Chloe Walker

Chloe Walker is a freelance writer based in the UK. You can also find her work at Paste Magazine (where she has a monthly column on 1970s TV movies), and various other online outlets.

All articles by Chloe Walker

Finest hours

Finest hours: Farley Granger in They Live by Night, Nicholas Ray’s tender lovers-on-the-run noir

Ahead of his centenary on 1 July, we remember Farley Granger’s achingly tragic performance in his first starring role: as one of the fugitive lovers in Nicholas Ray’s directorial debut, They Live by Night.

By Chloe Walker

Finest hours: Farley Granger in They Live by Night, Nicholas Ray’s tender lovers-on-the-run noir

Features

Audie Murphy centenary: how the most decorated soldier in American history became a movie star

By Chloe Walker

Audie Murphy centenary: how the most decorated soldier in American history became a movie star

Finest hours

Finest hours: Martha Vickers in The Big Sleep

By Chloe Walker

Finest hours: Martha Vickers in The Big Sleep

Lists

Shirley MacLaine: 10 essential films

By Chloe Walker

Shirley MacLaine: 10 essential films

Lists

Rod Steiger: 10 essential films

By Chloe Walker

Rod Steiger: 10 essential films

10 great

10 great films based on writing from The New Yorker

By Chloe Walker

10 great films based on writing from The New Yorker

Where to begin

Where to begin with John Grisham on screen

By Chloe Walker

Where to begin with John Grisham on screen

Lists

A great action film for every year, 1924 to now

By Henry Barnes, Anton Bitel and others

A great action film for every year, 1924 to now

Features

How a death-penalty thriller proved Diana Dors was more than just ‘Britain’s Marilyn Monroe’

By Chloe Walker

How a death-penalty thriller proved Diana Dors was more than just ‘Britain’s Marilyn Monroe’

Features

Nice guys finish last: in praise of Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity

By Chloe Walker

Nice guys finish last: in praise of Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity

Features

The uncomfortable Cassavetes: 50 years of A Woman Under the Influence

By Chloe Walker

The uncomfortable Cassavetes: 50 years of A Woman Under the Influence

Features

How Anna Magnani became the face of Italian neorealism

By Chloe Walker

How Anna Magnani became the face of Italian neorealism

Features

“My kind of horror is not horror anymore”: Boris Karloff and the 1960s murder-spree thriller Targets

By Chloe Walker

“My kind of horror is not horror anymore”: Boris Karloff and the 1960s murder-spree thriller Targets

Features

Now about these Hawksian women

By Chloe Walker

Now about these Hawksian women

10 great

10 great American musicals of the 1930s

By Chloe Walker

10 great American musicals of the 1930s

Lists

Kim Novak: 10 essential films

By Chloe Walker

Kim Novak: 10 essential films

Lists

Ava Gardner: 10 essential films

By Chloe Walker

Ava Gardner: 10 essential films

10 great

10 great films set in the theatre

By Chloe Walker

10 great films set in the theatre

Where to begin

Where to begin with Albert Brooks

By Chloe Walker

Where to begin with Albert Brooks

Features

Before Dracula: the early Christopher Lee films that shaped an acting legend

By Chloe Walker

Before Dracula: the early Christopher Lee films that shaped an acting legend

Lists

Marlon Brando: 10 essential films

By Chloe Walker

Marlon Brando: 10 essential films

Where to begin

Where to begin with John Schlesinger

By Chloe Walker

Where to begin with John Schlesinger

10 great

10 great American films of 1972

By Chloe Walker

10 great American films of 1972

Lists

Haskell Wexler: 10 key films from a master cinematographer

By Chloe Walker

Haskell Wexler: 10 key films from a master cinematographer

10 great

10 great American TV movies of the 1970s

By Chloe Walker

10 great American TV movies of the 1970s

Features

Sci-fi pioneer, German ‘James Bond’ and star of one of the world’s worst films: celebrating George Nader on his centenary

By Chloe Walker

Sci-fi pioneer, German ‘James Bond’ and star of one of the world’s worst films: celebrating George Nader on his centenary

Features

A Taste of Honey at 60: how the work of a teenage playwright changed British film

By Chloe Walker

A Taste of Honey at 60: how the work of a teenage playwright changed British film

Where to begin

Where to begin with Bette Davis

By Chloe Walker

Where to begin with Bette Davis

The essentials

Peter Cushing: 10 essential films

By Chloe Walker

Peter Cushing: 10 essential films

The essentials

Roger Corman: 10 essential films

By Chloe Walker

Roger Corman: 10 essential films