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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Best of the Best Is Pretty Good!

By Beth Watkins on October 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Carol Goes to Fantastic Fest 2026!

By Carol on September 24, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Fantastic Fest 2026: Terms & Conditions (USA, 2026)

By Carol on September 23, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Fantastic Fest 2026: Kung Fu Deadly

By Carol on September 22, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Fantastic Fest 2026: Girl In The Night!

By Carol on September 21, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Fantastic Fest 2026: Donkey Princess

By Carol on September 19, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Best of the Best Is Pretty Good!

Carol Goes to Fantastic Fest 2026!

Connecting the Dots at TIFF 2026

Goopy Gore, Killer Kotatsu, and the End of the World: Three Films from Jôji Iida

Teenage Sex & Death and the Trans Feminine Monster

By Guttersnipe on October 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

At Mubi, Willow Catelyn Maclay discusses Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026) and the history of Trans women and Trans killers on film in a video essay, “Loving the Monster.” Watch here.

Bill Pullman & Julian Sands are beset by… The Willows!

By Guttersnipe on October 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Start your Spooktober right with this BBC Radio production of Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows starring Bill Pullman and Julian Sands! “In this haunting 2022 radio adaptation, two old acquaintances set out on a canoe journey along the Danube, only to find themselves stalked by an unseen, malevolent presence […]

Best of the Best Is Pretty Good!

By Beth Watkins on October 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Sometimes the Netflix algorithm gets it right, instead of serving up its usual tendency to knock you unconscious with a malfunctioning neon drone to the head, as happens to Best of the Best’s Maya at her high school talent show. The loosely Bollywood-related setting is right up my […]

Filmi Ladies: Retro Baddie Nadira

By Guttersnipe on September 30, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate the films of Nadira! “She is wicked and stunning, a fashionista and a scheming paisewali, and we love her to bits! We discuss retro baddie Nadira in Aan, Shree 420 and Kahin […]

“‘You Can See Everything’ in Nathan Fielder’s Deep Dive Into the Life of Elizabeth Holmes”

By Guttersnipe on September 28, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo watches the trailer for the new Elizabeth Holmes film. “In his new project, a (documentary?) film from A24 called You Can See Everything, Fielder invites, or perhaps ‘drags’ is a better term, you along as he takes up residence […]

Danger can Happen at MetroCon 2026!

By Guttersnipe on September 28, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Enjoy a Hell Monkey match and a Kaiju Big Battel Panel at MetroCon in the very same video! Watch here. And see Kaiju Big Battel’s Timmy DLC and Japandroid at the MetroCon Exhibition Hall here.

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The Cultural Gutter is a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. The site is updated every Thursday afternoon. Carol Borden, Sachin Hingoo, Alex MacFadyen, Beth Watkins, and Michelle Kisner probe science fiction, draw out the best in comics, stare deeply into the screen, sink their fangs into horror, dally with romance, speedrun their brains on videogames, grapple with wrestling, and explore so much more. Our Guest Stars shine here. Thanks to Gutter aesthetic director Brian Kirby for all his swank art. Thanks to EJ Lee for providing the fantastic art we used in the Cultural Gutter book. The Cultural Gutter's signature nail polishes, "Disreputable," and, "Disreputable 2: Hellcat," were created by Andrea Evans of MPZ Cosmetics. MPZ Cosmetics also teamed up with Dill McKinley to recreate the classic fragrance, Cornichon by Dill McKinley for Gutterthon 2021. Follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, and Mastodon. We do not accept unsolicited pitches.

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