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Lousy Carter – Glasgow Film Festival 2024 Review

Lousy Carter (David Krumholtz) is waiting for the doctor. When he finally turns up, he…

Rachel Wolf on characters we love to hate

Iago, Logan Roy, Nurse Ratched, Patrick Bateman, Annie Wilkes… There’s nothing like a compelling villain…

Be afraid, be very afraid: L. D. Smithson on why scary stories can be good for us

When I was nine years old the movie Jaws played for the first time on…

Read an extract from The Prisoner’s Throne by Holly Black

Prince Oak is paying for his betrayal. Imprisoned in the icy north and bound to…

Book Review: The Sleeping Beauties by Lucy Ashe

Moving from the early 1930’s setting of her suspenseful ballet-centred debut, Clara & Olivia, to…

Perfect Days Review

It’s been more than twenty years since legendary German director Wim Wenders helmed a well-liked…

Book Review: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

Five women are dead. The killer leaves no fingerprints, no DNA. The only thing that…

The Promised Land Review

Denmark, 1755. Retired army captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) is granted permission from the King…

The Sleeping Beauty: fairy tale re-creations in times of conflict

In the fairy tale of the sleeping beauty, a castle re-awakens after a long curse.…

Book Review: ASAP by Axie Oh

Nothing brings me as much giddy joy as a fun, escapist, well-crafted romance novel and,…

Charlotte Stein: Setting The Romance Bar

The thing I love most about Romance is how high it sets the bar for…

Marissa Meyer on creating romances that will stay in readers’ memories for a long time

Romance is always front and center for me when I start writing any new book,…