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Crime Over Sundance

Crime Over Sundance: The Wolf Hour (2019)

By Joe Bendel

February 8, 2019

June Leigh is a lot like the heroine of Wait Until Dark, except it is her own hang-ups and agoraphobia that keeps her trapped in her apartment. It is also unclear whether her tormentor is flesh-and-blood or a figment of her fevered mind. Nevertheless, there is indeed plenty of danger outside her door in the…

Crime Over Sundance: Shooting the Mafia

By Joe Bendel

February 6, 2019

Bugsy Siegel and John Gotti were exceptions. Most gangsters do no want publicity, especially not the Sicilian Mafia. That definitely put photo-journalist (and former member of parliament) Letizia Battaglia in a dangerous position, since she spent the better part of her career documenting the Mafia’s violent crimes. Yet, she survived to help lead the tide-changing…

Crime Over Sundance: Relive (2019)

By Joe Bendel

February 5, 2019

Det. Jack Radcliff has a heck of a wireless package. Somehow, he can place calls to his late niece several days before her violent death. With her help, Radcliff will try to solve and prevent her murder in Jacob Estes’s Blumhouse-produced Relive, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Radcliff always took a special…

Crime Over Sundance: The Inventor – Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)

By Joe Bendel

February 4, 2019

There are advantages to working for a privately held company, but there is also a downside. The lack of regular shareholder disclosures allows management to conduct business with less transparency, if they so choose. That was certainly the case for Elizabeth Holmes’ notorious start-up, Theranos.  Her powerful political connections helped create a perfect storm of…

Crime Over Sundance: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019)

By Joe Bendel

February 3, 2019

Serial killers are supposed to be charming. That is how they lure in their victims. There was no better example than Ted Bundy, who was the living embodiment of sinister charm. He was so persuasive, he had his ex-girlfriend Liz Kloepfer at least half-convinced he was innocent of all the charges leveled against him. Their…

Crime Over Sundance: Stieg Larsson -The Man Who Played With Fire (2019)

By Joe Bendel

February 1, 2019

At a time when extremism seems to be on the rise on both sides of the American political spectrum, it is worth noting the arch words of Tom Wolfe: “the dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.” The recent experience of Sweden arguably bears this…

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