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    Quentin Tarantino Wrote a "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" Novel—Here's What You Need to Know

    This is not your usual novelization of a movie. It's much stranger.

    July 12, 2021  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Strange Story of Orson Welles' Lost Film, Mr. Arkadin

    The 1955 film was supposed to be Welles' masterpiece. Or maybe it was just a lark. Or a KGB-funded money laundering enterprise.

    July 9, 2021  By Craig Pittman
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    The Reimagined Mosquito Coast Is a Hitchcockian Chase Thriller With a Social Critique

    The new Apple TV+ series takes on American exceptionalism but delivers it with a stylish story about a family pursued.

    July 9, 2021  By Harrison Blackman
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    Setting a Murder Mystery in the Real Hollywood Canteen Required Piercing a Veil of Myth and Nostalgia

    The Hollywood canteen was where soldiers went to dance and everyone was equal. That was the story, anyway.

    July 9, 2021  By Susan Elia MacNeal
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    Amnesia in Literature and Film

    Unreliable narrators and mysteries of memory ratchet up the suspense in remarkable ways.

    July 9, 2021  By Liv Constantine
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    Charlotte Philby Remembers Her Paradoxical Grandfather, Kim Philby

    Why are people drawn to espionage fiction? For Philby, the answer has always been personal

    July 8, 2021  By Charlotte Philby
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    Sunny Palm Springs Is A Perfect Setting for Noir

    "On a steamy summer day, the residential streets are absent of people and can possess an unsettling quiet. Where is everyone?"

    July 8, 2021  By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
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    In True Crime, We Find a Deep, Elusive Connection

    The best true crime is an invitation to believe that our opinions and our empathy matter.

    July 8, 2021  By Jessica Chiarella
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    The Most Murdered Woman in the World

    How an early form of true crime set the stage for Paula Maxa, the original scream queen.

    July 7, 2021  By April Snellings
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    A List of Thrillers About Thrillers (and the People Who Write Them)

    Can a book about writing a book really be that exciting? The short answer is: yes!

    July 7, 2021  By David Bell
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