Recommended reading - Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (1995):

Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories

Edited by Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian.

Published by Oxford University Press.

Published 1995.

First Edition.

ISBN-10: 0195084993

ISBN-13: 978-0195084993

Description:

Compellingly and compulsively readable, Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories is a page-turner no mystery lover will want to be without. Included are thirty-six superbly suspenseful stories that chronicle the evolution of this quintessentially American art form, from its earliest beginnings during the Golden Age of the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask in the 1930s, to the arrival of the tough digest Manhunt in the 1950s, and finally leading up to present-day hard-boiled stories by such writers as James Ellroy. Here are eight decades worth of the best writing about betrayal, murder, and mayhem: from Hammett’s 1925 tour de force “The Scorched Face,” to Ed Gorman’s 1992 “The Long Silence After,” Other contributors include Evan Hunter (better known as Ed McBain), Jim Thompson, Helen Nielsen, Margaret Maron, Andrew Vachss, Faye Kellerman, and Lawrence Block. Containing many notable rarities, Hard-Boiled celebrates a genre that has profoundly shaped not only American Literature and film, but how we see our heroes and ourselves.

On this day in movie history - Dead Man (1995):

Dead Man

directed and written by Jim Jarmusch,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 27, 1995.
Music by Neil Young.

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Mili Avital, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Eugene Byrd, John Hurt, Robert Mitchum, Iggy Pop, Gabriel Byrne, Jared Harris, Jimmie Ray Weeks, Mark Bringelson, John North, Peter Schrum, Mike Dawson, Billy Bob Thornton, Michelle Thrush, Gibby Haynes, Richard Boes, George Duckworth, Thomas Bettles, Alfred Molina, Daniel Chas Stacy, Todd Pfeiffer, Leonard Bowechop, Cecil Cheeka, Michael McCarty, Steve Buscemi, John C. Carlucci.

On this day in movie history - Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995):

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

directed by Joyce Chopra,

written by Derek Marlowe, Dennis Turner and Les Carter,

inspired by the autobiography The Corpse Had a Familiar Face by Edna Buchanan,

was released in the United States on May 8, 1995.
Music by Patrick Williams.

Cast:

Elizabeth Montgomery, Yaphet Kotto, Audra Lindley, Joe Flanigan, Jenifer Lewis, Richard Lineback, Matthew Posey, Saundra Santiago, Liz Sheridan, Geno Silva, David Spielberg, Lewis Van Bergen, Raymond Serra, Eddie Barth, Alley Mills, Dean Stockwell, Heidi Mark, Tracy Grant, Castulo Guerra, Thomas Mills, David Jean Thomas, Patrick Massett, Evelyn Bakerges, Gary Kasper, Mike Robelo, Casey Stengel, Gorja Max, Brian Michael Tracy.

On this day in movie history - Anne Frank Remembered (1995):

Anne Frank Remembered

directed and written by Jon Blair,

based on the diary of Anne Frank,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1995.
Music by Carl Davis.
Narrated by Kenneth Branagh.

Cast:

Isa Baschwitz, Mary Bos, Kenneth Branagh, Janny Brandes-Brilslijper, Glenn Close, Rose De Liema, Sal De Liema, Buddy Elias, Bloeme Evers, Alice Frank, Anne Frank, Helene Frank, Margot Frank, Otto Frank, Robert Frank, Miep Gies, Kitty Gokkel-Egyedi, Hanneli Goslar, Abraham Holländer, Charlotte Kaletta, Juultje Ketellapper, Nelson Mandela, Frieda Menco, Laureen Nussbaum, Peter Pepper, Werner Peter Pfeffer, Hannah Pick-Goslar, Joely Richardson, Rosa Stern, Rie Swillens, Rachel Van Amerongen-Frankfoorder, Henk van Beersekamp, Martha van den Berg, Lucie van Dijk, Jacqueline van Maarsen, Elisabeth van Wijk-Voskuijl, Hans Wijnberg, Edith Frank, Jan Gies, Johannes Kleiman, Victor Kugler, Fritz Pfeffer, Auguste van Pels, Herman van Pels, Peter van Pels.

On this day in movie history - The Underneath (1995):

The Underneath

directed by Steven Soderbergh,

written by Sam Lowry and Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel Criss Cross by Don Tracy,

was released in the United States on April 28, 1995.
Music by Cliff Martinez.

Cast:

Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker, Paul Dooley, Shelley Duvall, Elisabeth Shue, Anjanette Comer, Dennis Hill, Harry Goaz, Mark Feltch, Jules Sharp, Kenneth D. Harris, Cliff Haby, Tonie Perensky, Randall Brady, Richard Linklater, Helen Cates, Kevin Crutchfield, Brad Leland, John Martin, C.K. McFarland, Rick Perkins, Paul Wright, David Jensen, Jordy Hultberg, Steve Shearer, Fred Ellis, Joe Chrest, David L. Carter, Cowboy Mouth (band), Mike Enright, Mark Hanson, Matthew Hurley, Mike Malone, Christopher K. Philippo, Ryan Wickerham.

On this day in movie history - Original Sins (1995):

Original Sins

aka Acts of Contrition,

directed by Jan Egleson,

written by John Pielmeier,

was released in the United States on April 12, 1995.
Music by Gary Chang.

Cast:

Mark Harmon, Julianne Phillips, Ron Perlman, David Clennon, Gustave Johnson, Betty Miller, Sarah Trigger, Patrick Donnelly, Kate Bennis, William Young, Bronia Wheeler, Alexandra Loria, Jason Raposa, Bo Chun, William Mathis, Dorothy Brodesser, Bates Wilder, Leigh French, Kevin Foster McCarthy, Mike Nikitas.