• TV & Film

    Anna May Wong and Chinatown Noir: 4 Essential Films

    "Wong brought authenticity and nuance to her roles...undermining the stereotypes that threatened to define her."

    August 22, 2023  By Yunte Huang
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    A Classic California Mystery: The Life and Times of Lange Lewis

    The author of The Birthday Murder has been mostly forgotten. But her mysteries portray a timeless vision of life and crime in California.

    August 21, 2023  By Randal S. Brandt
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    Running Man: Mission: Impossible–Dead Reckoning Part One and the Exertions of Tom Cruise

    Frank Falisi on when the politics of a boilerplate franchise becomes increasingly illegible

    August 18, 2023  By Frank Falisi
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    The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a Creative Dracula Adaptation That Bites Off a Bit More Than It Can Chew

    Olivia Rutigliano Grades André Øvredal's New Film on a Curve

    August 11, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    How 'Delicate Condition' Upends the Tropes of the Pregnancy Thriller

    Brenna Ehrlich on the "fertility journey" and the book that inspired the new season of American Horror Story

    August 10, 2023  By Brenna Ehrlich
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    Red Right Hand: Peaky Blinders, Babylon Berlin and the Looming Shadow of Fascism

    How history creates suspense in two standout crime dramas.

    August 10, 2023  By Zack Budryk
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    Remembering William Friedkin

    The legendary director of The French Connection and The Exorcist has died at the age of 87

    August 7, 2023  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Denise Mina Takes on Philip Marlowe and Chandler's Los Angeles

    Denise Mina talks about redemption, P.G. Wodehouse, and being the first woman to continue the story of Raymond Chandler’s foundational detective.

    August 4, 2023  By Nancie Clare
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    Nuclear Noir

    How Oppenheimer’s deadly toy influenced noir film and fiction.

    August 4, 2023  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Grifter in Popular Culture

    Sabine Durrant on why we're so consistently captivated by the tales of modern grifters and scammers.

    August 3, 2023  By Sabine Durrant
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