Lizzie Borden Biopic Traders Domestic Abuse for Queer Desire to Reimagine Her as a Monster
Netflix's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story explores a woman's rage, a lesbian theory, and a jury that couldn't convict her.
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Tag: true crime
TV Reviews6.2/10
‘Love & Death’ Review: Elizabeth Olsen Carries a Well-Made, Slightly Overlong True-Crime Drama
Love & Death review: Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons carry HBO's true-crime limited series about Candy Montgomery, but seven episodes is too long.
Netflix’s 91-Minute True Crime Thriller Crosses the 100 Million Watchers Mark
A low-budget true-crime tale of El Chapo's capture becomes a global Netflix smash, passing 45 million views.
Movie Reviews4.5/10
Pain & Gain Review: Michael Bay’s True-Crime Black Comedy Is All Muscle, No Spine
Pain & Gain review: Michael Bay turns a true Miami kidnapping saga into a weightless black comedy. Wahlberg, Johnson and Mackie star. Score: 4.5/10.
TV Reviews6.7/10
Netflix’s cat-killer documentary shows amateur sleuths doing police work
Netflix's three-part docuseries follows amateur web sleuths hunting the man behind gruesome cat videos — a gripping, uneasy look at internet justice.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Netflix’s Unbelievable Finds the Failure in the System, Not Just the Crime
Netflix's Unbelievable turns a Pulitzer-winning rape investigation into a study of institutions, with Kaitlyn Dever, Toni Collette and Merritt Wever.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
Barreda Review: A 105-Minute Portrait of a Crime That Divided Argentina
Review of Daniela Goggi's 'Barreda,' the 105-minute Argentine drama about dentist Ricardo Barreda, who killed four women in 1992 and became a media spectacle.
TV Reviews7.9/10
Why Mindhunter’s Two Seasons Still Feel Unfinished
Netflix's Mindhunter ran two seasons and 19 episodes. A look at Holden Ford, Bill Tench, the Atlanta murders, David Fincher's direction and why it ended.
TV Reviews7.3/10
‘The Act’ Turns Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s Story Into a Drama About the Cost of Playing Sick
The Act on Hulu retells Gypsy Rose Blanchard's story with Emmy-winning turns by Patricia Arquette and Joey King, but real people say it invented scenes.
’48 Hours’ Adds Video to Podcasting With ‘The Woman in the Woods’
48 Hours launches video podcast 'The Woman in the Woods,' with Erin Moriarty probing a Savannah swamp body linked to a couple presumed dead.
Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy Trial Admitted Reasonable Doubt but Refused to Acquit, Foreperson Says
A single juror's obstinate spirit thwarted a verdict in the trial of a mother accused in her children's deaths, jurors relate.
Movie Reviews8.1/10
A Child of My Own: Alberdi’s Genre-Blurring Inquiry Earns Its Doubt
A woman pretends a child is coming amid despair; Alberdi's tale moves between staged scene and documentary inquiry to the last.