• Essays

    Nice Guys with Lethal Weapons: The Influential Style of Shane Black, Our Last Noir Director

    Nick Kolakowski on the Settings, Shane-Black-isms, and Signature Leitmotifs of a Long Cinematic Career

    October 1, 2025  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Let's Do the Crime Warp: Keith Roysdon Makes The Case for Keeping Settings Vintage in Contemporary Productions

    "[C]rime stories produced in contemporary times but set in the past are just as enticing and have the additional benefit of hindsight."

    October 1, 2025  By Keith Roysdon
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    Barbara DeMarco-Barrett Considers the Strange Perambulations of Writing Inspiration

    On approaching the truth obliquely and paying attention to resonance across experiences

    September 26, 2025  By Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
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    The Forgotten History
    of the Fascist Plot
    Against Hollywood

    Paul Levine dives deep on the unlikely pairing that helped keep Hitler's sympathizers from taking over the film biz

    September 26, 2025  By Paul Levine
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    From the Studio Set to the Written Page

    Exploring the parallels between fiction writing and television production

    September 25, 2025  By Joan O'Leary
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    Layering on the Mystery

    Maps, cast lists, epigraphs, and recipes keep us entertained from the first word to the last

    September 25, 2025  By Leslie Budewitz
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    The Curious History of the Ouija Board, Plus: How to Actually Use One!

    Penny Warner has some pointers for how to make the most of your seance experience

    September 24, 2025  By Penny Warner
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    James R. Benn On Operation Halyard and Yugoslavian Resistance to Fascism

    During WWII, competing groups of nationalists and communists fought fascism and each other to determine the post-war future.

    September 23, 2025  By James R. Benn
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    Gabrielle Sher On
    Golems, Retellings, and
    Finding Magic in Words

    Featuring a cover reveal of Sher's forthcoming novel, "Odessa"

    September 23, 2025  By Gabrielle Sher
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    The Best Movie Genre is One Where a Party at An Estate Goes Horribly Wrong

    Cheers... to murder!

    September 22, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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