Neo-Noir

William Petersen had to work hard to get the role of Gil Grissom in the original CSI. Grissom was a combination of lab scientist and field agent, two things Petersen embodied in his first two leading roles with the kind of smoldering…

The movie Blood Simple hits 35 this month, a multi-layered neo-noir thriller that was the launch pad for Joel and Ethan Coen. From there the Coen Brothers began their career of making the twisted into reality, and finding humor in the dark…