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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #3

    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

    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

    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

    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 <em>The Hitch-Hiker</em>

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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”

    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

    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

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 7

    The Thin Man (1934)

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