In the film, "The Pale Blue Eye," a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harry Melling, who plays Poe.

Harry Melling has revealed he spent a lot of time watching the work of silent cinema legend Buster Keaton before taking on the role of Edgar Allan Poe in Netflix thriller The Pale Blue Eye. The 33 ...

When one thinks of Edgar Allan Poe, words like “charming” and “fun” don’t immediately come to mind. And that’s precisely why actor Harry Melling decided to take his performance as the ...

Edgar Allan Poe, a military cadet at West Point? Sounds odd. Yet it’s true. If not quite the way it’s presented in Netflix’s 1830 West Point Military Academy murder mystery “The Pale Blue ...

The Pale Blue Eye on Netflix is a new murder mystery movie that asks the question: Hey, what if Edgar Allan Poe was there? The Pale Blue Eye, which began streaming today, is a movie adaptation of ...

Netflix’s “The Pale Blue Eye” portrays Edgar Allan Poe as a young West Point cadet. Here’s the true story of his brief, failed military career.

Christian Bale, as an ex-cop looking for a killer, headlines this 19th-century murder mystery, but Harry Melling steals the show as his sidekick Edgar Allan Poe.

Bale’s lifelong appreciation of Poe was shaped differently. “Watching TV in England when I was growing up, [I’d see] films that I didn’t know were Edgar Allan Poe [adaptations],” Bale said.

In the film, "The Pale Blue Eye," a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harry Melling, who plays Poe.

In the film, "The Pale Blue Eye," a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harry Melling, who plays Poe.