“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.… — A.J. Finn Copy Share Image
“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
