Olivia Rutigliano

New York

Writer! PhD. Editor @lithub & @crimereads. Editor @groveatlantic. Work in @VanityFair, @vulture, @laphamsquart, @thebafflermag etc. Agent: Chris Calhoun. s/h

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Articles

The Clues, the Clueless, and the Critics: Appreciating Clue

1 day ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

It came to my attention only recently that there isn’t a single essay on this website about the 1985 film Clue—Clue, the ur-text for postmodern whodunnits, the consummate cult classic that gained an enormous throng of exalters in the years since its release and subsequent critical evisceration. Article continues after advertisement“Critical evisceration” is putting it mildly.
The Poker Face Season 2 Trailer is Finally Here!

6 days ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

You already know that Season 2 of Poker Face is coming to Peacock on May 8th! And now we have the full trailer!!Article continues after advertisementMaybe the trailer shows a bit too much. You don’t have to watch it if you already know. But! This trailer reveals the most comprehensive list of guest stars we have so far! Giancarlo Esposito, Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho, Melanie Lynskey, GaTa, Haley Joel Osment, Adrienne C.
The Visible and Invisible Women of Killing Eve

1 week ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Much has been written about Villanelle, the mischievous, fashionable millennial murderer at the center of BBC America’s beloved series Killing Eve. Villanelle (Jodie Comer) contains multitudes: she is spunky and surly, mischievous and malicious, sardonic and sentimental. Mostly, though, she’s self-obsessed, in constant pursuit of a lifestyle which affords her the maximum amount of enjoyment.
Drop is a Rom-Com Psychological Thriller for Our Surveillance Age

1 week ago | lithub.com | Olivia Rutigliano

I always think about a particular scene from Her, Spike Jonze’s somewhat-prescient tech romance from 2013. Our protagonist Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) has fallen in love with his new Siri-like operating system “Samantha,” breathily voiced by Scarlett Johansson. She suggests that they try to have sex. He is perplexed, wonders how this would even be possible.
Drop is a Rom Com Psychological Thriller for our Surveillance Age

1 week ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

I always think about a particular scene from Her, Spike Jonze’s somewhat-prescient tech romance from 2013. Our protagonist Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) has fallen in love with his new Siri-like operating system “Samantha,” breathily voiced by Scarlett Johansson. She suggests that they try to have sex. He is perplexed, wonders how this would even be possible.
Wes Anderson Has Made a Crime Movie! Possibly!

2 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Ahoy! I am always excited when I hear there’s a new Wes Anderson movie about to hit theaters. I love Anderson’s visually and thematically meticulous, intricate films. It’s been posited, on this site, that all of Anderson’s movies borrow elements from crime movies, and I agree. But this time, he seems to be coming out with a bonafide crime movie. He seems to be. Who knows. With Anderson, inside-outs genre so brilliantly that it’s hard to tell what anything will be before actually seeing it.
A Quest for a Loyal Dracula Adaptation

2 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Dracula is the most powerful adaptation fad in recent times. He’s sprung alive in incarnation after incarnation for approximately a century, without totally dying out. Article continues after advertisementThe Guinness Book of World Records counts Dracula as the most-played character of all time.
And we have a clip from Season 2 of Poker Face!

3 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Season 2 of Poker Face is coming to Peacock on May 8th! And we have more good news: we now have a clip from one of the episodes… and not just an episode, but the episode in which Cynthia Erivo plays sextuplets (or quintuplets… I’m not yet clear). Article continues after advertisementThe episode is titled “The Game is a Foot” (love that), and Natasha Lyonne released a clip of it to her Instagram and X accounts.
Wait, What?: How Exactly Does the Joker’s Getaway School Bus Blend in When It’s Visibly Damaged?

3 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Welcome to “Wait, What?,” a recurring column in which we examine confusing or incoherent details in crime movies. Article continues after advertisementI was watching the bank heist scene of The Dark Knight in preparation for writing this ranking of bank heists and I was struck by something. See, the Joker has a member of his clown-masked heist crew drive a stolen yellow school bus through the bank. It busts a giant hole in the wall.
Best Bank Robbery Masks in Crime Movies

4 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Robbing a bank is bad. It’s bad. Don’t do it. But I won’t deny that the movies make it look kind of cool. Well, not the robbery part, but the part where the robbers storm into the bank in coordinated disguises. Article continues after advertisementYou can’t deny it either! It is a truth universally acknowledged that one of the coolest things that can happen in a heist movie is a bunch of bad guys bursting into a bank in a clever group costume.