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12 Oscar-winning movies for crime fiction lovers

14 February, 2023

Today on the site we’re joined by JM Asmi, a crime fiction lover who has compiled a fantastic list of crime-centred films which have all won Best Picture Oscars. How many have you watched? Every March since 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…

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The Cut

By Vicki Weisfeld

13 April, 2021

Mismatched pairs are a staple of crime fiction, and the protagonists in Chris Brookmyre’s new thriller about the movie business become the unlikeliest of pals. He teams Millie, a 70-year-old former horror film makeup artist, with Jerry, a dreadlocked black college student who loves the…

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The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 March, 2021

“Millicent Spark’s life ended on the twenty-third of January, 1994,” starts Chris Brookmyre’s new thriller about the movie business. She woke up that morning after an alcohol- and drug-fuelled night with the body of her lover Markus next to her, covered in stab wounds. As…

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Latin Noir: Five top authors speak in this new documentary

By crimefictionlover

4 March, 2021

“How can you write a crime novel in a country where the main criminal is the state?” asks Mexican novelist Paco Ignacio Taibo II. It’s questions like this that make the new documentary Latin Noir essential viewing for crime fiction lovers. Watch the trailer below:…

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Spies, Cover-ups and Persecutions: Crime in Venice 2019

By crimefictionlover

10 September, 2019

Our film noir and TV correspondent Dennis Broe rounds up the best crime films and shows appearing at this year’s Venice Film Festival Multiple crimes were spotlighted at the 2019 Venice Film Festival, which wound up on 7 September. These included high finance and tax…

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The top five crime films at Cannes 2019

By crimefictionlover

12 June, 2019

Our film noir correspondent Dennis Broe reveals a darker side of Asia as he reports on the best crime movies to emerge at this year’s Cannes Film Festival While some would argue that the main crime at Cannes this year was the refusal to allow…

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The best crime films at Cannes 2018

By crimefictionlover

29 May, 2018

Discover five of the best new international crime films as Dennis Broe reports back from Cannes The 2018 Cannes Film Festival, held 8 to 19 May, was notorious for delivering nearly as much drama off the screen as on it. There was a dispute over…

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12 Oscar-winning movies for crime fiction lovers

The Cut

The Cut by Chris Brookmyre

Latin Noir: Five top authors speak in this new documentary

Spies, Cover-ups and Persecutions: Crime in Venice 2019

The top five crime films at Cannes 2019

The best crime films at Cannes 2018

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