turns charming, cold, romantic and remorseful, Dix Steele is as unpredictable a character as Bogie has ever played.He... Full review

Very adult film about a surly Hollywood writer, a would be actress, and a murder. Among the very best Bogart performances, yet this film is practically unknown. Top notch acting across the board. Bogart and Grahame are a terrific team... Full review

There was a brave and intelligent twist to the 'man alone' theme in an unusually literate thriller which isolated its ambivalent 'hero' inside his own destructive personality… This man was not physically isolated as Robert Ryan ('Inferno') had been: he... Full review

The story concerns a Hollywood screenwriter (Bogart) who is suspected of being a murderer. Grahame, a neighbor, steps in to defend him – she saw the murdered woman leave his apartment alone. Afterwards, they begin a relationship. But Bogart's nature... Full review

This is one of my all time favourite films, and (alongside the obvious - Casablanca, Maltese Falcon etc) my favourite Bogart.The script is smart, witty and cynical, just like a typical Bogart character. But in this film Bogart plays probably... Full review

Nicholas Ray is a director who has almost been forgotten these days, despite making brilliant movies like 'They Live By Night', 'On Dangerous Ground', 'Johnny Guitar' and 'Rebel Without A Cause', and numbering Martin Scorsese and Wim Wenders among his... Full review

This is a crisp black-and-white film with an almost ruthless efficiency of style.....In a Lonely Place" is a superb example of the mature Hollywood studio system at the top of its form.....Gloria Grahame is perfect in how she conveys to him that she notices him..... ... Full Review

In a Lonely Place expresses passions -....A dull Nick Ray film is a rarity..... ... Full Review

A star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred (Martha Stewart), goes home with Dix to synopsize the boring bestseller he is supposed to be adapting. Casting Bogie as the aptly named Dixon Steele, a bankable Hollywood writer prone to violent outbursts, was a canny move on Rays part. ... Full Review

Bashing Hollywood has, perhaps ironically, birthed more than its share of truly amazing cinema.....Steele warns Mildred to keep her voice down, being familiar with sensational movie plots....Like the doomed Mildred, who loved images so much....In an unforgettable dinner scene with his old WWII pal --.... ... Full Review

ot unlike Albert Camus's The Stranger , Nicholas Ray's remarkable In a Lonely Place represents the purest of existentialist primers.....The tragedy of the film becomes Dixon's dogged honesty to the self..... ... Full Review