• TV & Film

    A P.I. in Paradise: How ‘Magnum’ Set the Standard for ‘80s TV Detectives

    The Hawaiian shirts. The short-short shorts. In 1980, CBS was in need of a Hawaii-set hit, and they found a P.I. for a new era.

    December 4, 2020  By Keith Roysdon
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    Who gets to be a sympathetic character in The Undoing?

    The popular HBO miniseries treats victimhood as a privilege, which it reserves only for its white, female protagonist, and not its "othered" murder victim.

    December 3, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Joan Harrison: Hollywood Producer, and the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock

    She answered an ad for a secretary. She became Hitchcock's trusted screenwriter and a major power player in Hollywood.

    December 2, 2020  By Christina Lane
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    Which International Thriller Should You Binge This Weekend?

    You deserve to watch multiple seasons of a lavishly produced show about spies, heists, or yacht explosions. But which one?

    November 25, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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    The 20 Greatest Fall Jackets in the History of Crime Fiction

    It's not a true mystery until somebody shows up in tweed...or just a nice mid-length coat...anything sensible and earthy really.

    November 25, 2020  By Dwyer Murphy
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    The Enduring Noir Legacy of John Cassavetes

    Cassavetes was an early hero for American indie cinema. But his influence on crime films runs just as deep.

    November 23, 2020  By Zach Vasquez
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    C.J. Box on Big Sky, Big Twists, and Bringing a New Western Thriller to Montana

    The new thriller, Big Sky marks the first time the author's work has been adapted for the screen. It's long overdue.

    November 16, 2020  By Michael Barson
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    What Ozark Gets Wrong: The Latest Tricks in International Money Laundering

    "Running a casino to launder illegal cash is so 1940s."

    November 13, 2020  By Michael Niemann
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    Let's Explore a Complicated Thriller Archetype: The Femme Fatale

    This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

    November 12, 2020  By Unlikeable Female Characters 
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    The tortuous literary puzzle Cain's Jawbone has been solved for the first time since 1934

    Only three people have ever cracked it. The most recent sleuth did it during pandemic lockdown.

    November 11, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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