• TV & Film

    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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    Hemingway's Politics Were No Secret—Just Read His Only Crime Novel

    To Have and Have Not, Hemingway's patchwork Depression-era crime novel, was the story of one man's radicalization.

    January 5, 2021  By David Masciotra
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    In 1849, a feud between two Shakespearean actors led to a massive riot in New York City

    The New York State Militia arrived and fired into the crowd, leaving more than twenty dead and a hundred injured

    January 4, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    This 1970s Film About Ross Macdonald Is Fascinating and Unexpectedly Beautiful

    A 1977 documentary that aired on PBS shows the legendary author working and swimming, alive with ideas.

    January 4, 2021  By Dwyer Murphy
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    The Best Crime Shows of the Decade

    From Albuquerque to Ocean City to Harlan County, these were the high points of TV crime fiction in the 2010s.

    December 31, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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