A Femicide in Saudi Arabia
Haifaa Al-Mansour’s recent film explores the new liberties available to women in her home country.
Noir
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter, eh?" — Dashiell Hammett
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
A new movie about AI judges serves to expose how film noir was always about a world of artificial intelligence.
Fantasy Dismantled
Saïd Khatibi’s ‘The End of the Sahara,’ the first Algerian crime novel translated from Arabic by Bitter Lemon Press, potently critiques Orientalist fantasies of desert romance.
Loners and Assassins
Tom Lutz’s new novel ‘Chagos Archipelago’ finds unexpected heart in the adventures of geopolitical operatives and globe-trotting fuckups.
Culture Never Recovered
From his rear window, M. Keith Booker reads the new anthology of stories inspired by Alfred Hitchcock, edited by Maxim Jakubowski.
Good Night and Good Luck
Justin St. Clair reviews Thomas Pynchon’s new novel “Shadow Ticket.”
Avenging Angels
Travis Alexander considers what Billy Wilder’s “Double Indemnity” can teach us about Luigi Mangione and the insurance crisis.
Everyone Is Implicated
Randy Rosenthal reviews Juliet Grames’s new Italian mystery "The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia."
Imagine More for Women
Caroline Reilly discusses how Scandinavian women writers have become known for a more complex kind of crime fiction.
An Honorable Man in an Elaborate Maze
Tara Cheesman reviews Keigo Higashino’s “The Final Curtain,” the final book in his Kyoichiro Kaga series.
A Novel Is a Long Slow Dream: A Conversation with William Kotzwinkle
Collin Mitchell talks with William Kotzwinkle about his long, storied career and his latest novel, “Bloody Martini.”
Every Detective Film Is a Comedy: On “The Big Lebowski” at 25
Jason Namey takes another look at the Coen brothers’ “The Big Lebowski” for its 25th anniversary.
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