Judge Dee

And Now, The Starting Lineup for Your Maltese Falcons!

By Bill Syken

August 6, 2015

An observation I had in my years working for Sports Illustrated: athletes and the heroes of crime fiction have much in common, but most simply this—a ruthless clarity of purpose and an ability to perform at their best when the action reaches its climax. Below I’ve assembled a football team populated by great characters from…

Still from director Tsui Hark’s Detective Dee and the case of the Phantom Flame

Detective Dee is Nigh and Awesome!

By Clare Toohey

July 26, 2011

Seeing this movie’s trailer and reading about it after the Tribeca film festival in May, many of us who are fans of Robert van Gulik’s Judge Dee stories as well as awesome martial arts movies, were more-than-eager to see it, but with no clear prospect as to when we’d get the chance.  Here’s a new…