*The CW is in development on a procedural drama based on the real-life African-American private investigator who inspired Raymond Chandler’s iconic fictional character Philip Marlowe. Titled “Marlowe, ...

Chaucer’s Books will host Arvind Ethan David for a book talk and signing of his graphic novel “Raymond Chandler’s Trouble is My Business,” 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22 at 3321 State St., Santa Barbara.

The skies are blue, the sun unrelenting and the body count escalating in the Bakersfield, California, of “Honey Don’t!,” where Margaret Qualley’s private investigator tries to get a handle on the ...

Philip Marlowe is perhaps the most well-known and influential character in the noir genre. In film and television adaptations, the world-weary, chess-playing, poetry-reading, chronically sarcastic Los ...

The skies are blue, the sun unrelenting and the body count escalating in the Bakersfield, California, of “Honey Don’t!,” where Margaret Qualley’s private investigator tries to get a handle on the ...

Margaret Qualley in a scene from “Honey Don’t!” (Focus Features via AP) The skies are blue, the sun unrelenting and the body count escalating in the Bakersfield, California, of “Honey Don’t!,” where ...