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    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

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    By Zach Vasquez | May 6, 2022

    Poliziotteschi">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

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

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

    The license to kill, the drinking, the racy affairs...what could go wrong bringing Bond to young readers?

    By Luke Poling | April 22, 2022

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    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

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    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

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

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

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

    Investigating the Cold Case That Inspired Twin Peaks

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

    The Unknown Man of Shandigor: How a Sixties Spy Spoof Went to the Arthouse

    The Unknown Man of Shandigor: How a Sixties Spy Spoof Went to the Arthouse

    Spy fiction was all the rage in the late Sixties. Jean-Louis Roy brought to the genre a unique vision.

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