Monday, July 19 2010

‘Jass’ Gives You the Feel for Early American History

By Jules Brenner

Take a tour of Storyville where Jazz began and murder prevails, bringing in the likes of David Fulmer's hero who is as good at solving crime as he's crippled by his love of an irresistible whore.

Monday, September 14 2009

Great extras intensify Mamet’s best work

By Rene Rodriguez

Thursday, October 5 2006

Homicide by David Simon

By Chris Barsanti

When these detectives trade gallows humor over a stone whodunit (department terminology for a case likely never to be solved), it seems less like entertainment and more about keeping despair at bay.

Wednesday, October 13 2004

Homicide: Life on the Street: The Complete Season 5

By Cynthia Fuchs

It frequently expanded cop-show boundaries, occasionally gave in to suits in search or ratings, and most often, surprised fans and detractors alike.

Monday, March 22 2004

Homicide: Life on the Street: The Complete Third Season

By Cynthia Fuchs

Homicide's third season focuses increasingly on tensions among the detectives, as they endure increasingly personal devastations, over more linear storylines and more sensational murder mysteries.

Monday, March 15 2004

Homicide: Life on the Street: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2

By Cynthia Fuchs

Homicide lays out an utterly compelling and occasionally oblique anti-cop-show premise.