Already lauded everywhere from the New York Times Book Review to the Irish Times, The Library of America’s new two-volume anthology Women Crime Writers of the 1940s & 50s continues its steady infiltration of twenty-first-century culture this month via a whole new medium. Film Forum, the venerable repertory cinema located in New York City’s Greenwich Village, will present a As Sarah Weinman, the editor of Women Crime Writers, notes: “The breadth of cinematic storytelling on display throughout the week—some quite faithful to the original text, others in keeping with the distinctive visions of celebrated directors like Otto Preminger, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, and Nicholas Ray—is a testament to the quality of suspense put forward by these female crime-writing greats.” Of special note for Library of America fans are the special events accompanying the Film Forum screenings. Crime novelist Megan Abbott introduces Laura and In a Lonely Place on December 11, Library of America Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey O’Brien introduces Don’t Bother to Knock on December 16, and Sarah Weinman will handle the honors for Band of Outsiders on December 17. Visit filmforum.org for complete details on the series. 
