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If you want to laugh, watch this Mitchell and Webb sketch about inviting Shaggy and Scooby Doo to a party

If you want to laugh, watch this Mitchell and Webb sketch about inviting Shaggy and Scooby Doo to a party

No one is weirder at a party than those two, apparently.

By Olivia Rutigliano | March 3, 2023

Uncrackable: 5 Films Featuring Devilishly Difficult Heists

Uncrackable: 5 Films Featuring Devilishly Difficult Heists

What's better than an outrageously elaborate heist sequence?

By Nick Kolakowski | March 2, 2023

The Best New Crime Shows Coming Out in March

The Best New Crime Shows Coming Out in March

Spies in sweaters, mysteries on ships, pop star obsessions, and more.

By Dwyer Murphy | February 28, 2023

How <em>Treme</em> Showed Me How to Write About New Orleans

How Treme Showed Me How to Write About New Orleans

On the city of New Orleans as character and catalyst.

By Veronica G. Henry | February 27, 2023

The Best Plot Twists in Mystery

The Best Plot Twists in Mystery

Rupert Holmes on the greatest, most startling plot twists in a long, proud tradition of fooling readers.

By Rupert Holmes | February 21, 2023

On Louis Malle and Childhood Under An Oppressive Regime

On Louis Malle and Childhood Under An Oppressive Regime

Or, What Au Revoir Les Enfants still has to teach us about innocence and complicity.

By Tara Ison | February 21, 2023

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Charles Addams Drew the Credits for Murder By Death

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 10, 2023

The Life and Legacy of James Ellroy

By Andrew Nette | February 10, 2023

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By Olivia Rutigliano | February 9, 2023

On the 1968 Film Which Introduced the Trope of the

On the 1968 Film Which Introduced the Trope of the "Black Guy Dies First"

Spider Baby helped introduce the modern horror concept of the Black character existing solely to die"">"Spider Baby helped introduce the modern horror concept of the Black character existing solely to die"

By Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris | February 7, 2023

Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

Harry Dean Stanton is the Hero of Every Noir

Or, a brief taxonomy of a very strange oeuvre.

By J. D. O'Brien | February 6, 2023

Is <em>Real Housewives</em> Lowkey the Best Crime Show On Television?

Is Real Housewives Lowkey the Best Crime Show On Television?

Real Housewives has become our modern-day film noir."">"It’s time we accept that Bravo’s Real Housewives has become our modern-day film noir."

By Jumata Emill | February 1, 2023

The Deliverance of TLC's Sister Wives

The Deliverance of TLC's Sister Wives

It's Not the Pandemic, It's the Patriarchy

By Lisa Levy | February 1, 2023

Which Crime Shows Should You Watch in February?

Which Crime Shows Should You Watch in February?

There's more to the month ahead than just Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne doing Columbo. Although that, too, is good.

By Dwyer Murphy | January 31, 2023

Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down: On the 1975 Thomas Harris Novel, <em>Black Sunday</em>, and Its Underrated Adaptation

Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down: On the 1975 Thomas Harris Novel, Black Sunday, and Its Underrated Adaptation

The test screenings of Black Sunday enthralled its early viewers, but the film was eclipsed by the release of Star Wars.

By David James Keaton | January 31, 2023

<em>Poker Face</em> is a Crackling, Groovy Heirloom PI Show

Poker Face is a Crackling, Groovy Heirloom PI Show

Rian Johnson's case-of-the-week murder mystery show feels comfortingly vintage without being stale.

By Olivia Rutigliano | January 27, 2023

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