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<em>Asteroid City</em> is Wes Anderson's Metaphysical Masterpiece

Asteroid City is Wes Anderson's Metaphysical Masterpiece

The director's new sci-fi movie is a lovely meditation on unknowable phenomena of all kinds: love, death, and aliens

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 16, 2023

Paul Schrader's <em>Master Gardener</em> Doesn't See the Forest for the Trees

Paul Schrader's Master Gardener Doesn't See the Forest for the Trees

The third of Schrader's "God's Lonely Men" trilogy promises a fruitful plot but is sadly under-seeded.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 26, 2023

All the Monsters in <em>Jane Eyre</em>

All the Monsters in Jane Eyre

A primer on the Gothic, 19th century women writers, and Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar's classic The Madwoman in the Attic

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 18, 2023

<em>Renfield</em> Doesn't Know What to Do With Itself

Renfield Doesn't Know What to Do With Itself

The Dracula Relationship Comedy Starts Off Strong, and Then Lowers Its Stakes to Become... a Buddy Cop Movie

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 14, 2023

<em>How to Blow Up a Pipeline</em> is a Brisk Thriller and a Passionate Argument for Revolution

How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a Brisk Thriller and a Passionate Argument for Revolution

The film, a fictionalization of Andreas Malm's 2021 manifesto, asks what to do to fight climate destruction and injustice, when protests are not enough?

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 7, 2023

The 19 Scruffiest Detectives in Crime Film and TV

The 19 Scruffiest Detectives in Crime Film and TV

They might not be able to find their keys and definitely don't own an iron, but they'll solve your murder in a flash

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 30, 2023

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Is 1973 actually crime film's greatest year?

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 23, 2023

I Saw Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre and Now I Have Some Questions

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 17, 2023

You've Probably Already Heard, but Monk is Coming Back

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 16, 2023

If you want to laugh, watch this Mitchell and Webb sketch about inviting Shaggy and Scooby Doo to a party

If you want to laugh, watch this Mitchell and Webb sketch about inviting Shaggy and Scooby Doo to a party

No one is weirder at a party than those two, apparently.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 3, 2023

That Time Disneyland Paris Built a Jules Verne-Themed Space Mountain Ride

That Time Disneyland Paris Built a Jules Verne-Themed Space Mountain Ride

It lasted a mere decade, but it every second of it was a glorious, steampunk adventure.

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 17, 2023

Charles Addams Drew the Credits for <em>Murder By Death</em>

Charles Addams Drew the Credits for Murder By Death

The Neil Simon murder mystery movie has a beautifully-illustrated opening. (The rest of the movie has issues.)

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 10, 2023

Ice-Cold Winter Thrillers to Watch this Season

Ice-Cold Winter Thrillers to Watch this Season

Grab a blanket, pour yourself some whiskey, and watch dogged detectives and determined criminals chase each other through the snow

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 9, 2023

<em>Poker Face</em> is a Crackling, Groovy Heirloom PI Show

Poker Face is a Crackling, Groovy Heirloom PI Show

Rian Johnson's case-of-the-week murder mystery show feels comfortingly vintage without being stale.

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 27, 2023

What did Shakespeare mean when he wrote

What did Shakespeare mean when he wrote "let's kill all the lawyers?"

It's more complicated than you might think!

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 26, 2023

The trailer for the newest <em>Dracula</em> Adaptation, <em>Renfield,</em> has arrived

The trailer for the newest Dracula Adaptation, Renfield, has arrived

BTW, Nicolas Cage is Dracula

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 5, 2023

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