• Essays

    How Scarface Became a "Foundational Influence for Hip Hop"

    Brian DePalma's epic tale had a lukewarm reception—aside from Black audiences, to whom the film owes its enormous popularity.

    October 25, 2023  By Nat Segaloff
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    The New Season of "Lupin" Is Extravagant, Spectacular, and Occasionally Hard to Believe

    The hit show's third season may contain some moments that strain the suspension of disbelief, but everything else is pitch perfect.

    October 25, 2023  By Hector DeJean
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    Finding Inspiration for Mystery Fiction in Soap Operas

    What Dallas and Dynasty Taught Vanessa Riley About Audience and Craft

    October 24, 2023  By Vanessa Riley
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    Crime and the City: Las Vegas

    Searching for the best crime fiction out of Sin City

    October 23, 2023  By Paul French
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    How Should Fiction Talk About War

    Paul Vidich on cycles of violence and the search for truth in fiction.

    October 23, 2023  By Paul Vidich
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    How the Intensity of Female Relationships Leaves the Door Open for Horror

    "in the company of other women, we are primed to trust deeply and let our guard down."

    October 20, 2023  By Delilah S. Dawson
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    Every Picture Tells a Story: Cinema Speculation, The Getaway and Me

    Bruce Riordan traces a personal history through Quentin Tarantino's analysis of a Sam Peckinpah classic.

    October 20, 2023  By Bruce Riordan
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    A Murder of Poets: Or, the Inescapable Connections Between Crime Fiction and Poetry

    Poet-writers, poet-detectives, and a long history of murder ballads...

    October 20, 2023  By Paula Munier
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    90s Horror-Thrillers Created a New Generation of Would-Be Detectives

    Or, how Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer restored the mystery to slashers.

    October 19, 2023  By Vincent Ralph
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    How Do Cold Case Investigators Identify A Body When DNA Testing Is Not Possible?

    On naming the nameless when many identity markers have faded.

    October 18, 2023  By Laurah Norton
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