• TV & Film

    On the Art of the Plot Twist

    "Psycho" and "Les Diaboliques" shocked audiences with their unpredictable revelations. What made them so effective?

    January 28, 2021  By Milan Terlunen
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    Ordinary People, Extraordinary Choices: When Characters Face Existential Dilemmas

    A look at five films where morality is supplanted by need

    January 27, 2021  By Thomas H. Carry
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    That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as "Herlock Sholmès"

    When author Maurice Leblanc tried to write the great English detective into his latest Arsène Lupin story, Arthur Conan Doyle protested. Fortunately, Leblanc found a solution.

    January 22, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Patricia Highsmith and the Women Who Inspired Ripley

    In 1950, Highsmith went to Positano with a glamorous, wealthy young Londoner. A year later, she traveled there again, with a new companion, at the tail end of a manic journey across Europe.

    January 19, 2021  By Richard Bradford
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    The 15 Best Crime and Mystery Television Series of 2020

    Gritty private detectives, pensive bounty hunters, maladjusted spies, and murderous cheerleaders

    January 15, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    What the Iconic Outfits in Laura Say About Feminism, Fashion, and Film Noir

    A well-dressed Gene Tierney isn't a screen siren—she's a businesswoman, projecting confidence and power.

    January 13, 2021  By Kimberley Truhler
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    The Mona Lisa Wasn't Really That Famous Until It Was Stolen in 1911

    Sixty detectives hunted for the small painting, which had been swiped by a cunning Italian.

    January 12, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    A Short History of Classic TV’s Most Unusual Investigators

    In the late Sixties everyone wanted to create a TV detective. But how to make your fictional sleuth stand apart?

    January 8, 2021  By Keith Roysdon
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    Hollywoodland: The Best Neo-Noir You Probably Haven't Seen

    Fifty years later, the investigation into the mysterious death of actor George Reeves, TV's Superman, still resonates.

    January 7, 2021  By Sabina Stent
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    Irving "Gangi" Cohen: The Man Who Escaped Murder, Inc. and Hid Out in the Movies

    Nobody saw Cohen back in Brooklyn. Until a few gangsters went to the movies and saw their old colleague on the silver screen.

    January 6, 2021  By Michael Cannell
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