Falling In Love Again: Marlene Dietrich and The Blue Angel
"Then Marlene Dietrich appeared. Klara released her grip, as if daring Rolf to move. Rolf couldn’t." --Summer of Long Knives, page 113 The Blue Angel, based on a novel whose…
Review: The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl's life, to whatever degree it was horrible or wonderful, will always be linked with her direction of two films for the Third Reich: Olympia and The Triumph of the Will. What…
The Summer of Long Knives Playlist
I write to music. I've never conducted any sort of survey to see how common that is among fiction writers, but I do it. The rhythm keeps me moving when…