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Film Criticism & Reviews

Firsching, Robert. "Suspiria: Dario Argento's Masterpiece of Gothic Horror." Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture 2003.5 (1997).
Intelligent review of "Suspiria."

Gibron, Judge Bill. DVD Verdict Review - Suspiria: Limited Edition. 2002.
Review of "Suspiria," specifically of the DVD release of the film. Contains some factual errors, but worth reading.

Gonzalez, Ed. Suspiria Slant Magazine.com 2001.
Good review of "Suspiria."

Grost, Michael E. "Fritz Lang." n.d.
Bennett appeared in four Fritz Lang films: "Man Hunt," "The Woman in the Window," "Scarlet Street," and "Secret Beyond the Door." Grost discusses all four films, as well as others.

Klevan, Andrew. "The Purpose of Plot and the Place of Joan Bennett in Fritz Lang's The Woman in the Window." CineAction 62 (2003): 15-21.
Excellent article focusing on Bennett's performance and character in the film. Some fantastic photos of Bennett and Robinson as well make this article a must-read.

Kurman, George. "Scarlet Street: A 'Remake' with a Key." Literature Film Quarterly 18.2 (1990):111-15.
Film criticism concerning "Scarlet Street."

Lang, Robert. "Lucia Harper's Crime: Family Melodrama and Film Noir in 'The Reckless Moment.'" Literature Film Quarterly 17.4 (1989): 261-67.
Film criticism of "The Reckless Moment" only, but a thorough piece.

Lyons, Donald. "Family Values." Film Comment 31 (1995): 78-81.
Some wonderful pictures and a fairly detailed analysis of The Reckless Moment. Also has a great quote about Bennett's performance here, "The mixture of offense, irony . . . and sexual alertness . . . that flashes across Joan Bennett's face at this moment can be savored endlessly; it is, like her whole performance, a testament to quiet and deep movie acting."

Pettit, Joe Jr. Images - Dark Shadows DVD Review Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture 2002.
Review of the MPI DVD first release of "Dark Shadows."

Pettit, Joe Jr. Images - Dark Shadows DVD Collection#2 Images: A Journal of Film and Popular Culture 2002
Very brief mention of Bennett in this second piece.

Phelps, Donald. "La Chienne: Legrand's Illusion." Film Comment 32.1 (1996): 67-71.
Lengthy article that looks at both Jean Renoir's "La Chienne" as well as Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street.

Scruggs, Charles. "The Depth of the Deep End: The Noir Motif in the Reckless Moment and the Deep End." Mosaic 37 (2004).
In-depth scholarly piec that compares not only the original sources for The Reckless Moment, but also the film, and the subsequent remake The Deep End.

Welsch, Tricia. "Sound Strategies: Lang's Rearticulation of Renoir." Cinema Journal 39 (2000):51-65.
Lengthy article that explores Lang's reuse of Jean Renoir's "La Chienne" in "Scarlet Street."

Weiss, Nathan N. "Spiders in His Mind." Hollywood Quarterly 3 (1947): 189-191.
Short piece about "The Woman on the Beach.

Wood, Robin. "Plunging off the deep end into The Reckless Moment." CineAction March (2002): 14-19.
Analysis of specific sequences from "The Reckless Moment."

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