Topic: Movie Classics

Dan Hedaya and M. Emmet Walsh in "Blood Simple" (Circle Films)

Secrets of "Blood Simple"

Andrew O'Hehir
Valli (left) and Joseph Cotten in "The Third Man." (Rialto Pictures)

Why "The Third Man" matters

Andrew O'Hehir
Lauren Bacall, at her home in New York in 1965. (AP)

Lauren Bacall: Feminist icon

Andrew O'Hehir