A Requiem for Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith was not in many crime movies. She stole the show in them, anyway. And in everything else.
By Olivia Rutigliano | September 27, 2024
Learning to Love the Dark Side of San Francisco
By Michelle Chouinard | September 27, 2024
A Failed Utopian Settlement and a Lingering Historical Mystery
By Abbott Kahler | September 26, 2024
Andrew Nette's 10 Favorite Films of Political Violence and Revolution
By Andrew Nette | September 26, 2024
September's Best Psychological Thrillers
Complicated mothers, glamorous con artists, and the bachelorette party from hell
By Molly Odintz | September 26, 2024
Elyse Graham on the Librarian Spies of World War Two
In her new book, Graham chronicles the exploits of librarians and academics who revolutionized intelligence work during WWII.
By Morgan Leigh Davies | September 25, 2024
How Patricia Highsmith, Shirley Jackson, and Leigh Brackett Defined a Strand of Midcentury American Literature
The three women, whose work is rarely read together, approached genre writing in ways that are still influencing writers today.
By Ashley Lawson | September 25, 2024
