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Hollywood and Hookers: Debunking the Stereotype

Hollywood and Hookers: Debunking the Stereotype

"I wanted to discover whether Hollywood has perpetuated the early 20th Century stereotype of sex workers as boozy, broke and burned out."

By Jodé Millman | May 9, 2022

Bosch Is Back — But Can <em>Bosch: Legacy</em> Find the Original's Sunbaked Noir Magic?

Bosch Is Back — But Can Bosch: Legacy Find the Original's Sunbaked Noir Magic?

Bosch is a private eye, Maddie is a cop, and Honey is out for revenge. So does it work?

By Alexis Gunderson | May 6, 2022

Tough Mothers: Seven Dark Novels About Motherhood

Tough Mothers: Seven Dark Novels About Motherhood

This Mother's Day, consider the noir perspective...

By Zach Vasquez | May 6, 2022

Poliziotteschi"> 50 Years of

50 Years of

Poliziotteschi">

Poliziotteschi">50 Years of "Milano Calibro 9" and Italian Cinema's Ultra-Noir Poliziotteschi

Andrew Nette on the distinctive crime films that emerged from Italy’s anni di piombo

By Andrew Nette | May 5, 2022

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

Featuring more Bosch, more Staircase, more Lincoln Lawyer, and most importantly Rosie Perez.

By Dwyer Murphy | April 29, 2022

On the Genuine Delights of Hugh Laurie's Murder Mystery <em>Why Didn't They Ask Evans?</em>

On the Genuine Delights of Hugh Laurie's Murder Mystery Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

BritBox's new adaptation of Agatha Christie's funniest mystery is the jubilant romp through the English countryside that we all need right now.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 22, 2022

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

You Know, For Kids! The History of a Teenage James Bond

By Luke Poling | April 22, 2022

Dope: On George Cain, New York City, and Blueschild Baby

By Michael Gonzales | April 21, 2022

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

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

Turns out, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote an episode of <em>Veronica Mars</em>

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

He collaborated with Rob Thomas on 2019's season 4 reboot, and it's actually a pretty charming story.

By Olivia Rutigliano | April 7, 2022

Investigating the Cold Case That Inspired <em>Twin Peaks</em>

Investigating the Cold Case That Inspired Twin Peaks

A trip to upstate New York, where Mark Frost once heard stories of an unsolved murder from the early 1900s.

By Mark T. Givens and David Bushman | April 6, 2022

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