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    Korean Noir: A Guide to the Classics

    Korean Noir: A Guide to the Classics

    From the 1950s to today, Korean cinema has been turning out some of the best, strangest, most searching noirs ever made.

    By Tanner Tafelski | July 31, 2019

    15 Books to Read if You're an <br>Adult Who Loves <em>Veronica Mars</em>

    15 Books to Read if You're an
    Adult Who Loves Veronica Mars

    1984 reference. Did you read that in weightlifting?"">"Wow, a 1984 reference. Did you read that in weightlifting?"

    By Emily Temple | July 26, 2019

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Noir

    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Noir

    10 classic noirs set in Hollywood studios, backlots, and writers' flops—directors and audiences can't resist the city's dreamers.

    By Zach Vasquez | July 25, 2019

    The Silence of the Lambs: The Seminal Serial Killer Novel, and Still the Best

    The Silence of the Lambs: The Seminal Serial Killer Novel, and Still the Best

    A thriller author and her forensics expert partner celebrate the literary and investigative merits of an all-time great thriller.

    By Ashley Dyer | July 22, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #46

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #46

    Mean Streets (1973)

    By Otto Penzler | July 22, 2019

    Now Streaming in Crime: Nazi Hunters, Boston Noir, and the Most Chilling Movie Ever

    Now Streaming in Crime: Nazi Hunters, Boston Noir, and the Most Chilling Movie Ever

    A Crime and Mystery Lover's Guide to What's New to Streaming

    By Camille LeBlanc | July 19, 2019

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    Miami Vice: How an Icon of 80s Cool Transformed a City and the Landscape of Television

    By Craig Pittman | July 17, 2019

    The Tragic, Violent History of the Brooklyn Waterfront

    By Nathan Ward | July 17, 2019

    Havana to Miami: Crime Fiction Across the Straits of Florida

    By Alex Segura | July 15, 2019

    Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

    Hollywood Will Never Give Up Making Hardboiled Movies

    Jim Thompson and William Lindsay Gresham have proven difficult to adapt to screen. Directors can't resist the challenge—or the noir.

    By Zach Vasquez | July 15, 2019

    Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

    Hannibal Lecter: 20 Years Later

    The last Hannibal Lecter book was a publishing phenomenon like no other—it left a long, strange legacy.

    By Patrick J. Sauer | July 10, 2019

    7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

    7 'Unlikeable' Women (Characters) You Should Get to Know This Summer

    Pop culture is full of interesting women challenging stereotypes and ridiculous old questions about likeable characters.

    By Kristen Lepionka | July 10, 2019

    Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

    Stuntwoman, Armorer, and...Crime Writer?

    Five ways my background as a stuntwoman and armorer helped me become a crime writer (and one way it didn't).

    By S. L. Huang | July 10, 2019

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #48

    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #48

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

    By Otto Penzler | July 9, 2019

    Gritty Old New York Movies: My Home Bittersweet Home

    Gritty Old New York Movies: My Home Bittersweet Home

    The streets were dirty, crime was up, and the culture was alive.

    By David Gordon | July 2, 2019

    Bollywood Noir

    Bollywood Noir

    As India's mainstream politicians become more right-wing, its entertainment industry finds answers in noir.

    By akankshasingh | July 1, 2019

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