<em>Knives Out</em> Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

Knives Out Is a Surprisingly Subversive Mystery

Rian Johnson's new movie celebrates the whodunit—while also skewering its traditional power structure to condemn the 1%

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 27, 2019

The Strange Cultural Legacy of <em>Charlie's Angels</em>

The Strange Cultural Legacy of Charlie's Angels

The Angels have always existed in the borderlands between feminism and the patriarchy.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 15, 2019

<em>Motherless Brooklyn</em> Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

Motherless Brooklyn Is About the Mystery of Self-Expression—Adapting It Was Never Going to Be Easy

A postmodern '90s novel becomes a '50s noir.

By Olivia Rutigliano | November 8, 2019

The Real <em>Dracula</em> Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

The Real Dracula Is a Detective Story—and an Incredibly Complex, Fascinating Mystery

Forget what you think you know about the ur-vampire story. Bram Stoker's masterpiece was a sprawling, radical detective novel.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 31, 2019

A Cultural History of <br>Nancy Drew

A Cultural History of
Nancy Drew

Maybe every generation gets the Nancy Drew it needs.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 8, 2019

50 Years Ago, <em>Scooby Doo</em> Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

50 Years Ago, Scooby Doo Was the Perfect, Weird, Hopeful Mystery Series 1969 Needed

An unlikely gang of mystery-solvers set out to change the world.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 13, 2019

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The Best 1990s Rom-Coms Are Detective Stories in Disguise

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Lisa Lutz on Creating Iconic Female Protagonists

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Remembering the Gilded Age's Long-Lost Lady Detectives

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<em>Ready or Not</em> is a Bloody Good Time at the Movies

Ready or Not is a Bloody Good Time at the Movies

How Ready or Not marries traditional mystery tropes to feminist horror to tell a story of old money gone awry.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 23, 2019

Why <em>Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood</em> is a Child's-Eye View of the 1960s

Why Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is a Child's-Eye View of the 1960s

The film reads 60s counterculture as attacking the entertainment beloved by the era's children—and thus attacking childhood itself.

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 16, 2019

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