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 Thursday Murder Club movie has a teaser trailer!

1 week ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Gather round, gather round! The Thursday Murder Club movie has released a teaser trailer!Article continues after advertisementHere it is! It’s a minute and a half, so it doesn’t reveal too much (thankfully). But it does present the world of Cooper’s Chase, the luxury retirement community home to four impressive senior sleuths, to satisfying detail.
The 20 In-Flight Crime Movie Options on This Airplane, Ranked

1 week ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

I’m on an airplane right now, about to go on vacation. Well, actually, I assume by the time this article is published, I’ll either be on or have returned from vacation. But at the time of composition of this piece, I am on board an aircraft, 34,997 feet in the air. I’ve worked a full day, really, up to the last moment before my vacation begins. Soon, I’m going to fold up my laptop, sling on my neck pillow, and watch a movie on the tiny screen embedded in the seatback in front of me.
New Crime Series to Stream During This Holiday Weekend

2 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

We did it! We made it to the long weekend! And not just any long weekend, but Memorial Day weekend, AKA the unofficial start of SUMMERTIME! Now, you can spend this on the beach or at the park… but you can also spend it in front of your TV, relaxing your heart out. Here at CrimeReads, we want to help, so we rounded up some of the new late spring crime series you should add to your watchlist.
Scene of the Crime: The Lasso Scene in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Welcome to “Scene of the Crime,” a recurring column in which we examine single memorable scenes from crime movies. Article continues after advertisementThe Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, directed by Tommy Lee Jones in 2006, makes its boarder patrol villain Mike Norton (Barry Pepper) suffer for the myriad crimes he has perpetrated against Mexican immigrants.
Eight Terrible Head Injuries in Crime Film

3 weeks ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano |Daniel Stern

Two weeks ago, I sustained two back-to-back concussions to the frontal lobe of my brain. I took off from work to convalesce, but I don’t have much to say about that. This is is because I was unconscious nearly the entire time. Sleep, I was told by the doctors, was the most surefire way to ensure a speedy and permanent recovery. So I slept. I took melatonin gummies and fish oil capsules and slept, and then woke up and did it all again. Occasionally I’d eat. Once or twice I went on a walk.
That Time Arthur Conan Doyle Insisted He Had Encountered the Ghost of Charles Dickens

1 month ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

This is an excerpt from the transcript of a talk that was given, by Dr. Olivia Rutigliano, at the Red Circle of Washington D.C. (a Sherlock Holmes society), on March 8th, 2025. Article continues after advertisementThis talk starts with a story that I learned from Daniel Stashower’s meticulously chronicled, Edgar-award-winning biography of Arthur Conan Doyle, Teller of Tales.
Here’s who should play James Bond Next ‹ CrimeReads

1 month ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

May I have your attention, please. I have a proposition for you. Article continues after advertisementIt has been four years since we had an installment of the James Bond franchise. And not only that, good people. Since the contradictory ending of No Time To Die, the fifth chapter in Daniel Craig’s portrayal of the character, we have been waiting not only for another Bond film, but another Bond actor. Who would be picked to play 007? We had wondered if we might finally have a nonwhite Bond, this time.
The Thursday Murder Club movie has released production photos!

1 month ago | crimereads.com | Olivia Rutigliano

Thrilling news, sleuths! The Thursday Murder Club movie has released production photos. Article continues after advertisementPeople Magazine, which has the exclusive coverage, shared several photos this morning of the cast, which includes Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, and . The movie, which is directed by Chris Columbus and which is set to premiere on Netflix on August 28th, is an adaptation of Richard Osman’s runaway bestseller of the same name.
The Clues, the Clueless, and the Critics: Appreciating Clue

1 month 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!

1 month 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.