“The definition of insanity, Fox, Wesley used to remind me, paraphrasing Einstein, is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different result.” — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“Shaw also said, alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.” — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“My head was once a filing cabinet. Now it’s a flurry of papers, floating on a draft.” — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“I have a feeling that inside you somewhere, there’s something nobody knows about. —Shadow of a Doubt (1943)” — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“best Hitchcock films not made by Hitchcock. Here we go: Le Boucher, the early Claude Chabrol that Hitch, according to lore, wished he’d directed. Dark Passage, with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall—a San Francisco valentine, all velveteen with fog, and antecedent to any movie in which a character goes under the knife to disguise himself. Niagara, starring Marilyn Monroe; Charade,… — A.J. Finn Copy Share
“The definition of insanity, Fox, Wesley used to remind me, paraphrasing Einstein, is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different result.” — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“Now, movies that postdate Hitch: The Vanishing, with its sucker-punch finale. Frantic, Polanski’s ode to the master. Side Effects, which begins as a Big… — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“Hey, when’s your birthday?” “You going to buy me something?” “Easy there.” “Coming up, actually,” I say. “So’s mine.” “November eleventh.” She gawks. “That’s… — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“Night Must Fall,” he reads. “It’s a good one to start with. Suspenseful but not scary.” — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“Double Indemnity, Gaslight, Saboteur, The Big Clock . . . We lived in monochrome those nights. For me, it was a chance to revisit old friends; for… — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“I think of Dr. Brulov in Spellbound: “My dear girl, you cannot keep bumping your head against reality and saying it is not there.” — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
