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What is the <em>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</em> Leitmotif Doing in <em>Moonraker</em>?

What is the Close Encounters of the Third Kind Leitmotif Doing in Moonraker?

The story of a random Broccoli-Spielberg collaboration!

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 24, 2026

Melodrama-Monster-Myth: What Twin Peaks Taught Me about Subverting Genre

Melodrama-Monster-Myth: What Twin Peaks Taught Me about Subverting Genre

"That genre slipperiness is, I think, precisely what keeps the melodrama from feeling tropey and the horror from feeling unmoored."

By Jen Julian | July 24, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

In a barren week on the TV calendar, it might be week for a really, really weird Tom Hardy trip.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 24, 2026

The Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins's <em>No Name</em>

The Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins's No Name

In No Name, the heroine Magdalen Vanstone tries to use her acting skills to become a detective... but, by Victorian standards, her actions almost turn her into a criminal.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 23, 2026

How AI Deepfakes Are Changing the Rules of Crime Fiction

How AI Deepfakes Are Changing the Rules of Crime Fiction

Dervla McTiernan on the cutting edge of mystery.

By Dervla McTiernan | July 23, 2026

The Top Five Crime Movies Set On Submarines

The Top Five Crime Movies Set On Submarines

Subaquatic crime!

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 22, 2026

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Looking to Get Into Golden Age mysteries?

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 20, 2026

Queer Crime Writers Presents: LGBTQIA+ Crime Fiction To Check Out This Summer

By Queer Crime Writers | July 20, 2026

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | July 20, 2026

A Conversation About 'The Kidnapping of Arabella,' An Italian Road Movie from Writer-Director Carolina Cavalli

A Conversation About 'The Kidnapping of Arabella,' An Italian Road Movie from Writer-Director Carolina Cavalli

The new movie features two misfits and Chris Pine speaking in Italian.

By Radha Vatsal | July 20, 2026

They're in That??: The Bond Villain Henchman Who Played <em>The Twilight Zone</em>'s Most Famous Alien

They're in That??: The Bond Villain Henchman Who Played The Twilight Zone's Most Famous Alien

Remembering Richard Kiel

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 17, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

Featuring two friends on an international assassination adventure, and Bob Odenkirk starting a new job in viper's nest.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 17, 2026

How to Successfully Collaborate on a Thriller with a Big Idea

How to Successfully Collaborate on a Thriller with a Big Idea

Michael Newman and Jon Land discuss throwback thrillers, alien encounters, and co-writing a novel.

By Jon Land | July 17, 2026

She’s Just Not That Into You, Bear: Gendered Desire in <em>Obsession</em>

She’s Just Not That Into You, Bear: Gendered Desire in Obsession

Natasha Lancaster on Curry Barker's canny new
reverse-American Psycho

By Natasha Lancaster | July 16, 2026

Seicho Matsumoto's <em>A Quiet Place</em> Is a Dark Fairy-Tale of Post-War Japan

Seicho Matsumoto's A Quiet Place Is a Dark Fairy-Tale of Post-War Japan

Pico Iyer reflects on a reissued masterpiece of psychological fiction

By Pico Iyer | July 16, 2026

There's a new Series Adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's <em>The Shards</em>

There's a new Series Adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's The Shards

The show, from producer Ryan Murphy, will air on FX this August, and there's a new trailer out now!

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 15, 2026

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