“Ringo Lam on Fire”

At Metrograph, Dylan Cheung writes an excellent piece about Ringo Lam’s On Fire Trilogy. “At a moment when the city was obsessed with yuppy modernity, Lam returned Hong Kong cinema to its working-class roots. While Woo’s film romanticizes the criminal underworld, imbuing his gangsters with classical ideals of […]

Summer Fun Time Reading ’26

It’s not meteorological summer here in the Northern Hemisphere yet, but it’s June. It’s hot and my a/c is on. I have been sticky with sweat and sunscreen. I have had my first Arnold Palmer of the season.(And my first Dinah Shore—lemonade with seltzer). It is summer as […]

Filmi Ladies: Kartavya (2026)

At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch the new Hindi crime drama, Kartavya starring Saif Ali Khan. “Pitu said ‘Let’s watch Saif’s new film!!’ and Beth said ‘OK!’ before realizing what it was about, and then she wanted […]