Hugh Addison

Hercule Poirot

  • Kenneth Branagh and De-Poiroting Hercule Poirot

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    Frank Falisi

    A man with his back to the world waits for two impossible and perfect eggs. He follows an officer to the transport as a dream-generated locomotive leaves the story. He dreams of a holiday in Egypt and wakes up in the gnarls of memory’s black and white world; his famous face is shaped by loss…

  • Following Agatha Christie’s Footsteps in Torquay

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    Kavitha Rao

    I am sitting on the sweeping terrace of the Imperial hotel in Torquay, England, looking out over the breathtakingly blue water of the bay, soaking up crime fiction history.  This is Christie country, the place where Agatha Christie was born, and the venue for the International Agatha Christie festival every September. The Imperial is where…

  • A Haunting in Venice is the Best of Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot Adaptations, and an Engaging Film On Its Own

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    Olivia Rutigliano

    I was impressed by A Haunting in Venice as much as I was relieved by it. I had always found it both delightful and intriguing that, of all the possible franchises to take on, Kenneth Branagh chose Hercule Poirot, a funny, punctilious little Belgian detective. Yes, Poirot is one of the best—and best-known—detectives in literature…

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