Maybe Baby Reindeer isn’t true crime, but it’s true as hell
[CW: depictions of sexual assault] The crimeStalking; rape. The storyBaby Reindeer apparently hit Netflix a couple weeks ago, and the Netflix algorithm did...
From the archives: Derf Backderf’s Kent State
Part of a page from Derf Backderf's Kent State. Many of Backderf's renditions of the May 1970 set-to may look eerily familiar. (Backderf/kent.edu) …I can’t...
Number Go Up is a compelling look at crypto's rise and fall
A detail from the cover of Number Go Up lampoons its dubious poster child. In 2021, cryptocurrency mania swept the world, heralded as the future of finance....
Three Catfish spinoffs I wish I could watch instead of Catfish
Original Catfish hosts Max Joseph and Nev Schulman (Photo by MTV) “Catfish is back for its zillionth season,” I slacked to Sarah. “We should talk about it on...
The Docket 04.22.24: The Jinx Part 2
A creepy latex mask stars in an "imagining" of Robert Durst's planned escape to Cuba in the credits of The Jinx's second season. (HBO) Early edition this...
From the archives: The Jinx’s 2015 finale
Robert Durst, R, tussles with his lawyer during a trial re-enactment shown in the 2015 episodes of The Jinx. What did SDB think of that "season"'s finale at...
The Docket 04.18.24: Let us now praise (not) famous (enough) true crime
Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu in Hustlers. Why doesn't the movie get more love? (Annapurna Pictures) The companion episode to last week’s, in which we...
Under The Bridge was worth waiting for
Under The Bridge finally brings Rebecca Godfrey's 2005 book to the small screen, with downbeat but compelling results. Vritika Gupta as Reena Virk. (Darko...
What Jennifer Did faces photo manipulation controversy
A detail from the main art for 'What Jennifer Did.' Credit: Netflix I would have forgotten about What Jennifer Did, but social media wouldn’t let me. The...
Chicago (1927): Ragtime, slapstick, and “yesterday’s news”
Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver) tries to sell the DA (Warner Richmond) on her story. Will the 1927 silent movie sell YOU? (DeMille Pictures Corp) Phyllis Haver...
You’ve read Ice-T’s memoir. What’s next?
Ice-T in NYC. His 2011 memoir, Ice, has a lot to say about rap...and robbery process. WE'VE got a lot to say about related recs. (David Corio/Redferns via...
OJ Simpson dead at 76
Orenthal James Simpson, one of the most (in)famous people in the world, acknowledges a fan. (ESPN Films via NYT) Links and discussion continues here.
The Docket 04.11.24: Not mad, just disappointed
Your co-hosts, bracing for another PR blast...or Colin Firth and Toni Collette in HBO's scripted version of The Staircase. (HBO) A conversation on recent...
What Jennifer Did fails to satisfy
What Jennifer Did. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024 The combination of time and geography meant that I went into new Netflix true crime documentary What...
An Arnold Rothstein Reader: The Big Bankroll and Blame for the Black Sox
Arnold "The Big Bankroll" Rothstein poses awkwardly with old technology. Do we put so much of the blame for the Black Sox on him because it's easier? ...In...
Scoop turns an infamous Prince Andrew interview into a thriller
Gillian Anderson and Rufus Sewell in Scoop. Credit: Netflix It was a reasonable concern when Scoop was first announced: How could a feature film adaptation...
The Docket 04.04.24: Is more Quiet on Set a good thing?
Amanda Bynes waves to the crowd while holding some Nickelodeon swag. She's not in the Quiet on Set update. (Chris Pizzello/AP via BI) Building a story road...
The Witch of New York argues that the good old days of journalism were not so good
Witch of New York's cover (l), "Polly Bodine at Newburgh Trial, 1848: Historical Pamphlet" (which is included in the book) After a fire consumed their Staten...
Edgar Awards round-up: In Light Of All Darkness
...These first 100 pages really pack a punch, and I was taken back in time to 1993, the image of Winona Ryder visiting Petaluma to lend her name and money to...
The Synanon Fix's slow-boil
Still from The Synanon Fix. Credit: Bruce Levine/HBO I always feel bad for projects that drop on April 1 — there’s always that search for the joke when the...