• TV & Film

    Hercule Poirot’s First Appearances on Television and Radio

    While stage and screen appearances brought Poirot to international prominence, his arrival on television and radio by the late 1930s signified a new level of public adoration.

    April 21, 2021  By Mark Aldridge
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    Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Were Commissioned at the Same Dinner Party

    On one of literature's most productive hangouts

    April 16, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Complex History of 'Gay Panic' and the 2001 Thriller The Deep End

    The 1947 novel is about protecting a teenage daughter's sexual 'virtue'. The 2001 film changes that character to a gay son, and plays with how his sexuality leads to a domestic panic.

    April 16, 2021  By Matthew John Phillips
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    Escape Your Travel Limitations With These 10 International Thriller Series

    South African spies, Tokyo gangsters, and crooked Aussie politicians: check out these series from across the globe.

    April 14, 2021  By Kris Calvin
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    Hitchcock, The Voyeur: Why Rear Window Remains the Director's Definitive Film

    Hitchcock was a master of obsessive looking and daydreamed about filming acts of sexual voyeurism. In Rear Window, he found a new vision.

    April 13, 2021  By Edward White
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    The 100 Best, Worst, and Strangest Sherlock Holmes Portrayals of All-Time, Ranked

    Once you eliminate the least compelling Sherlock Holmes performances, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the best.

    April 8, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Ian Pearce, Location Manager for Lewis, Talks Filming in Oxford with Frederick Weisel

    "Few mystery series owed as much as Lewis did to its locations, where crimes were committed and investigated among the staid, historic Oxford colleges"

    April 5, 2021  By Frederick Weisel
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    The Relationships Were What Made 'Justified' Truly Special—They're Why We're Still Watching Today

    Over six seasons, 'Justified' explored the complex, twisted roots of Elmore Leonard's distinct vision of Harlan County.

    April 2, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

    Spanish avengers, cross-continent serial killers, and a giant ocean liner carrying a locked-door mystery.

    April 2, 2021  By Dwyer Murphy
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    Few Films Understand the History of Blackmail and Queer Criminalization Better than Basil Dearden’s Victim

    This classic noir, starring icon Dirk Bogarde, uses the conventions of melodrama and detective cinema to explore a persisting crime: the extortion of queer men

    April 1, 2021  By Victoria Wiet
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