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Blacksad on the cover of Amarillo

This is one cool, epic, black cat detective

Culture

The Blacksad series of noir graphic novels stands out for two reasons. All the characters are animals. And the series is set in 1950s America, even though its original creator has never been to the US.

American diplomat expelled from Russia for spying evokes memories of Cold War

Global Politics

French Spy Novelist Gérard de Villiers’ and his Factual Fiction

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Why German Thrillers are Not Popular in US

The World

South African Political Cartoonist Fired for Being Political

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Cartoon Slideshow: Is Freedom of Speech the Freedom to Provoke?

Global Satire

The offensive Muhammad video and the Muhammad cartoons in the satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo have cartoonists musing over whether there are limits to freedom of speech. Their declarations are sometimes gentle, sometimes forceful, and sometimes completely equivocal.

A Lesson on Making Better Home Movies

With an increasingly sophisticated crop of small, inexpensive digital cameras –  in addition to those built into the tops of computer monitors and cell phones –  more people are making movies than ever before. Equally significant, these little vignettes are reaching a greater audience than ever before. But not everyone’s filmmaking skills have caught up. Filmmaker Roger […]

Big Screen Science

A new book probes how good the science is in Hollywood’s sci-fi movie.

Big Screen Science

A new book probes how good the science is in Hollywood’s sci-fi movies.

The World

No Tell Motel

Arts, Culture & Media

Thriller movies had been set in motels before but “Psycho” marked a major turning point. Studio 360’s Jonathan Mitchell traces how motels have evolved on screen: from 1940s noir to kitschy B-movie horror.