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    Season Six of <em>Better Call Saul</em> Brings Jimmy McGill to his Final Crossroads

    Season Six of Better Call Saul Brings Jimmy McGill to his Final Crossroads

    Julia Sirmons on the last chapter of the Breaking Bad prequel

    By Julia Sirmons | April 19, 2022

    Looking back on one of the scariest serial-killer films ever made, <em>10 Rillington Place</em>

    Looking back on one of the scariest serial-killer films ever made, 10 Rillington Place

    In the 1971 British film, Richard Attenborough gives a brilliant, terrifying performance as real-life murderer John Christie

    By Julia Sirmons | April 15, 2022

    The High-Flying Self-Actualization of <em>The Flight Attendant</em>'s Second Season

    The High-Flying Self-Actualization of The Flight Attendant's Second Season

    Olivia Rutigliano on the continuation of HBO Max's fun espionage comedy

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 15, 2022

    Seven Great Rural Crime Films

    Seven Great Rural Crime Films

    These crime stories take advantage of the “wide-open intimacy” of a small, tight-knit community.

    By Jeremy Scott | April 12, 2022

    <em>Tokyo Vice</em> Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

    Tokyo Vice Revisits the Last Days of a Striking Genre

    The new series, which is about journalists, police, and yakuza circling one another in milennium-era Japan, is invested in the long history, and fading future, of such a triangle.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | April 8, 2022

    <em>Slow Horses</em> is <br>Worth the Slow Burn

    Slow Horses is
    Worth the Slow Burn

    Come for the spy drama’s creative pedigree, stay for the deeply bleak comedy of spycraft gone 'goblin mode'

    By Alexis Gunderson | April 8, 2022

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    Turns out, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an episode of Veronica Mars

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    Your Guide to the Many, Excellent Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

    Your Guide to the Many, Excellent Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

    Slow Horses, Tokyo Vice, The Shining Girls, the final season of Better Call Saul...They're all coming out in April. Get ready.

    By Dwyer Murphy | March 31, 2022

    Six Classic Films Featuring Gaslighting

    Six Classic Films Featuring Gaslighting

    In these movies, people are manipulated and deceived by those they trust the most.

    By Erica Ruth Neubauer | March 31, 2022

    Steven Spielberg’s <em>West Side Story</em> is a Technical Masterpiece Despite its Sprawling Script

    Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story is a Technical Masterpiece Despite its Sprawling Script

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    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 25, 2022

    Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

    Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

    Nick Kolakowksi takes a closer look at fictional portrayals of Billy the Kid through the ages.

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    The Private Eye As Family Man

    The Private Eye As Family Man

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    The Bizarre, Self-Incriminating Confession of Pam Hupp

    The Bizarre, Self-Incriminating Confession of Pam Hupp

    On a strange incident in the true story that forms the basis for the show The Thing About Pam.

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