The Trouble with Scottie (on Vertigo)
I have yet to encounter anybody who feels my fierce outrage at Scottie’s unfairness toward the necklace. That object is all-important, not because it is the vital clue to the Madeleine-is-Judy[…]
Author: Paroma Chatterjee
Paroma Chatterjee is an art historian whose research focuses on the medieval Mediterranean. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago.
A Tale of Two Bookshops: Sex and Books and The Big Sleep
We missed World Book Day (March 3) this year, but what the heck. Let’s celebrate all things literary anyway by re-presenting Paroma Chatterjee’s witty take on those two alluring cinematic spaces:[…]
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The Birds, the Birds, and the Beatles
“What if the birds’ extreme proximity to human beings and, particularly to Melanie, bespeaks not conflict but fascination, admiration, and – I shall just go ahead and say it –[…]
“Baby, I Do Care”: The Generic Disorders of Angel Face
“This noir heroine comes very close to having it all: the house, the money, and the freedom. Kitty Collins, Kathie Moffatt, and the rest of the femme fatales would have been exultant. They’d have tried to knock some sense into Diane, told her not to mope about and enjoy the jackpot. But she is something of an angel. She repents.”
