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Joe R. Lansdale Remembers The Genesis of Hap and Leonard and Pays Tribute to Michael K. Williams

Joe R. Lansdale Remembers The Genesis of Hap and Leonard and Pays Tribute to Michael K. Williams

"People aren't standardized...That's what I liked about Leonard. He didn't fit a mold, in the way people I knew didn't fit a mold."

By Joe R. Lansdale | September 15, 2021

Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

Colson Whitehead on Why He Wrote a Heist Novel to Tell the Story of New York

"I wanted to salute that moment of night and those nighthawks."

By Dwyer Murphy | September 14, 2021

Transformation and Transcendence in <br>1980s Body Horror

Transformation and Transcendence in
1980s Body Horror

On David Cronenberg, Clive Barker, and the embrace of the grotesque as a representation of lived experience.

By Darryl Jones | September 9, 2021

10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

10 Crime Novels About The Cutthroat Business of Culture

Go behind the scenes in these tales of love, murder and revenge among the glitterati.

By Helen Walsh | September 7, 2021

In <em>Only Murders in the Building</em>, a mystery isn't a mystery until it's a production

In Only Murders in the Building, a mystery isn't a mystery until it's a production

In the new series, three neighbors investigate a murder in their apartment building while making a true crime podcast about it.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 3, 2021

'The Way of the Gun’ Was a Nihilistic Rebuke To Everything Cool in Nineties Crime Cinema

'The Way of the Gun’ Was a Nihilistic Rebuke To Everything Cool in Nineties Crime Cinema

And it deserves a cult status of its own.

By Nick Kolakowski | September 3, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

How The French Connection Reinvented (and Exploded) the Police Procedural

By Chris McGinley | September 2, 2021

What to Stream This September: Robert Redford's Crime Movies

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 2, 2021

Remembering Harry O, The Seventies' Second Best, Mostly Forgotten Private Eye Series

By J. Kingston Pierce | September 1, 2021

Let’s All Be Final Girls

Let’s All Be Final Girls

Stephen Graham Jones on the evolution of the slasher film and its central figure—the final girl.

By Stephen Graham Jones | August 31, 2021

Manhunter Takes Down Thief: How Michael Mann’s Early Career Led to ‘Heat’

Manhunter Takes Down Thief: How Michael Mann’s Early Career Led to ‘Heat’

'Heat' is the director's masterpiece. It was also the culmination of decades of experimenting with the archetypal cops and thieves.

By Nick Kolakowski | August 31, 2021

A Rumination on DCI Jane Tennison

A Rumination on DCI Jane Tennison

Looking back at the beloved series "Prime Suspect" and its curt, magnetic, mighty protagonist.

By Julia Sirmons | August 26, 2021

On the Pretty, Pent-Up Crime Films of Wes Anderson

On the Pretty, Pent-Up Crime Films of Wes Anderson

Trapped in bright, beautiful, but stiff aesthetics, Anderson's characters often find themselves turning to crimes and schemes when trying to express their true feelings.

By Jesse Pasternack | August 25, 2021

Art Theft and Forgery: The Best TV, Movies, and Documentaries Now Streaming

Art Theft and Forgery: The Best TV, Movies, and Documentaries Now Streaming

There's no better escape than into the rarefied world of fine art and even finer forgeries...

By Jonathan Santlofer | August 19, 2021

A Better Life: 10 Crime Films About Unauthorized Immigrants

A Better Life: 10 Crime Films About Unauthorized Immigrants

"When powerful people are trying to convince you that powerless people are the threat, they’re lying to you."

By Johnny Shaw | August 18, 2021

<em>Die Hard with a Vengeance</em> is the most relatable

Die Hard with a Vengeance is the most relatable "summer in the city" movie ever

Die Hard with a Vengeance is one of its rare pieces of hate mail."">"Too many films are love-letters to New York City; Die Hard with a Vengeance is one of its rare pieces of hate mail."

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 12, 2021

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