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TV & Film
1980s Noir Films Are Better Than 1940s Noir Films: Discuss.
1980s crime films are more sophisticated than their 1940s predecessors. But are they better?
By
Keith Roysdon
| July 30, 2021
The Dark History of
The Indian Runner
, Sean Penn's Meditation on American Violence, By Way of Bruce Springsteen
In 1982, Penn was dating Springsteen's sister and became obsessed with the
Nebraska
track, "Highway Patrolman."
By
David Masciotra
| July 30, 2021
Let's Talk About
Sneakers
, the Most Charming, Baffling Espionage/Heist Movie
of the 1990s
The 90s surveillance caper flick circles various genres with reckless abandon... and somehow it works.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| July 29, 2021
John Candy Rants About Hollywood in a
Calgary Hotel Room
"Only someone who has experienced that kind of love and adoration can so deeply feel its absence."
By
Tommy Swerdlow
| July 23, 2021
Shop Talk: Jordan Harper Pulls Down the Blinds, Turns Up the Heat, and Writes Novels on Hotel Stationery
Crime writers discuss cold brew coffee and riding the tiger.
By
Eli Cranor
| July 15, 2021
The 30 Best Diner Scenes in Crime Movies, Ranked
What's on the menu? Only some of the best sequences in cinema. And pancakes.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| July 15, 2021
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
In 1970s America, Bizarre TV Movie Thrillers Were All the Rage
By
Keith Roysdon
| July 12, 2021
Quentin Tarantino Wrote a "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" Novel—Here's What You Need to Know
By
Nick Kolakowski
| July 12, 2021
Summertime Crime Movies: In the Woods
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| July 9, 2021
The Strange Story of Orson Welles' Lost Film,
Mr. Arkadin
The 1955 film was supposed to be Welles' masterpiece. Or maybe it was just a lark. Or a KGB-funded money laundering enterprise.
By
Craig Pittman
| July 9, 2021
The Reimagined
Mosquito Coast
Is a Hitchcockian Chase Thriller With a Social Critique
The new Apple TV+ series takes on American exceptionalism but delivers it with a stylish story about a family pursued.
By
Harrison Blackman
| July 9, 2021
Amnesia in Literature and Film
Unreliable narrators and mysteries of memory ratchet up the suspense in remarkable ways.
By
Liv Constantine
| July 9, 2021
Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend? July 4th Edition
Families on the run, gangsters in Berlin, and spies in Warsaw.
By
Dwyer Murphy
| July 2, 2021
Five Great Movies Based on Patricia Highsmith Books (That Aren't the Ripley Adaptations)
New wave cinema is full of interesting Highsmith adaptations you may have missed.
By
Tanner Tafelski
| July 1, 2021
A Quiet Hero: Why George Smiley Is and Always Has Been the Protagonist We Need
"...a play in which the hero kept silent and everyone round him spoke incessantly"
By
Neil Sharpson
| July 1, 2021
American Dreamers: On Frank Lucas, Jay-Z and a New York City Crime Epic
Talking with Jay-Z about growing up in New York, the gangster dream, and finding inspiration from a bygone era.
By
Michael Gonzales
| June 30, 2021
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