Film, Mystery
Film: Nightmare Alley
I wouldn’t list Guillermo del Toro amongst my favorite directors, but there’s no denying the careful craftsmanship and visual…
March 20, 2022-
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Film, Horror, MysteryFilm: The Privilege
Shotgunning contemporary horror and throwback conspiracy thriller tropes together, Germany’s The Privilege (2022) doesn’t make a ton of sense…
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Drama, Film, MysteryFilm: Destroyer
If you haven’t heard the news, crime doesn’t pay. Okay, bit of a cheap shot there, but this is…
February 28, 2022 -
Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: The French Connection
Watching The French Connection (1971) fills another hole in my historical knowledge of cinema, and while I can see…
February 13, 2022 -
Drama, Film, Mystery, ThrillerFilm: Enemy
I can’t say I went into Enemy (2013) with boundless enthusiasm, given it presents like a cheesy “separated at…
December 31, 2021 -
Drama, Film, MysteryFilm: The Detective
The Detective (1968) works extremely hard to feel, by the standards of its era, edgy and contemporary – so…
December 26, 2021 -
Film, MysteryFilm: Gemini
The low-key Hollywood mystery of Gemini (2017) does so many things well in its first half that it’s a…
December 23, 2021 -
Film, Mystery, Television, ThrillerFilm – Bordertown: The Mural Murders
On the one hand, I’m more than happy to see the characters of Bordertown one more time. On the…
December 17, 2021 -
Fiction, MysteryNovel: The Trespasser by Tana French
Having completed The Trespasser (2016), I’m now caught up with Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad, a loosely connected series of…
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Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: Mare of Easttown
Who says Scandinavia has cornered the market on dark, twisty neo-noir mystery? If you were to dub Mare of…
December 3, 2021 -
Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: The Mire (Season 2)
After a modestly successful first run, the Polish crime series The Mire steps up its game significantly in season…
November 23, 2021 -
Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: Marcella (Seasons 1-3)
It’s not often I waste energy lamenting my obsessive completism, but during the sloggier stretches of Marcella — a…
November 20, 2021 -
Comedy, Film, MysteryFilm: 2 Days in the Valley
2 Days in the Valley (1996) didn’t make much of an impression on me when I saw it a…
November 9, 2021 -
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TelevisionTV: The Third Day
I’m not sure if it’s an omen that shows keep luring me to creepy islands lately, but here we…
October 24, 2021 -
Fiction, Mystery, SpiesNovel: Slow Horses by Mick Herron
It was time for some classic British spy fiction, and this time I stumbled randomly across Mick Herron’s Slow…
October 23, 2021