Nicholas Ray was better at beginnings than endings. His very first film, They Live by Night (1948), opens—after a brief prologue which looks tacked on by the studio—with a startling aerial shot, taken ...

Even with the wave of retrospective criticism and celebration of his work, Nicholas Ray remains one of the unsung auteurs of classic Hollywood. This period, defined by intense studio control and an ...

BETTERTON — On a 12-day music tour, local musician/songwriter Nicholas Ray’s plans to reach California were thrown off by a snowstorm. Alone, two hours from the Grand Canyon, the snow fell so heavy it ...