The 25 Best Whodunit Movies of All Time
By Jacob Osborn, Stacker News
On 5/30/21 at 9:00 AM EDT
Predictability is the last thing audiences want out of their entertainment, so most stories contain at least some element of surprise. And nothing uses the concept to its advantage quite like the classic whodunit. A challenge for the filmmaker and the viewer alike, this particular subgenre keeps viewers guessing until the final reveal and, furthermore, uses that guesswork as a basis upon which to tell its story.
But what is a whodunit, exactly? Merriam-Webster defines it as a detective story or mystery story. The Oxford Reference dates the term back to the 1930s and describes it as a story or play about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end.
These Are the 100 Best Films of All Time, According to Critics
By Jacob Osborn, Stacker News
AND Ellen Wulfhorst, Stacker News
On 5/9/21 at 9:00 AM EDT
For more than a century, there have been movies, and people paid to review them. The first film critic, W.G. Faulkner, began churning out weekly reviews in January 1912.
Since then, movie criticism has retained countless core consistencies while evolving to keep pace with the medium itself. During this time, the two respective arenas have developed what some might call a symbiotic relationship. Movies often, but not always, depend on solid reviews to succeed, and movie critics rely on the emergence of new films to keep their jobs.
A Hollywood starlet in the 1950s and 60s, Novak gave up the limelight to paint
She had starred in the Hitchcock classic Vertigo alongside Jimmy Stewart
Novak met veterinarian Malloy in 1974 when he was caring for her horses
He died on November 27 at their home in Eagle Point, Oregon
Film star Kim Novak, who left the limelight after rising to the high of fame in Hollywood, has shared her grief at the passing of her husband of 44 years.
Novak s husband Robert Malloy died on November 27 at the home they shared in Eagle Point, Oregon. He was 80.
ADVERTISEMENT May I share just a bit of my grief with you? she wrote in a Facebook post on Friday. My soulmate has passed on to greener pastures.