Cinema Science

Brian DePalma, who I think is somewhat overrated but always interesting, will direct The Boston Stranglers. The movie, an adaptation of Susan Kelly's nonfiction book The Boston Stranglers: The Public Conviction of Albert DeSalvo and the True Story of Eleven Shocking Murders, is about the early-'60s Boston killings and their controversial resolution — many question whether Albert DeSalvo, a publicity hound who confessed to the murders and was later stabbed to death while incarcerated on unrelated charges, was the actual killer.