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    'The Way of the Gun’ Was a Nihilistic Rebuke To Everything Cool in Nineties Crime Cinema

    And it deserves a cult status of its own.

    September 3, 2021  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Puzzling Life and Uncertain Death of Heinrich Feldmann, A Spy in the First World War

    The Neutral Netherlands spent WWI riddled with spies, secret agents, and deserters. Their stories are incomplete, and all the more fascinating for it.

    September 3, 2021  By Anna Lee Huber
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    How The French Connection Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

    William Friedkin's 1971 masterpiece is all about the chase. That's what distinguishes it from everything that came before and after.

    September 2, 2021  By Chris McGinley
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    What to Stream This September: Robert Redford's Crime Movies

    Nothing takes you from the end of summer to the start of fall like a Robert Redford movie

    September 2, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Why Artifacts Should Be Returned To Their Countries of Origin: A Look Inside The Debate

    Many nations have acknowledged that their treasures come from a history of plunder, but they're rather divided on what to give back.

    September 2, 2021  By Gill Paul
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    12 Crime Novels You Should Read This September

    Northern Irish noir, lakeside horror, plenty of psychological thrillers, and a new novel from Colson Whitehead.

    September 1, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Remembering Harry O, The Seventies' Second Best, Mostly Forgotten Private Eye Series

    'The Rockford Files' may have outshone the darker noir of 'Harry O', but David Janssen's gumshoe series had lofty ambitions, too.

    September 1, 2021  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    The Luxury Hotels That Gave Succor to the Queens of Golden Age Crime Fiction

    A look at the most inspiring and atmospheric writerly accommodations of the 1920s and 30s.

    September 1, 2021  By Hannah Dennison
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    Let’s All Be Final Girls

    Stephen Graham Jones on the evolution of the slasher film and its central figure—the final girl.

    August 31, 2021  By Stephen Graham Jones
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    Manhunter Takes Down Thief: How Michael Mann’s Early Career Led to ‘Heat’

    'Heat' is the director's masterpiece. It was also the culmination of decades of experimenting with the archetypal cops and thieves.

    August 31, 2021  By Nick Kolakowski
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