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The Pigeon Tunnel, the New Film About John le Carrรฉ, is Intimate and Illuminating
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John le Carrรฉ (born David Cornwell) hated giving interviews. โFirst you invent yourself, then you believe the inventionโ, he wrote in his autobiography The Pigeon Tunnel. Despite these reservations,…
Ruins in Rain City:ย Trouble in Mind and the Career of Alan Rudolph
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Filmmaker Alan Rudolph has been working in the movie business for most of his life. Coming from a Hollywood family where his dad Oscar was also a director, Rudolph…
How Scarface Became a โFoundational Influence for Hip Hopโ
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Itโs hard to think of a $21 million dollar motion picture as a โcult movieโ but thatโs what Brian DePalmaโs 1983 Scarface almost became until it was saved by…
The New Season of โLupinโ Is Extravagant, Spectacular, and Occasionally Hard to Believe
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Two things jumped out at me back when I started watching the first season of Lupin, Netflixโs wildly successful show about a โgentleman thiefโ in Paris who spends his…
Finding Inspiration for Mystery Fiction in Soap Operas
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What JR, Alexis, and Domingue Taught this Mystery Writer One of the best compliments Iโve received from readers about the Lady Mystery series is that each mystery unfolds like…
Crime and the City: Las Vegas
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Letโs go to Las Vegas with one of the great kings of the American hard-boiled Charles Willeford in his novel Wicked Wives (1956): โOnce the sun comes up in…