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On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in <em>Who Framed Roger Rabbit</em>

On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Robert Zemeckis's visually stunning wild ride through cartoons is also a breakneck excoriation of disenfranchisement.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 23, 2020

Let's Not Forget the Time Mario Vargas Llosa Sucker Punched Gabriel García Márquez

Let's Not Forget the Time Mario Vargas Llosa Sucker Punched Gabriel García Márquez

It was about a woman.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 16, 2020

The Day Dashiell Hammett Was Dragged Into Court Over a Bail Fund for Political Prisoners and Refused to Name Names

The Day Dashiell Hammett Was Dragged Into Court Over a Bail Fund for Political Prisoners and Refused to Name Names

The godfather of noir fiction went up against a notorious Communist hunter and refused to back down. It would cost him his freedom.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 9, 2020

On the Endless Symbolism of <em>Jaws</em>, Which Owes Its Dark Soul to <em>Moby Dick</em>

On the Endless Symbolism of Jaws, Which Owes Its Dark Soul to Moby Dick

Olivia Rutigliano discusses punishment, redemption, and fate in her favorite movie of all time.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 2, 2020

<em>The Great Muppet Caper</em> Is the Loveliest Crime Movie Ever

The Great Muppet Caper Is the Loveliest Crime Movie Ever

Four decades ago, a ragtag group of vaguely self-aware puppets solved the greatest jewel heist in the world, and it was wonderful.

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 26, 2020

India's Most Celebrated Film Director Was Also a Bestselling Detective Novelist

India's Most Celebrated Film Director Was Also a Bestselling Detective Novelist

Reflecting on the brilliant career of Satyajit Ray

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 17, 2020

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How the Flavia de Luce Series Investigates the Traditional English Village Murder Mystery

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 16, 2020

On Charles Dickens' Devious, Hypocritical "Nice Guy" Cop

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 9, 2020

The Copyright Battle that Gave Cinematic Life to Dracula

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 26, 2020

Victorians Were Obsessed with the Idea that George Eliot Had Two Different-Sized Hands

Victorians Were Obsessed with the Idea that George Eliot Had Two Different-Sized Hands

Presenting one of the 19th century's most random mysteries, and the modern scholar who solved it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 19, 2020

The Most Iconic Detective Sidekicks, Ranked

The Most Iconic Detective Sidekicks, Ranked

45 of the greatest detective-adjacent crime-solvers in history.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 14, 2020

Before there was Jessica Fletcher, there were the Snoop Sisters

Before there was Jessica Fletcher, there were the Snoop Sisters

That's Ernesta Snoop and Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson, to you.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 13, 2020

That Time Wallace Stevens Punched Ernest Hemingway in the Face

That Time Wallace Stevens Punched Ernest Hemingway in the Face

Things did not end well for him.

By Olivia Rutigliano | May 6, 2020

The Dutch anti-Nazi children’s book from the 1940s that depicts Hitler as a bug

The Dutch anti-Nazi children’s book from the 1940s that depicts Hitler as a bug

Spoiler: he gets eaten.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 22, 2020

This Is the Book That Outsold <em>Dracula</em> in 1897

This Is the Book That Outsold Dracula in 1897

It's weird, and you haven't heard of it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 16, 2020

Those Classic Detective Series You've Always Been Meaning To Read, Anyway

Those Classic Detective Series You've Always Been Meaning To Read, Anyway

There's no time like the present to read all fifty-six Sherlock Holmes stories. As the saying goes.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 15, 2020

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