The crime genre of cinema is primarily best known for both great movies where the villain wins in the end, and murder mystery movies that focus on the whodunnit aspect of the genre. The best crime ...

I've always been a fan of "hard-boiled" detective stories and the tough, smart, no-nonsense characters found within their pages. Mickey Spillane had Mike Hammer. Dashiell Hammet had Sam Spade and the ...

HOLLYWOOD -- It's Liam Neeson's turn take on the role of private eye Philip Marlowe. In "Marlowe," Neeson takes on the role of that down on his luck detective, a popular character in fiction created ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Every generation gets the Los Angeles snoop it deserves. In The Long Goodbye (1973), Elliott Gould plays Philip Marlowe—the noir detective originated by Dick Powell and immortalized on screen by ...

Chaucer’s Books will host Arvind Ethan David for a book talk and signing of his graphic novel “Raymond Chandler’s Trouble is My Business,” 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22 at 3321 State St., Santa Barbara.

*The CW is in development on a procedural drama based on the real-life African-American private investigator who inspired Raymond Chandler’s iconic fictional character Philip Marlowe. Titled “Marlowe, ...