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Monday, September 5, 2022

Dashiell Hammett - Maltese Falcon

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Although somewhat poorly written, this is milestone in crime genre, with good sense of hypocrisy and crispy language.

History of crime fiction

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Crime fiction is itself pure literature, It follows certain patterns and rules. First detective novel was written by Wilkie Collins, notorio...

Dashiell Hammett - The Glass Key

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In my opinion best novel Hammett have written. It is essentialy about friendship between politician and his sidekick who helps him get rid o...

Dashiell Hammett - The Dain Curse

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One of the underrated Hammett novels, it tells a story about family madness that turns out to be false one, with numerous comic episodes and...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Agatha Christie - They Do It With Mirrors

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Funny characters, good plot and interesting setting make this novel worth reading on a hot summer evenings. Miss Marple, elderly woman turne...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Veliki Dijabolo

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Dvorana je bila poluzamračena. Okupljeni ljudi su sedeli na stolicama i posmatrali mađioničara na delu. Na pozornici se pojavi tamno svetlo ...
Saturday, July 16, 2022

Una pura formalità (1994)

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  This is interesting crime movie with great opening sequence, and although most time is spent with two famous actors talking, it is worth t...

The Element Of Crime (1984)

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  Very good psychedelic crime movie by Lars Von Trier, rich with thick, juicy atmosphere and shot in sepia tones, resembling Tarkovsky movie...
Friday, July 15, 2022

Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me

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Of all Ruth Rendell novels, this is the one I enjoyed the most. It is about bored middle class bank clerk who is obsessed with literature. T...

Ruth Rendell - Live Flesh

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Very good psychological thriller about serial rapist who accidentally shot policeman and condemned him to life in armchair while his wife ma...

Barbara Vine - A Fatal Inversion

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Much more disturbing than her novels written as herself, this one is about a group of friends who committed awful crime against a child. Of ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Codex

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Zatvorenici su tukli i psovali Lazara u zatvorskoj ćeliji dok se borio za vazduh, razbijajući mu rebra, noge, ruke, zube, nanoseći mu teške ...
Sunday, July 10, 2022

Bill S. Ballinger - Portrait in Smoke

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This is enjoyable crime novel about some guy tracing woman whom he knew from his school days and liked her. During his work in some company ...
Monday, July 4, 2022

Ucena

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Ivana je klečeći gutala kurac gospodina Martinovića i pitala se koliko će dugo morati da trpi ovo. Zavese u sobi su podrhtavale od crnog ven...
Friday, July 1, 2022

Best Crime Novels

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This is my selection of crime novels that I consider best of them all. I don't care much for top lists of best crime novels that are spr...

Best Crime Movies

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This is my list of best crime movies I've seen so far. There are milllions of them and most are shit, so I maintained in the process of ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Žica

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Mladić guste crne kose obučen u crnu kožnu jaknu šetao je pored polusrušene zgrade u gluvo doba noći. Pošto je patio od nesanice često je še...
Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Shoot The Piano Player (1960)

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Very good adaptation of David Goodis novel Down There by Francois Truffaut. Of course, much less prudish than american crime movies and much...

Nightmare Alley (1947)

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Although novel itself is stuffed with more details, this movie is good on its own without even reading the novel, beautifully portraying men...

Otmičar zlatnog srca

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Dragana je vozila kroz saobraćajnu gužvu kako bi stigla do tržnog centra da kupi nove cipele. Gužva se brzo rašcistila i čekajući zeleno sve...

Martha (1974)

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  Although made for tv, this movie is beautifully shot and directed with intense colors and splendid interior and exterior. Based on Cornell...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

The Bride Wore Black (1968)

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Very good adaptation of Cornell Woolrich novel by famous french director. Plot revolves around woman whose husband got killed at the wedding...
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