3 posts tagged ‘sam spade’
What's on TV this week—True Detective: Night Country and the Emmy Awards
AV Club,
Welcome to What’s On, our weekly picks of must-watch shows. Here’s what you need to watch from Sunday, January 14 to Thursday, January 18. All times are Eastern. [Note: The weekend edition of What’s On drops on Fridays.] Read more...
Monsieur Spade shows its hand, The Curse delivers an unforgettable finale, and more from the week in TV
It kind of goes without saying, but here we go anyway: Humphrey Bogart’s portrayal of Dashiell Hammett’s genre-defining private detective character Sam Spade in the 1941 noir classic The Maltese Falcon is one of the all-time great movie performances. Bogie’s brooding gumshoe is vulnerable and cynical at the same time,… Read more...
Death And Other Details review: Mandy Patinkin leads a frothy murder mystery
Death And Other Details has the right trappings for a typical murder mystery. Think of the Hulu drama, which premieres January 16, as a classic Agatha Christie page-turner—something the voiceover repeatedly suggests, referring to the viewer as a “reader.” This story has multiple deaths and red herrings, an astute old… Read more...