Lesbian crime novelist Patricia Highsmith 's chilly, psychologically complex works have long appealed to filmmakers.

Actress Ida Lupino, who appeared in nearly 60 films in her 48-year career - she was smitten with Bogart in "High Sierra," a depraved murderess in "They Drive by Night," and a pathological warden in "Women's Prison" - was an anomaly.

Laurie Anderson is the consummate American artist of our time. Her film "Heart of a Dog" opens at Landmark Theatres in San Francisco on Fri., Nov. 13.