At Punk Noir, friend of the Gutter Kate Laity writes about the Tarot in art and William Lindsay Gresham. “While musing on Nightmare Alley (something I do more than most people I suspect) I often wonder how deeply William Lindsay Gresham studied the tarot and whether it was for more […]
Emily Harris’ 2019 retelling of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s Ur-Lesbian Vampire text Carmilla (1872) comes at you with so much intelligence, emotional authenticity, and raw, molting gorgeousness, the vampire bit might be the least interesting part. I have seen reviews that question whether there is even any vampirism […]
At Comic Book Herald, friend of the Gutter Sara Century shares the best What If…? comics! These are objective facts! “The wild world of What If…? has truly earned the right to be considered a subgenre of superhero comics in and of itself, and the stories you find […]
At Moviefone, Marya Gates offers a list of 10 female directors who deserve Best Director nominations. “This year three women have seen their films nominated by numerous awards bodies: Chloé Zhao, Emerald Fennell, and Regina King. But their films are not the only films worthy of being feted […]
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century talks about Scarlet Witch at Popculturist! “This week Ariel is joined by a special guest, Sara Century! Sara is an excellent writer and podcaster! In honor of the excellent Wandavision, Ariel and Sara talk the Scarlet Witch! We discuss the character’s illustrious […]
On Twitter, @samjawed65 has shared letters and autographed photographs from Indian film stars in the 1950s and 1960s that her aunt solicited and kept in a photo album. Look at them all together here and/or read the Twitter thread, which includes translations of the 1962 letter in Urdu […]