Episode 2 of Columbo Season 8 takes us to a Hollywood setup that turns deadly in an instance. A rising film director tries to cover up a secret, and one wrong move lands him face-to-face with a murder ...

Who would have thought a homicide detective from the ‘70s would have had a cultural moment in the 2020s? And yet, that’s been the case for Lieutenant Columbo. Peter Falk’s trench-coat-wearing cop had ...

Prescription: Murder, the 1968 pilot for Columbo, had been something of a muddled affair: overlong, unremarkable and, worst of all, a dull characterization of the lieutenant himself. Columbo returned ...

Steven Spielberg has always been hard at work. The New Hollywood figure didn’t become the highest-grossing director by accident. His movies tend to wow everyone, and it’s quite a surprise that he has ...

These days, many directors go to film school before they break into show business. During an interview with Empire, Spielberg described working on Columbo as his film school. “They were the first ...

SINCE Billy Connolly contracted the acting bug back in the mid-seventies he has lent his iconic hirsuteness and distinct Glesca brogue to scores of television dramas, Hollywood blockbusters and major ...

When Peter Falk agreed to play Lieutenant Columbo for Universal, one of his conditions was that he also be able to direct some of the show's episodes. The story goes that, during the first season, he ...