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That Time Charlie Chaplin's Body Was Stolen From His Grave

That Time Charlie Chaplin's Body Was Stolen From His Grave

Now that's grave robbery!

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 14, 2026

Filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa on His New Locked Room Mystery, 'The Samurai and The Prisoner'

Filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa on His New Locked Room Mystery, 'The Samurai and The Prisoner'

Radha Vatsal and Kurosawa discuss the heady new mystery set in 16th-century Japan.

By Radha Vatsal | August 14, 2026

Rachel Antonoff's Fall Fashion Collection is Noir-Themed!!

Rachel Antonoff's Fall Fashion Collection is Noir-Themed!!

There's even a trench coat!!

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 13, 2026

What is the extent of Sherlock Holmes's random scientific knowledge?

What is the extent of Sherlock Holmes's random scientific knowledge?

He doesn't know that the Earth revolves around the Sun... but he knows evolutionary biology like the back of his hand?

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 7, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend? (August 7-9)

What Should You Watch This Weekend? (August 7-9)

The new Bret Easton Ellis/Ryan Murphy adaptation arrives on FX. How dark will it get?

By Dwyer Murphy | August 7, 2026

Ian Fleming Didn't Want Bond to have an

Ian Fleming Didn't Want Bond to have an "American-shaped head"

A recently discovered piece of correspondence reveals Fleming's thoughts on how Bond should look, in the comic-strip adaptation of the 007 novels

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 6, 2026

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There's a New Adaptation ofThe Thomas Crown Affair

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 3, 2026

The 8 Best Fake Crime Novels in Film and TV, Ranked

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 31, 2026

Sinners, Saints and Screenplays: On Jim Thompson and Stanley Kubrick

By Michael Gonzales | July 31, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

Featuring an exceptionally good drama chronicling the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 31, 2026

Meet the (Woman) Stunt Performer Who Doubled Matt Damon in <em>The Odyssey</em>

Meet the (Woman) Stunt Performer Who Doubled Matt Damon in The Odyssey

According to Matt Damon, Devyn Dalton has the "greatest" biceps the actor has ever seen

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 30, 2026

Did Charles Dickens's <em>Bleak House</em> Inspire <em>Murder on the Orient Express</em>?

Did Charles Dickens's Bleak House Inspire Murder on the Orient Express?

Agatha Christie simply couldn't get enough of Dickens's nearly-one-thousand-page-tome. She even wrote a screenplay version.

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 29, 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

The Top Five Crime Movies Set On Submarines

The Top Five Crime Movies Set On Submarines

Subaquatic crime!

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 22, 2026

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