Edgar Allen Poe is an iconic figure, and he helped create the modern murder mystery. Writer and director Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye may be a fictional story, but it’s a fascinating mystery with Poe, and one keen detective, at its heart.
Film
Harry Melling
Writer-director Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye is a dull, but gorgeously produced and well performed bit of speculative fiction.
Writer-director Scott Frank’s latest limited series, The Queen’s Gambit, is an intelligent, anxious, detail oriented character study that’s a perfect reflection of the game at its centre.