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Classified: Writing Black Christmas

By April Wolfe
February 7, 2020
Be kind, rewind: the writer of the horror remake on why the best retreads must make the case for their existence in the here and now

Classified: Whodunits

By April Wolfe
November 14, 2019
One more thing: reassessing a genre that can make a shabby first impression

Classified: The Lair of the White Worm

By April Wolfe
September 18, 2019
Eat people and have fun: Ken Russell’s film stands apart in genre cinema, where women villains are rarely as cunning as their male counterparts

Classified: Eco-Horror

By April Wolfe
July 29, 2019
Natural reactions: cinema’s history of depicting nature as brute force equalizer and death dealer

Classified: Women of Sci-Fi

By April Wolfe
June 28, 2019
The future is female: the latest genre column singles out examples of the wide range of science fiction written by women

Classified: Action Cinematography

By April Wolfe
May 29, 2019
Blow up: cameras in action, from The Great Train Robbery to Mad Max: Fury Road

Classified: TV Movies

By April Wolfe
April 4, 2019
A tale as old as TV: John Llewellyn Moxey and the pre-streaming threat of the TV movie

Classified: The Witch Who Came from the Sea

By April Wolfe
March 4, 2019
American horror story: Millie Perkins’ performance buoys this would-be exploitation flick, treating the material as Greek tragedy rather than lurid pulp