I am so thrilled to have an essay in @airmail.news this week about the proliferation of “AI actresses” and the history of designing “ideal” women. airmail.news/issues/2026-...

I had the great pleasure of chatting with the great Alex Rollins Berg about changes in what we think of as “cinematic prestige” on this week’s “Culture Schlock.” substack.com/@oliviarutig...

In the latest episode of “Culture Schlock,” the author Samantha Hunt joins me in taking Elon Musk to task, and raising up the real genius inventor on whom Musk has built his brand: Nikola Tesla. Watch the whole thing on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. ⚡️🪶

On Orson Welles' birthday, here's my @crimereads.bsky.social article on what was going to be Welles' first movie: an adaptation of a thriller costarring Lucille Ball about a rich fascist taking over the United States. crimereads.com/orson-welles...

"THE NATURAL fashions itself out of countless mythical yarns & spiritual traditions: Arthurian legends, The Odyssey, the Bible, the Persian dualistic cosmology of Manichaeism." - @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social

For the first entry in my new column, "Culture Schlock" (on Substack), I wrote about AI actresses, consent, porn, beauty standards, and history’s long obsession with “building the perfect woman.” open.substack.com/pub/cultures...

BOTD Charles Grodin!! MCCT5: 5)11 Harrowhouse 4)Humbling 3)Heartbreak Kid 2)Woman in Red 1)Midnight Run More: @jonathanalter.bsky.social: oldgoats.substack.com/p/charles-gr... @glennkenny.bsky.social: decider.com/2021/05/19/t... @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social: crimereads.com/a-love-lette...

ICYM last night's talk with Jennifer McMahon & @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social for Queens Public Library, you can see it here (unfortunately @sadiehartmann.bsky.social was unable to join us) www.youtube.com/live/1YNkVrf...

TONIGHT! 6 PM ET @sadiehartmann.bsky.social Jennifer McMahon @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social & I discuss writing horror as women as part of Queens Public Library's Culture Connection series www.facebook.com/QPLNYC/videos

We’re thrilled (and chilled!) to speak with three bestselling authors of modern horror for #WomensHistoryMonth: Sadie Hartmann, Alma Katsu, and Jennifer McMahon! Our moderator will be writer & editor Olivia Rutigliano. Join Us on Wednesday, March 25 at 6PM! www.youtube.com/live/1YNkVrf...

Everyone should be reading @kellymcoyne.bsky.social

We're creepy & we're spooky: Wednesday 3/25 join me for a virtual event w/Jennifer McMahon @sadiehartmann.bsky.social @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social hosted by Queens Public Library www.wake.gov/events/women... #WiHM

We’re thrilled (and chilled!) to speak with three bestselling authors of modern horror for #WomensHistoryMonth: Sadie Hartmann, Alma Katsu, and Jennifer McMahon! Our moderator will be writer & editor Olivia Rutigliano. Join Us on Wednesday, March 25 at 6PM! www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/cul...

You absolutely cannot separate the artist and the art without contributing to the persecution of trans people. Boycott everything Potter.

For Women in Horror month: Mar 25 I'm w/ @sadiehartmann.bsky.social Jennifer McMahon @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social for a virtual event for Queens Public Library "When Women Write Horror". Please join us www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/cul...

Yes, the French booksellers association forced the Paris Book Festival to drop Amazon sponsorship due to Amazon "seeking to flood the market with fake AI-generated books, promoted by fake reviews, written by fake readers [which rise] to the top of fake rankings"💥 MORE OF THIS, PLEASE 💥

Great essay by @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social 🙏 I 💜The Terminator & Linda Hamilton. "The film presents us w/a heroine who models the bravery & the strength of pregnancy & motherhood & how they stand in opposition to the rising tide of anti-women, anti-human sentiment."👇 crimereads.com/the-terminat...

A personality quiz from @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social crimereads.com/what-charact...

@oliviarutigliano.bsky.social on T1: "The Terminator does not care that Sarah will die; in fact, it’s the point—and as such, embodies the aggressive history of government and patriarchal regulation of women’s health options without their participation or consent..." crimereads.com/the-terminat...

See this is why you go to @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social for all your mystery-crime needs 😍

The great @sayanniething.bsky.social in LARB!!! Unmissable!!!!

"These are not extraordinary people, these are not unique circumstances. We could be them—which is what makes these otherwise quiet, funny novels feel so dangerous." Annie Berke considers timelines not taken in “The Ten Year Affair” and “Wreck” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/theres-no-telling/

In our SEVENTH list in this series, @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social finds 10 more crime movies that take place at Christmas! crimereads.com/against-all-...

