What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

Featuring a hardboiled Colin Farrell taking a weird new direction.

By Dwyer Murphy | June 19, 2026

5 Great Novels That Read Like Bad Trips, Fever Dreams, or Reality Warps

5 Great Novels That Read Like Bad Trips, Fever Dreams, or Reality Warps

Lindsay Kent recommends gloriously unhinged tales by Steven Hall, Marisha Pessl, and others

By Lindsay Kent | June 19, 2026

What to Watch Now, International Edition: Infernal Affairs (2002)

What to Watch Now, International Edition: Infernal Affairs (2002)

An iconic Hong Kong thriller.

By Radha Vatsal | June 18, 2026

(A.C.A.G.) All Cops Are Grotesque: Writing the Southern Gothic Police Officer

(A.C.A.G.) All Cops Are Grotesque: Writing the Southern Gothic Police Officer

"[M]oving from physical deformity to social deformity has given rise to...a surprising but perhaps inevitable evolution."

By T.J. Martinson | June 16, 2026

50 Years Later, Reconsidering Norman Mailer's Wild, Bloody Provincetown Noir

50 Years Later, Reconsidering Norman Mailer's Wild, Bloody Provincetown Noir

Scott Adlerberg on 'Tough Guys Don't Dance'

By Scott Adlerberg | June 15, 2026

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

What Should You Watch This Weekend?

Javier Bardem has some thoughts. But also, vampires! And gothic soft-core rain stuff!

By Dwyer Murphy | June 12, 2026

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  • Exit Party
  • Fallow
  • Our Noble Selves
  • Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary Spy
  • The Newer World
  • End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
  • Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History
  • Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era
  • Live Laugh Love: The Secret History of White Christian Women and the World They Made
  • The Rouse

The Best Paperback Releases of June 2026

By CrimeReads | June 12, 2026

The Undeniable Bisexuality of Gilda

By Alex Dueben | June 8, 2026

What's New to Streaming: June 5, 2026

By Radha Vatsal | June 5, 2026

The Best Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of June 2026

The Best Mysteries, Thrillers, and Crime Novels of June 2026

Featuring new releases from Caroline Kepnes, James Ellroy, Abir Mukherjee, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Jess Kidd, and more

By Molly Odintz | June 5, 2026

What to Watch Now: Eastern Promises (2007)

What to Watch Now: Eastern Promises (2007)

A neo-noir that's all about bodies.

By Radha Vatsal | June 3, 2026

What's New to Streaming: May 29, 2026

What's New to Streaming: May 29, 2026

Featuring 80s neo-noirs and a new season of 'A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder'

By Radha Vatsal | May 29, 2026

The Top 10 Classic Detective Novels, According to Jeffrey Archer

The Top 10 Classic Detective Novels, According to Jeffrey Archer

The author of End Game on Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler, Dorothy Sayers, and more

By Jeffrey Archer | May 29, 2026

5 Obsession-Driven Noir Films Adapted from Novels

5 Obsession-Driven Noir Films Adapted from Novels

Carol Floriani recommends compulsive classics from Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and others

By Carol Floriani | May 29, 2026

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: May 2026

The Best Debut Novels of the Month: May 2026

Featuring titles from Sara van Os, Vincent Yu, Leslie Baird, Mary Berman, and Bindu Bansinath

By Molly Odintz | May 22, 2026

How 'At Close Range' Set the Tone for Rural Crime Storytelling

How 'At Close Range' Set the Tone for Rural Crime Storytelling

Once overlooked, the 1986 noir now has an outsize influence.

By Keith Roysdon | May 21, 2026

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