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Weekend Shooting Forces MFA Boston Into Lockdown

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

The museum shuttered for an hour on Saturday after a man was shot nearby, one of several recent incidents in the city involving an unlawful weapon.

Posted inFilm

Romance Turns Deadly in Three Movies About Love Triangles

by Ela Bittencourt June 14, 2021June 14, 2021

These indie thrillers revive classic noir tropes with fresh, distinct approaches.

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In an Unusual Crime, Someone Threw a Stolen Painting Into the Gardner Museum

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 28, 2021January 29, 2021

The Boston museum, the site of one of history’s most notorious unsolved art crimes, now finds itself indirectly connected to another.

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Fargo’s TV Adaptation Is a Folksy, Homespun Tale of Murder and Mayhem

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 2, 2020November 5, 2020

The series has returned for a fourth season of pitch-black humor and quirky characters.

Posted inFilm

The Labor Rights Film That Got Both of Its Directors Murdered by the Yakuza

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel November 7, 2019November 11, 2019

A special screening tour of Yama — Attack to Attack offers a chance to see this extremely rare Japanese film, which was intended to be used in perpetuity to agitate on behalf of the working class.

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In Scorsese’s Latest, Bits of Humor Laced with Poison

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel October 31, 2019November 4, 2019

An epic three and a half hours, The Irishman is in no hurry to get anywhere. It luxuriates in large and small detours, indulging flashbacks within flashbacks but it’s rarely boring.

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An Art Forgery Thriller With Many Narrators but Not Enough Answers

Avatar photo by Ilana Novick August 27, 2019August 26, 2019

Author Clare Clark’s In the Full Light of the Sun raises important questions about the lengths we go to distract ourselves from governmental horrors, and how art can’t save us, but it doesn’t manage to find easy answers.

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A Memorial to Crimes Against Women and Children in Ghostly Glass

Avatar photo by Melissa Stern August 22, 2019August 21, 2019

Northern Irish artist Alison Lowry addresses the 200 years of crimes perpetrated by the Catholic Church in collaboration with the Irish state.

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Thrillers and Epic Crime Movies to Stream This Month

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel August 2, 2019February 24, 2020

From one of the most meticulous heist movies ever made to the most important true crime film.

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A Comics Convention Sets the Stage for a Layered Crime Story

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel July 22, 2019July 22, 2019

Acclaimed writer Ed Brubaker talks to Hyperallergic about his new book Bad Weekend, the historical poor treatment of comics creators, and the differences between writing for comics and film.

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Ava DuVernay’s When They See Us Is a Brutal Look at a 30-Year-Old Injustice

Avatar photo by Zoe Guy May 31, 2019November 18, 2021

The new Netflix miniseries joins an ongoing cultural conversation over the case of the Central Park Five.

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When Dissection Was a Criminal Punishment Worse Than Death

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 7, 2017August 3, 2021

Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse is an online exhibition that unearths the macabre history of anatomy and criminal punishment.

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