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crime fiction
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
One American Author’s Writings Inspired Multiple Films Noir, Yet His Name Is Less Well Known Than Other Top Noir Storytellers of His Generation
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Edward G. Robinson, “Night Has a Thousand Eyes” (1948). By Paul Parcellin By any measure, Cornell Woolrich was a virtual human writing mach...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
High Mass: Whitey Bulger, LSD and a Devil's Deal
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Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger? Yup, the actor who played Dillinger in "Public Enemies" is going to play another crime icon, and ...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Crime in the New Wild West
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A lot of people say that "No Country for Old Men" is Joel and Ethan Coen's best film so far. I'd find that a difficult cho...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Their Mileage May Vary: Thundering Down 'Plunder Road'
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I took James Ellroy's advice -- it didn't come directly from him, you understand -- and checked out "Plunder Road," one of...
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Remembering the City's Prince of Pulp
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"It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window." -- Raymond Chandler, "Farewell, My Lovely...
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