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true crime

‘Skincare’ Review: A Thriller That’s Only Skin Deep

The film boasts a tense first two thirds, but it leaves something to be desired in its final act—even with a solid performance from Elizabeth Banks.
By Laura Babiak

‘Bodkin’ Review: Netflix Crime Series Is Deathly Dull

This show about a trio of podcasters trying to tell a story about a cold case in Ireland doesn't inspire much confidence or conversation.
By Laura Babiak

‘Under the Bridge’ Review: A Miniseries That Interrogates the True Crime Genre

Hulu's new show tells the tragic, horrific story of 14-year-old Reena Virk's murder, but it's not interested in true crime sensationalism.
By Laura Babiak

‘Griselda’ Review: Sofía Vergara Is A Ruthless Cocaine Godmother In Compelling Series

By Emily Zemler

What to Watch on Streaming This Week: December 22-28

By Laura Babiak

‘Burden of Proof’ Review: True Crime That Questions More Than It Answers

By Casey Epstein-Gross

Review: Author Kathleen Hale’s ‘Slenderman’ Skillfully Takes on a Teen Creepy-Pasta Inspired Murder Case

By Nathan Smith
Madison Hamburg, Murder on Middle Beach

The Director of ‘Middle Beach’ on the Next “Chapter” of His Investigation After the Finale

By Valentina Valentini
Madison Hamburg

The Director of ‘Murder on Middle Beach’ Weighs the Toll the Show Has Taken

By Valentina Valentini
A woman points a gun at her television set.

Why Do You Love Murder Shows? Ten Women Explain.

By Katy Kelleher
American Vandal Netflix

Netflix’s True Crime Parody ‘American Vandal’ May Be the Next Must-Binge Comedy

By Brandon Katz
Gypsy Rose Blanchard: then and now.

Erin Carr on ‘Mommy Dead and Dearest’; Why True Crime Is for Women, by Women

By Drew Grant
Gypsy and Dee Dee Blanchard.

True Crime Adjacent: Growing Up Next to ‘Mommy Dead and Dearest’

By Laura E. Adkins
A still from the true crime documentary The Family I Had.

Exclusive: Riveting Tribeca Film Festival True Crime ‘The Family I Had’

By Thelma Adams
John Turturro and Riz Ahmed in The Night Of.

‘The Night Of’: HBO’s Hour-Long Panic Attack Is Both Bumpy and Brilliant

By Vinnie Mancuso

Was Steven Avery of ‘Making a Murderer’ Set Up by a 72-Year-Old Serial Killer?

By Vinnie Mancuso
Steven Avery, 1985. (Photo: Netflix)

Can Netflix Unmake a Murderer?

By Vinnie Mancuso

Tomorrow from the Criterion Collection: “In Cold Blood,” the Granddaddy of True Crime

By Michael Jackson

The ‘Other’ Capote Biopic: “Infamous”

By Michael Jackson

Bang Up-to-Date True Crime: “A Wilderness of Error”

By Michael Jackson
Steve Brill

Steve Brill Hands Down His Verdict on Serial and The New Republic

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
A little less of this hanging around!

Upper West Side Mother Finds Children Stabbed, Police Suspect Nanny

By Steve Huff
Gilberto Valle III (Facebook)

The Strange Case of NYPD Officer Gilberto Valle, Alleged Wannabe Cannibal

By Steve Huff

Getting <em>Rebecca</em> to Stage “All I Care About,” Says Defrauded Broadway Producer

By Charlotte Lytton
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