Monsters & Mullets: Labyrinth
The journey from unfair to unjust is a twisted maze, one littered with false starts and dead ends; it’s also, significantly, the journey undertaken in Labyrinth, from childhood to adulthood, powerlessness to power.
Filmi Ladies: Toaster!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch “Toaster, the new release on Netflix with Rajkummar Rao, Sanya Malhotra, Archana Puran Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, and others in a great cast stuck a misfiring machine that somehow never really goes […]
“Another Scene: Placing Fantasy in Two Vietnamese Gay Films, Part I”
At Asian Movie Pulse, friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson writes about gay male fantasy in Vietnamese film: “The English title for Hot boy nổi loạn (Vũ Ngọc Đãng, 2011), ‘Lost in Paradise,’ reflects the protagonist’s fantasy of Ho Chi Minh City as an chance to live as […]
Dracula’s 1931 Epilogue!
Chelsea Rialto Studios’ Ray Faiola has released the short curtain call epilogue from the original pre-code release of Tod Browning’s Dracula starring Béla Lugosi. “This is the actual footage of the Edward Van Sloan curtain speech from the end of Dracula. The picture came from a 16mm SILENT […]
The Projection Booth: Grace Glowicki
At the Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White talks to actor/director/writer Grace Glowicki about her work and Dead Lover (Canada, 2025). “Mike talks with multi-hyphenate Grace Glowicki about her new film, Dead Lover (2025). It’s a stinky look at a gravedigger (Glowicki) who searches for a […]
Filmi Ladies: Unishe April!
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch Unishe April (Bengal, 1990). “Happy Unishe April to all who celebrate! We discuss this much-loved Rituparno Ghosh film about a mother daughter duo (Aparna Sen and Debashree Roy) who have a relationship […]
The Cultural Gutter 