• Essays

    Why Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is a Child's-Eye View of the 1960s

    The film reads 60s counterculture as attacking the entertainment beloved by the era's children—and thus attacking childhood itself.

    August 16, 2019  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Dark Side of "Sugar Dating"

    Behind promises of gifts and travel, the already dangerous underground sex economy gets even shadier.

    August 16, 2019  By Robyn Harding
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: #40

    L.A. Confidential (1997)

    August 16, 2019  By Otto Penzler
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    The Hard-Knock Nanny Life

    I took a job as a nanny to support my writing career. The job inspired me—then nearly destroyed me.

    August 15, 2019  By Madeline Stevens
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    The Conspiracy Theories Around the Death of Brian Jones: 50 Years Later

    The "death by misadventure" of the Rolling Stones founder brought the 60s to a close, and gave birth to a special kind of darkness.

    August 15, 2019  By William Shaw
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    Squeaky Fromme: Charlie's Angel

    Criminal Broads Presents Lynette Fromme, The Manson Girl Who Wasn't There

    August 14, 2019  By Tori Telfer
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    Lawyers in Fiction: It's Time to Question the Archetype

    From Perry Mason to Atticus Finch to Saul Goodman, what do our fictional lawyers tell us about ourselves?

    August 14, 2019  By Christopher Brown
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    The Unsung Godfather of
    Film Noir

    Noir fans revere Out of the Past. But almost nobody talks about the man behind the classic story.

    August 13, 2019  By David Handler
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    Kuala Lumpur Noir

    Scandals, Assassinations, Murders and a New Malaysian Sense of Noir

    August 12, 2019  By Paul French
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    Learning to Appreciate John Buchan for More Than The Thirty-Nine Steps

    The author's granddaughter discovers a rich literary legacy.

    August 12, 2019  By Ursula Buchan
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