• TV & Film

    My Life in True Crime

    Kim Powers' life has been spent writing about crime. But the suspicions about his own mother's death were kept secret.

    August 6, 2020  By Kim Powers
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    The 35 Most Iconic Caper Movies, Ranked

    They're like heist movies but more charming, and also sometimes goofy, and occasionally confusing, but in a sexy way.

    August 5, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #3

    Chinatown (1974)

    July 30, 2020  By Otto Penzler
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    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.

    July 29, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    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.

    July 28, 2020  By Loren D. Estleman
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    It's Time for More Period Dramas to Embrace the Diversity of People of Color

    Un-Whitewashing the Past

    July 27, 2020  By Radha Vatsal
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    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.

    July 27, 2020  By Harold Schechter
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    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.

    July 24, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 4

    The Godfather (1972)

    July 24, 2020  By Otto Penzler
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    On Class, Capitalism and Urban Planning in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    Robert Zemeckis's visually stunning wild ride through cartoons is also a breakneck excoriation of disenfranchisement.

    July 23, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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