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    The new Seniors of Crime Fiction, on Page and Screen

    The new Seniors of Crime Fiction, on Page and Screen

    These older sleuths and killers prove that crimes (in stories) keep a heart young.

    By Alexis Gunderson | December 12, 2022

    “True Detective” Season Two: An Unholy Mess, or Better Than You Remember?

    “True Detective” Season Two: An Unholy Mess, or Better Than You Remember?

    Was the celebrated/ridiculed show's second season actually in keeping with the tradition of California Noir?

    By Nick Kolakowski | December 2, 2022

    All the Pretty Beasts: What We Choose to Save of Our Natural World

    All the Pretty Beasts: What We Choose to Save of Our Natural World

    On conservation and fiction.

    By Bradley Somer | December 1, 2022

    The Teenage Cannibal Movie for Our Time? <em>Bones and All</em> Ate Me Right Up

    The Teenage Cannibal Movie for Our Time? Bones and All Ate Me Right Up

    Luca Guadagnino’s Adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’s Novel is Rich, Sad, and All-Consuming

    By Olivia Rutigliano | November 30, 2022

    The Best New Crime Shows Coming Out in December

    The Best New Crime Shows Coming Out in December

    Forget the World Cup. There's a new season of Slow Horses.

    By Dwyer Murphy | November 30, 2022

    Walter Mosley on Ta-Nehisi Coates's <em>Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet</em>

    Walter Mosley on Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet

    "This permission to imagine, I believe, is the gift of all comics but T’Challa, the Black Panther, was a special gift to many young black people. Rather than a creation for us, it was a manifestation of our underlying dreams."

    By Walter Mosley | November 29, 2022

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    Which Obscure John le Carré Adaptation Should You Watch This Weekend?

    Which Obscure John le Carré Adaptation Should You Watch This Weekend?

    Come with me on a journey beyond 'Tinker, Tailor' to the world of Sean Connery playing table jazz for Russian dissidents.

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    How 'Only Murders in the Building' Is Leading a New Cozy Renaissance

    How 'Only Murders in the Building' Is Leading a New Cozy Renaissance

    Tara Lush on the hit show that cozy mystery fans are proud to call their own.

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    <em>She Said</em> is an Effective, Respectful Journalism Movie

    She Said is an Effective, Respectful Journalism Movie

    The film constructively, caringly reenacts Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's investigation into the crimes of Harvey Weinstein

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    Trouble Was His Business: 50 Years of <em>Trouble Man</em>

    Trouble Was His Business: 50 Years of Trouble Man

    Revisiting a movie that told the story of a fixer in South Central LA, with a Marvin Gaye score that changed the game.

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    Queer Criminality in <em>Swoon</em> and <em>The Living End</em>

    Queer Criminality in Swoon and The Living End

    "Thirty years later, the thorny characters and violent acts that characterize these films render them still potent and disquieting."

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    The Best Cars in the History of Fictional Detectives

    The Best Cars in the History of Fictional Detectives

    Craig Henderson looks at the iconic (and revelatory) rides of some of fiction's greatest detectives.

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    <em>The Story of a Cheat</em> Deserves to be Remembered

    The Story of a Cheat Deserves to be Remembered

    Looking back on Sacha Guitry's rollicking, wildly influential, and now criminally obscure 1936 crime film

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