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    Presenting Série Noire, the Bleak French Neo Noir You've Never Seen

    It's Alain Corneau's classic adaptation of a Jim Thompson novel.

    August 9, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    5 Iconic 1990s Thriller Films

    "The thing that made these movies...was the fact that the villains started off seeming like regular people."

    August 9, 2024  By Liz Alterman
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    Sam Tschida: Write Like a Mother

    On finding the time and inspiration to spend "several hours a day with people you made up."

    August 8, 2024  By Sam Tschida
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    Scarface vs. Scarface

    Looking at Brian de Palma's 1983 classic alongside the 1932 Howard Hawks film that inspired it.

    August 7, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    All These Houses Are Haunted: How (and Why) Horror is the Perfect Hybrid Genre

    "When taken from the right perspective, every story is a horror story"

    August 7, 2024  By Matthew Lyons
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    Why the Epistolary Format Works So Well in Crime Fiction

    "Letters are a great way to manipulate your vict—I mean, audience."

    August 7, 2024  By Joshua Chaplinsky
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    On Bram Stoker's Forgotten Dracula Play

    It's not good... but it IS a play

    August 2, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    BTW, Charles Dickens's Bleak House is a Murder Mystery

    Yes it's a legal thriller. But also...

    July 31, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Your Hero Could Beat Up My Hero

    Or, five characters that could easily beat up my protagonist, who is very bad at fighting

    July 31, 2024  By Gregg Podolski
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    Writing Better Neurodivergent Characters in Fiction

    Scott Lyerly on living with Tourette syndrome and bringing that reality to fiction.

    July 31, 2024  By Scott Lyerly
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