The Best Crime and Mystery TV Shows of 2021

The Best Crime and Mystery TV Shows of 2021

Weary detectives, nosy Manhattanites, gentleman thieves, and suburban murderers.

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 21, 2021

What to Stream This December: Movies Where a Party at an Estate Goes Horribly Wrong

What to Stream This December: Movies Where a Party at an Estate Goes Horribly Wrong

What good is a manor house without a murder?

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 17, 2021

And Yet Another 10 Crime Movies You Forgot Take Place at Christmas

And Yet Another 10 Crime Movies You Forgot Take Place at Christmas

Merry Christmas from Donnie Brasco, Henry Hill, and a couple deranged hitmen.

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 16, 2021

Could Guillermo del Toro’s <em>Nightmare Alley</em> Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

Could Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Use More Tricks Up Its Sleeve?

The new adaptation plays the long game and insists that it has nothing to hide.

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 14, 2021

Get Wise to <em>Get Smart</em>

Get Wise to Get Smart

Looking back on Mel Brooks and Buck Henry's groundbreaking spy comedy series

By Olivia Rutigliano | December 1, 2021

Ten Murders-by-Pen in Movies

Ten Murders-by-Pen in Movies

These scenes prove that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword. In the right hands.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 18, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

The CrimeReads 2021 Holiday Gift Guide

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 16, 2021

What to Stream This November: Mafia Comedies

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 12, 2021

On the mystery novel written by A.A. Milne, creator of Winnie-the-Pooh

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 11, 2021

In <em>Last Night in Soho</em>, Too Much Nostalgia Can Be Dangerous

In Last Night in Soho, Too Much Nostalgia Can Be Dangerous

Rather than romanticize the past, the new film demands that you understand the bad alongside the beautiful.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 5, 2021

Redemption for Doctor Watson

Redemption for Doctor Watson

Olivia Rutigliano reads the detective duo as a brilliant double-act, designed by Watson himself.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 29, 2021

Why <em>Horror of Dracula</em> is still the best, strangest, campiest Dracula movie ever made

Why Horror of Dracula is still the best, strangest, campiest Dracula movie ever made

Who doesn't love Christopher Lee?

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 27, 2021

What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

Nothing says "October" like some thrilling, genre-blending films.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 15, 2021

Of Mice-Detectives and Men: <br> In Praise of <br><em>The Great Mouse Detective</em>

Of Mice-Detectives and Men:
In Praise of
The Great Mouse Detective

Revisiting Disney's classic but oft-overlooked Sherlock Holmes pastiche, featuring mice and Vincent Price

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 7, 2021

Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

From Connery to Craig, here are the best takes on 007

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 30, 2021

Looking Back on the Magical Mystery Series <em>Pushing Daisies</em>

Looking Back on the Magical Mystery Series Pushing Daisies

It had everything: homemade pies, murder mysteries, touchless romances, and waking the dead.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 16, 2021

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