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TV & Film
Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #3
Chinatown (1974)
By
Otto Penzler
| July 30, 2020
The 50 Most Iconic Heist Movies, Ranked
It's time for one last job—and that job is deciding which heist movie is the greatest of all-time.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| July 29, 2020
How Film Noir Will Forever Change Your Worldview
Decades later, Loren D. Estleman is still under the spell of that essential art form: the film noir.
By
Loren D. Estleman
| July 28, 2020
It's Time for More Period Dramas to Embrace the Diversity of People of Color
Un-Whitewashing the Past
By
Radha Vatsal
| July 27, 2020
The Real Life Crimes Behind Ida Lupino's
The Hitch-Hiker
This 1953 classic noir, the first to be directed by a woman, was based on the chilling exploits of a cheerful sociopath.
By
Harold Schechter
| July 27, 2020
All in a Day's Work: Why Do the Parker Novels Still Resonate So Powerfully?
Fifty years later, Donald Westlake's passion for the logistics of crime captures our imaginations.
By
Nick Kolakowski
| July 24, 2020
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Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 4
By
Otto Penzler
| July 24, 2020
On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| July 23, 2020
What We Relate To When We Relate to Books
By
Josh Malerman
| July 23, 2020
Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 5
The Godfather, Part II (1974)
By
Otto Penzler
| July 23, 2020
The Evolution of Dennis Lehane
How the acclaimed author's work has transformed through the decades, bringing readers some of the era's most powerful noirs.
By
Keith Roysdon
| July 22, 2020
Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 6
Laura (1944)
By
Otto Penzler
| July 21, 2020
The Coen Brothers' Enduring Ties to Crime Literature
From Macbeth to Lebowski and Back Again
By
Zach Vasquez
| July 17, 2020
How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”
In the 1960s, TV executives came up with a novel way of delivering Americans their mysteries—the "wheel"
By
J. Kingston Pierce
| July 16, 2020
Let's Not Forget the Time Mario Vargas Llosa Sucker Punched Gabriel García Márquez
It was about a woman.
By
Olivia Rutigliano
| July 16, 2020
Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 7
The Thin Man (1934)
By
Otto Penzler
| July 16, 2020
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