#Murder
Trailer Watch: Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon Are Journalists Investigating the “Boston Strangler”
“How many women have to die before it’s a story?” Keira Knightley asks in a new trailer for “Boston Strangler.” Inspired by a true story, the thriller sees the two-time...
Trailer Watch: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Reunite and Hatch a Murder Plot in “Moving On”
“Grace and Frankie” ended its seven season run back in 2020, but that hasn’t stopped the sitcom’s stars from sharing the screen together. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin topline...
Trailer Watch: Attorney Ben Crump Takes on a Racist Justice System in Nadia Hallgren’s “Civil”
“America’s a capitalistic society. The one thing that America understands is money. If you can make them pay higher values, they will stop killing Black people. It would be an...
Nanfu Wang Docuseries “Mind Over Murder” to Debut on HBO
Nanfu Wang will follow up “In the Same Breath,” her Indie Spirit, IDA, and PGA Award-nominated investigation into government responses to COVID-19 in China and the United States, with...
Trailer Watch: Jessica Biel Is An Axe Murderer With a Picture-Perfect Façade in “Candy”
Jessica Biel is behind another gory, gruesome attack in “Candy.” The Emmy-nominated star of “The Sinner” once again finds herself at the center of a murder investigation in...
Trailer Watch: Zoë Kravitz Investigates a Murder in “Kimi”
Looks like we won’t have to wait for “The Batman” to see Zoë Kravitz playing a badass vigilante. A new trailer for “Kimi” sees the “Big Little Lies” star...
Keira Knightley to Portray Loretta McLaughlin, Journalist Who Broke the “Boston Strangler” Story
Keira Knightley is set to portray yet another influential writer. Two of her most recent offerings, 2018’s “Colette” and 2020’s “Misbehaviour,” saw her playing...
Jocelyn Moorhouse & Katherine Langford Team Up for “Savage River,” Dynamic Television Lands Rights
Katherine Langford is a murder suspect yet again. Jocelyn Moorhouse is teaming up with the “Knives Out” actress for her next small screen project. Best known for her breakout, Golden...
Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Amber Sealey – “No Man of God”
Amber Sealey is an award-winning filmmaker. She is attached to direct “The Education of Shelby Knox” and a comedy pilot she wrote called “Sistered.” She has written scripts...
Trailer Watch: Kate Winslet Is a Local Legend Searching for a Killer in “Mare of Easttown”
Kate Winslet is eyeing another Emmy. It’s been 10 years since her last major TV role, HBO period drama “Mildred Pierce,” and she’s returning to the premium cable network with...
Teaser Watch: Kate Winslet Investigates a Murder in “Mare of Easttown”
Kate Winslet is following up her turn as a fossil hunter searching for relics on the southern coastline in “Ammonite” by playing a small-town Pennsylvania detective searching for clues in...
Pick of the Day: “Finding Yingying”
A loving portrait of a young woman robbed of her bright future, “Finding Yingying” also serves as an indictment of the true crime genre, which all too often treats victims of violent...
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi on Deviating from Traditional True Crime Docs with “Finding Yingying”
Jiayan “Jenny” Shi is a documentary filmmaker and video journalist who is passionate about social justice issues regarding people of color. She shoots, edits, and produces video stories...
Trailer Watch: “Assassins” Investigates the Women Behind Kim Jong-nam’s Murder
“Assassins” revisits a stranger-than-fiction crime that galvanized the world in 2017. The Sundance doc investigates the shocking story behind Kim Jong-nam’s assassination in broad...
Jennifer Fox to Adapt “The Other Dr. Gilmer”
Jennifer Fox’s narrative debut earned nods from the Emmy Awards, Indie Spirits Awards, and Gotham Awards, among others. Now she’s following up “The Tale” with another feature...
A Message to the Women and Hollywood Community
This was a hard weekend and week for all of us, especially people living here in the United States. The disease of white supremacy and the abuse of the police against black people has been on stark...
“Bad Mothers” Is Coming to Sundance Now
While we await the fate of “Big Little Lies” — a third season of the HBO hit has neither been confirmed nor outright denied — another drama about the complicated, intertwining...
Trailer Watch: Rosario Dawson Investigates Her Sister’s Murder in “Briarpatch”
A trailer has dropped for “Briarpatch.” The upcoming USA Network series sees Rosario Dawson playing a political fixer who returns to her hometown after a 12-year absence. She’s back...
Trailer Watch: Lucy Lawless Solves Mysteries in “My Life Is Murder”
Best known for her role as a warrior princess in “Xena,” Lucy Lawless continues to kick ass in “My Life Is Murder.” A trailer just dropped for the Australian mystery series,...
Trailer Watch: McKenna Is Forced to Play Another Game in “Light as a Feather” Season 2
“I already have a past — I’m more concerned about what comes next,” says McKenna (Liana Liberato, “To the Bone”) in a new trailer for “Light as a...
Trailer Watch: Mary Harron Tells the Manson Girls’ Stories in “Charlie Says”
“I know everyone thinks we’re these scary creatures who committed these horrible crimes, but we did what we had to do,” says one of the so-called “Manson Girls” in a new...
Patty Jenkins to Direct New TNT Drama “One Day She’ll Darken”
Patty Jenkins’ is following up “Wonder Woman” with a return to the small screen. The herstory-making director will helm the pilot of “One Day She’ll Darken,” a six episode limited drama...
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively in Talks to Star in Paul Feig’s “A Simple Favor”
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively may be teaming up for a murder mystery. Deadline reports that the actresses are in talks to star in “A Simple Favor,” a project being set up at Lionsgate. Paul...
Trailer Watch: A Woman Re-Lives Her Murder in “Groundhog Day”-esque “Happy Death Day”
“Groundhog Day” is serving as major inspiration for a second time this year. Ry Russo-Young’s “Before I Fall” saw its teen protagonist re-living the day she died — and reevaluating...
Trailer Watch: A Young Woman Is Pushed Over the Edge in “I, Olga Hepnarova”
“To commit suicide you need a strong will, my child. Something you certainly don’t have. Accept it.” Yikes. This is definitely not what someone needs to hear after a suicide attempt lands them...
Teaser Watch: Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman Uncover “Big Little Lies”
A teaser has arrived for “Big Little Lies,” HBO’s hotly anticipated, star-studded limited series. Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel of the same name, the darkly comedic murder...