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Sam Spade

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Private dicks: Read excerpts from Shaun Kaufman, Colleen Collins's How to Write a Dick

    ​Shaun Kaufman and Colleen Collins, husband-and-wife private detectives and Westword cover subjects, don't just serve lawsuits to biker dudes named Billy and find bullets buried on 800-acre ranches. They also write books, and their first, How to Write a Dick: A Guide to Writing Fictional Sleut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2011

    The ten best detectives in classic film noir

    ​With the classic noir flick The Maltese Falcon screening at the Esquire this weekend for Midnight Madness, we've been thinking a lot about our favorite noir films, from the classic era to the modern. While there are a few archetypes in the genre, many think it always stars a detective, which ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    Bird Watch

    ​With the classic noir flick The Maltese Falcon screening at the Esquire this weekend for Midnight Madness, we've been thinking a lot about our favorite noir films, from the classic era to the modern. While there are a few archetypes in the genre, many think it always stars a detective, which ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Kenny Be's Yard Arteology: The stuff that dreams are made of

    The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments... click image to enlarge​ Figure 45. Harvey Park: The Maltese Falcons hint at a gardener who may be digging with a Sam Spade. The yard art pictured in figure 45 looks like a folksy, old-timer style of garden display, until the viewer notic ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    February 15, 2007

    Do Not Disturb

    Hotel Dusk is a great game for people who haven't heard of "books."

  • Home Entertainment

    August 10, 2006

    Whodunit High

    Hotel Dusk is a great game for people who haven't heard of "books."

  • News

    August 10, 2006

    The Case of the Missing License

    Congress is putting on the squeeze, but Colorado's private investigators still can't agree how -- or if -- they should be regulated.

  • Music

    July 27, 2000

    Queens of the Stone Age

    Rated R
    (Interscope Records)

  • Film

    June 12, 1997

    Trick and Treat

    Rated R
    (Interscope Records)

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Going to Ground

    A private investigator tracks a toxic trail through Arvada.

  • Calendar

    July 4, 1996

    Thrills for the week

    A private investigator tracks a toxic trail through Arvada.

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