Disclaimer: The article contains mentions of murder and sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. Between 1977 and 1978, authorities discovered lifeless bodies of 10 women in and around Los ...

In the vein of hometown classics like “Spotlight” and “The Departed,” Boston native Matt Ruskin’s latest feature-length project tackles themes of journalism, feminism and murder — combined into one ...

In 1997, dead men began turning up in remote sugarcane fields and ditches in seven parishes outside New Orleans. That marked the beginning of Ronald Joseph Dominique’s nine-year killing spree. By the ...

It’s hard to keep serial killers down for long when it comes to movies and TV, especially when questions linger about the underlying case. “Boston Strangler” seems much cut from that “Zodiac” ...

I love a good procedural picture all about journalists. I can't quite explain it — call it competency porn? — but there's something thrilling about watching pieces of entertainment focused on ...

However, Matt Ruskin's well-researched Hulu film is still a breath of fresh air for the true crime genre's portrayal of violence onscreen. The infamous Boston Strangler killed more than 11 single ...

Since 1999, at least 51 women, most of them Black, have been strangled and then dumped in alleys and abandoned buildings across Chicago. All but one of the murders remain unsolved. Over three, ...

Editor-at-Large for MovieWeb, Matt Mahler is also a film critic, interviewer, and writer for the site since 2021. He has interviewed a variety of directors, from Wim Wenders and Luca Guadagnino to Joe ...

Kenneth A. Bianchi, one of the two men convicted in the “Hillside Strangler” serial murders that terrorized Los Angeles in the 1970s, lost his most recent bid for parole Thursday after 46 years behind ...