Alex Harvey

Alex Harvey is a writer and director based in Los Angeles. His book Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles was recently published by Reaktion Books in the United Kingdom and University of Chicago Press in the United States. He is currently making a film about Satyajit Ray and Kolkata.

Articles

Soy Califa! On Dexter Gordon’s Life and Music
Alex Harvey examines the life and music of jazz legend Dexter Gordon.
Alex HarveyDec 22, 2023
- Biography & Autobiography
- Music
Is Rock the Real Thing?: On John Scanlan’s “Rock ’n’ Roll Plays Itself”
Alex Harvey reviews John Scanlan’s “Rock ’n’ Roll Plays Itself: A Screen History.”
Alex HarveyJan 11, 2023
- Film
- Music
The Shadow of Annihilation: On W. G. Sebald
Alex Harvey explores the hidden treasures of memory in the work of W. G. Sebald.
Alex HarveySep 21, 2022
- Around the World
- Fiction
A Desperate Sadness and an Unapologetic Levity: On Jonathan Coe’s “Mr Wilder and Me”
The author’s latest novel is a love letter to one of his major aesthetic influences.
Alex HarveyOct 7, 2021
- Fiction
“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.
Alex HarveySep 27, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Film
“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.
Alex HarveyJul 2, 2019
- Film
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.
Alex HarveyApr 24, 2019
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
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.
Alex HarveyJul 6, 2018
Entertaining Mr. Lambert
Hollywood of the 1950s, as Gavin Lambert was to discover on his arrival, was marked by secrecy and deceit.
Alex HarveyAug 31, 2015
- Film
In the Neighborhood: Tom Waits
Tom Waits's Los Angeles
Alex HarveyDec 29, 2012