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

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

    Kubrick and Thompson were close collaborators. Why did their time together yield so little?

    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

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    The Duplicitous Heroine in Wilkie Collins's No Name

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 23, 2026

    The Top Five Crime Movies Set On Submarines

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 22, 2026

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

    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

    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

    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

    Miranda Smith's 6 Favorite Novels to Pair with Alfred Hitchcock Films

    Miranda Smith's 6 Favorite Novels to Pair with Alfred Hitchcock Films

    What to read if you love Psycho, Rear Window, Strangers on a Train, and other iconic flicks

    By Miranda Smith | July 15, 2026

    Mike Flanagan Made a TV adaptation of <em>Carrie</em>

    Mike Flanagan Made a TV adaptation of Carrie

    The creator of Midnight Mass and the adaptor of Doctor Sleep takes on another Stephen King classic

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 14, 2026

    Sleepy Crime Movies For Warm Summer Nights

    Sleepy Crime Movies For Warm Summer Nights

    Crime movies to... relax to?

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 13, 2026

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