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Five Ways to Break Up, According to Michael Mann’s Films

Five Ways to Break Up, According to Michael Mann’s Films

Breakups are hard. Too many mistakes, regrets, recriminations. Too many SWAT team members assembling outside...

By Nick Kolakowski | September 16, 2022

2 or 3 Things I Know About Godard

2 or 3 Things I Know About Godard

An obituary, kind of.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 13, 2022

There's <em>Irma Vep</em> and then there's <em>Irma Vep</em>

There's Irma Vep and then there's Irma Vep

Julia Sirmons reflects on Oliver Assayas's classic meta-film and his own new television adaptation.

By Julia Sirmons | September 12, 2022

The trailer for <em>Knives Out 2</em> has been released!

The trailer for Knives Out 2 has been released!

And the poster, too!

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 8, 2022

War Movies: An Essential Primer

War Movies: An Essential Primer

These films prove that every good war movie is an anti-war movie.

By James R. Benn | September 6, 2022

<em>Loving Highsmith</em> Peeks into Patricia Highsmith’s Guarded Interior Life

Loving Highsmith Peeks into Patricia Highsmith’s Guarded Interior Life

The new film from Eva Vitija asks us to consider Highsmith's vulnerability.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 2, 2022

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By Zach Vasquez | September 2, 2022

The 80 Greatest Con Artists in Movies and TV, Ranked

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 1, 2022

Don’t Turn My Book into a TV Series

By Jason Mosberg | August 30, 2022

The Best Crime Shows Coming Out in September

The Best Crime Shows Coming Out in September

Now streaming: fake ids, well-dressed lawyers, American Gigolos.

By Dwyer Murphy | August 30, 2022

Hungry Like a Dog: James Ellroy Will Not Stop Being James Ellroy

Hungry Like a Dog: James Ellroy Will Not Stop Being James Ellroy

A conversation with the author (and now podcaster) who has no intention of pulling back his writing or his personality.

By M.R. Allan | August 26, 2022

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

Do you feel more like radical politics, corrupt expats, or spies in costumes?

By Dwyer Murphy | August 26, 2022

The Soap Opera That Brought a Noir Edge to Daytime TV

The Soap Opera That Brought a Noir Edge to Daytime TV

‘The Edge of Night’ gave soap viewers daily murder and mayhem

By Keith Roysdon | August 24, 2022

Bad Mutha: On the Life and Art of Isaac Hayes

Bad Mutha: On the Life and Art of Isaac Hayes

How the composer, actor, and Black Moses soul man put his indelible stamp on the culture.

By Michael Gonzales | August 19, 2022

On the 1981 Wonderland Murders and the 2003 film that reconstructs its events

On the 1981 Wonderland Murders and the 2003 film that reconstructs its events

Five people were killed in a Los Angeles suburb on July 1st, 1981. An unforgettable film told the story.

By Sabina Stent | August 19, 2022

Rediscovering a Vanished Species: Half-Hour TV Mysteries

Rediscovering a Vanished Species: Half-Hour TV Mysteries

Thirty-minute crime dramas were once a pop culture phenomenon. All but a few have been forgotten. This is their story.

By J. Kingston Pierce | August 18, 2022

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