British director and writer Alex Harvey has made over 20 documentaries and dramas, working in both film and television. His most recent film is ROAD MUSIC: Easy Riders, Rolling Stones (2019), a feature documentary on the legacy of the Delta Blues. He is currently working on An Indian Doll’s House, a screen adaptation of Ibsen’s play, with the writer Tanika Gupta, and a book about Tom Waits and Los Angeles, titled Song Noir.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
“Here Lies Herm — I Mean, Joe”: On Sydney Ladensohn Stern’s “The Brothers Mankiewicz”
Alex Harvey delves into “The Brothers Mankiewicz” by Sydney Ladensohn Stern....
“A Bullet in the Right Place”: On the 50th Anniversary of Lindsay Anderson’s “if....”
Alex Harvey revisits Lindsay Anderson’s groundbreaking film “if....” 50 years after its premiere....
A New Place of Refuge: On Salka Viertel’s “The Kindness of Strangers”
Alex Harvey appreciates “The Kindness of Strangers,” a classic memoir of Hollywood’s émigré bohemia by Salka Viertel....
Writer’s Brains: The Lasting Worth of Alfred Hayes
Alex Harvey surveys the career of Alfred Hayes, a 20th-century American poet, novelist, and screenwriter....
Entertaining Mr. Lambert
Hollywood of the 1950s, as Gavin Lambert was to discover on his arrival, was marked by secrecy and deceit....
In the Neighborhood: Tom Waits
Tom Waits's Los Angeles...
