The Third Man, 1950 review

I was listening to critic A.S. Hamrah interviewed on the radio. He talked about reading Manny Farber's 1950 review of The Third Man in The Nation magazine. The movie is now classic. A few years ago, The Guardian called it "a near perfect work". But it hadn't reached that status just yet and the review had some interesting points.

Read it here:

https://www.thenation.com/article/third-man/