This is a @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social appreciation post, because Batman Returns is the most fun Batman & I cannot wait to track down 8 Women.

"The whodunnit IS by its very nature political. Why? Because it is concerned with the Truth, above all else... and Truth is a wildly politicized and often obfuscated thing.”— @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social on @rianjohnson.bsky.social’s superb new film, WAKE UP DEAD MAN crimereads.com/wake-up-dead...

Agreed, @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social. Perfect Movie. crimereads.com/galaxy-quest...

“Whoever wrote this episode should die!” Good actors playing bad actors becoming better people through acting and life. @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social has written the Galaxy Quest paean I’ve longed for: crimereads.com/galaxy-quest/

Tom Stoppard's Secret Indiana Jones Rewrites crimereads.com/tom-stoppard... @crimereads.bsky.social @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social

I loved Guillermo del Toro’s new FRANKENSTEIN adaptation. lithub.com/guillermo-de...

“Del Toro loves monsters—misunderstood, sympathetic monsters—and Shelley’s Creature is the primogenitor of this tradition.” @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social praises Guillermo Del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein.

NEWS!!!!! My new @literaryhub.bsky.social podcast, CULTURE SCHLOCK, is launching next Friday, October 3rd, 2025 at Lit Hub Radio! Listen to an excerpt on the Lit Hub Pod HERE: lithub.com/the-disappea...

I need to re-watch The Natural, since it's been a while. As many time as I have, though, I confess my failure to see the parallels with Homer's Odyssey and so many other classics. #RIPRobertRedford www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2021/08/16/u... by @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social via @bwdr.bsky.social

For @crimereads.bsky.social, I ranked the in-flight (crime) entertainment on my nine-hour international flight to Greece. crimereads.com/the-20-in-fl...

Our editor Olivia Rutigliano (@oliviarutigliano.bsky.social), recovering from a bad concussion, rounds up some of cinema's greatest blows to the head. crimereads.com/eight-terrib...

According to Guinness World Records, Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed on screen more than any other literary character. @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social ranks the 100 best, worst, & strangest screen portrayals of the great detective for @crimereads.bsky.social 3/ crimereads.com/100-sherlock...

Looking for some good new TV to watch, this holiday weekend? Our editor @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social has you covered. crimereads.com/new-crime-se...

Olivia Rutigliano (@oliviarutigliano.bsky.social) makes a bold assertion about who should play James Bond next. crimereads.com/heres-who-sh...

The Red Circle of Washington DC recently had the honor of hearing from @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social of @crimereads.bsky.social fame. Olivia spoke about Dickens, magic, detection, and his love of performing. You can watch the recording now - enjoy !!! youtu.be/ku8N8B2c3B8?...

“The nominal villain of the film is the person behind these drops, but the film allows surveillance to be the real villain.” @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social reviews Drop.

Olivia Rutigliano (@oliviarutigliano.bsky.social) rounds up the best bank robbery disguises in movies: crimereads.com/best-bank-ro...

@oliviarutigliano.bsky.social and John Buffalo Mailer make a menu fit for a spy: crimereads.com/which-kind-o...

“’Lethal Weapon 2’ is both a doubling-down on a few chosen dynamics from the first film that worked well, and a knowing expansion of those dynamics into something new, without trying too hard or going too far.” crimereads.com/chekhovs-nai...

Gary Larson's legendary cartoon contains a perfect conceit for a mystery. crimereads.com/a-whodunnit-...

Olivia Rutigliano (@oliviarutigliano.bsky.social) on Season One of SEARCH PARTY: crimereads.com/on-season-on...

The Red Circle of DC meets today, and our presenter is Olivia Rutigliano of @crimereads.bsky.social fame. And it’s a packed house of course as Olivia speaks about Charles Dickens and Conan Doyle.

In which @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social asks the important questions. crimereads.com/nora-ephron-...

Did you know that someone explodes in Charles Dickens’s Bleak House? Yes, you read that right. Explodes. Please allow Olivia Rutigliano @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social to explain. ⬇️🔥CLICK THE LINK🔥⬇️ crimereads.com/lets-talk-ab...

Agents, authors! @groveatlantic.bsky.social has just officially launched its Crime Imprint: @atlanticcrime.bsky.social! I am one of the editors & I am eagerly soliciting projects! Looking for clever, creative mysteries, thrillers, noirs, & nonfiction. Send materials to [email protected]

On @crimereads.bsky.social @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social examines the memorable "coin toss" scene 🪙 from the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men (a good opportunity to see the sinister Anton Chigurh/Javier Bardem in action again) #film #CoenBrothers #memorablescenes crimereads.com/scene-of-the...