Gail Crowther’s latest volume examines the underappreciated legacy of Dorothy Parker’s time in Hollywood
One thing Crowther does accentuate is Parker's versatility.
Bestselling author Stephanie Wrobel talks about plotting, the difference between suspense and surprise, and the influence of one of cinema’s masters on her latest novel
"I don't think any of us are 100% good or 100% bad. And I think it's kind of boring to portray characters that way."
Hunger, anxiety, and pain are among the human drives horror addresses, according to Anna Bogutskaya in Feeding the Monster
At its best, horror has always skirted an anarchic or illicit sensibility.
The horror! The horror! Why do so many people who write about the genre seem not to understand – or even much like – it?
It would be salutary if writers addressing the genre would cease treating it as though it has been relevant for only the past ten or twenty years.
Every movie a sequel: A corporate history of Marvel Studios proves frustratingly uncritical about what the company’s dominance means for pop culture
There is a wealth of behind-the-scenes information on offer in MCU.
Matt Singer’s book about Siskel & Ebert’s influence on film criticism is heavy on gossip, light on actual criticism
Singer generally adopts the pose of the fan rather than the critic.
The best stories in the horror anthology Found are those that interpret the book’s mandate broadly
It's hard to fault the contributors to the volume, or the ambition of the editors.
Robin R. Means Coleman updates her essential text on Black horror cinema with a new volume and a new co-author
The Black Guy Dies First reads like little more than Horror Noire for the attention-deficit crowd.
Around the web: Standing up for morally ambiguous characters, a romance novelist fakes her own death, RIP Russell Banks, and more
Heading into 2023, it appears that inflation, which is being felt particularly where hardcovers are concerned, has booksellers nervous about purchasing patterns over the coming months.
The auteur as film geek: Quentin Tarantino delivers a vulgar love letter to the films that inspired him
Cinema Speculation is a good primer on the groundbreaking cinema that influenced one of the savviest, most provocative filmmakers of his own generation.