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April Wolfe

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

Festivals: Busan 2018

By April Wolfe
November 12, 2018
Back in the game: a mighty Asian film festival struggles with issues of identity, both on-screen and behind the scenes

Short Take: The Guilty

By April Wolfe
October 16, 2018
(Gustav Möller, Denmark, Magnolia Pictures, Opening October 19)

Short Take: Support the Girls

By April Wolfe
August 20, 2018
(Andrew Bujalski, USA, Magnolia Pictures, Opening August 24)

Louder Than a Bomb

By April Wolfe
May 1, 2018
The Coup frontman’s scabrous debut feature, Sorry to Bother You, about a telemarketer on the rise, sees the bizarro nightmare in the modern American dream

Short Take: The Endless

By April Wolfe
March 5, 2018
(Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, USA, Well Go USA, Opening March 23)

Sundance: The Kindergarten Teacher

By April Wolfe
January 24, 2018
Sara Colangelo remakes a contemplative and ambiguous recent Israeli drama in a distinctly American verse and rhythm

Sundance: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

By April Wolfe
January 23, 2018
With her gay conversion therapy drama, Desiree Akhavan takes on a serious subject—seriously

Sundance: Frankenstein AI

By April Wolfe
January 22, 2018
See how you feel: festival attendees are helping to create a better future in an AI experiment at Sundance

Sundance: Time Share

By April Wolfe
January 19, 2018
A family can’t escape hotel hell in a new absurdist film from Mexican filmmaker Sebastian Hofmann

Sundance: Our New President

By April Wolfe
January 18, 2018
A new found-footage documentary uses Russian propaganda to describe the making of a monster