Unpublished Raymond Chandler short story to appear in literary magazine Nightmare will appear in the Strand magazine and portray an ‘incredibly sentimental’ side of the 20th century writer The Guardian - US · Sep 24, 2025
Streaming: the best private-eye movies Jo Nesbø adaptation Killer Heat is the latest in a long line of detective films, from Chinatown and The Long Goodbye to the Knives Out series The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2024
TV tonight: an enraging look at iconic Black musicians being ripped off Nile Rodgers and Chaka Khan speak frankly about money and music. Plus, Sam Neill and Annette Bening star in a glossy mystery drama. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2024
Will & Harper to One Life: the seven best films to watch on TV this week Will Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele, who recently came out as trans, go on a witty and candid road trip. Plus Anthony Hopkins stars as a Kindertransport hero in a true tearjerker The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024
What to Watch's 100 best movies of all time The What to Watch team weighs in on the eternal debate: what are the best movies of all time? From Chaplin to Iron Man, here are our picks. WhatToWatch · Sep 12, 2024
7 new to Max movies to stream now with 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes Max is adding more acclaimed movies in September 2025 — here are seven new picks with at least 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Tom’s Guide · Sep 4, 2024
I Tried to Finish a Dead Man’s Novel It is both a gift and a curse to be handed a briefcase containing a life’s work The Walrus · Jun 20, 2024
20 best film noirs: From The Big Heat to Sunset Boulevard Rain-streaked streets, femmes fatales, hard-boiled gumshoes and antiheroes fated to die... Graeme Ross presents his pick of the 20 greatest film noirs of the classic era The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup The Second Murderer by Denise Mina; Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott; Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter; Black Thorn by Sarah Hilary; The Housekeepers by Alex Hay The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023
The shadow of Raymond Chandler looms in Call Me Marlowe, an international tale seeking humanity in the darkness Catherine de Saint Phalle lived alone for many years in the country in France, where she published five novels and toured with controversial author Michel Houellebecq. The Conversation · Jun 7, 2023
Marlowe: The real crime isn’t the dead body in this soft-focus stab at a familiar genre Marlowe is set in 1930s Hollywood, where deceptions are a dime a dozen and dark corners hold secrets. But the real crime's the film itself. The New Daily · May 21, 2023
May movie guide: Dracula, Mermaids, Farnham, car chases and Guardians of the Galaxy finale The best new movies in May include Nicholas Cage as a vampire, a live remake of a cartoon classic and the 10th movie in a hit series. The New Daily · Apr 29, 2023
Liam Neeson on his 100th film, Marlowe on Sky: ‘where have the years gone? I’ve been blessed’ The Irish actor is appearing in Sky’s new hardboiled detective film, Marlowe , based on the work of Raymond Chandler Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2023
Streaming: the best films about motherhood This Mother’s Day weekend, let’s celebrate self-sacrificing, feuding, exhausted, loving screen mums, from Stella Dallas to Lady Bird, Mommie Dearest to 20th Century Women The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023
Manchester Evening News · Mar 16, 2023 The new films and shows out on Now this weekend – March 17 Sky’s subscription service has some great new content dropping this weekend
Belfast Live · Mar 15, 2023 Liam Neeson tells how he's determined to keep fighting into his 70s The Hollywood legend was in Dublin as his 100th movie premiered
Irish Mirror · Mar 15, 2023 Liam Neeson reveals he wants to keep 'fighting' well into his 70s The Hollywood legend has no plans of slowing down
The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023 Marlowe review – worldweary Liam Neeson makes for low-energy private eye Raymond Chandler’s gumshoe hero is resurrected in this period adaptation of a novel by John Banville – a film that looks good but lacks a spark
Irish Mirror · Mar 11, 2023 Liam Neeson confirmed as first guest for RTE Late Late Show St Patrick's Day special The Taken star will chat to Ryan on the show which falls on St Patrick's Day
Boston Herald · Feb 15, 2023 Movie review: 'Marlowe' a tepid take on classic noir “Marlowe” is an adaptation of the 2014 book “The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel” by Irish novelist and Booker Award winner John Banville (“Doctor Copernicus”), writing as his pseudonymous other self Benjamin Black. It is a detective story set in 1939 Los Angeles, featuring Raymond Chandler’s immortal modern-day knight…
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 13, 2023 ‘Marlowe’: Liam Neeson suitably world-weary as the tough private eye Following in the gumshoe footsteps of Bogart, Mitchum and other greats, Irish actor leads outstanding cast in convoluted but enjoyable film noir.
Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2023 TV Tinsel: 1-case-per-episode format has Johnson, Lyonne smiling about 'Poker Face' She doesn’t wear a rumpled raincoat or drive a smoking Peugeot, but the persistent detective on Peacock’s “Poker Face” does everything else that “Columbo” did.
Belfast Live · Jan 17, 2023 Marlowe: First look at new crime thriller starring Liam Neeson as private detective The film is based on the 2014 novel 'The Black-Eyed Blonde' by John Banville
Marie Claire · Sep 3, 2022 The 40 Greatest Murder Mystery Movies Complete with more than a few twist endings.
The Conversation · Aug 30, 2022 How crime fiction went global, embracing themes from decolonisation to climate change Once seen as the purview of British and American writers, crime fiction is very much a global phenomenon. Fictional investigators such as Lisbeth Salander, Kurt Wallander and Jules Maigret are now perhaps as well known as Hercule Poirot, Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.