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At Crime Reads Corinne writes about the Detection Club, ‘fair play’ in mysteries–especially in members’ mysteries. “The sacred oath required of prospective members of the Detection Club demanded, among other things, their adherence to that Golden Age holy of holies, the principle of ‘fair play’ (i.e., presentation of […]
Bitches On Comics has a question about Westworld and you can listen to their discussion here. “Hello, we were asked about Westworld in like mid-2021 and then we recorded it in maybe January of 2022 and Sara just got around to editing it about posting it. So excuse […]
Friend of the Gutter Andrew Nette shares a list of 10 underappreciated neo-noirs at Crime Reads. “while I will happily admit to being a due paying member of the First-half-of-the-1970s-was-a-great-period-of-American-crime-cinema-fan-club, it does strike me that we tend to focus on the same handful of films from this period […]
Cartoon Brew has an animations test for Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye , plus some conversation with Tartakovsky about what happened. The full animatics were unfortunately taken down, but you can read the conversation and watch the test here. (Thanks, Ed!)
Our friends at The Feminine Critique catch up on some biz! “Movies! TV! Twins! Nudity! Actresses from Game of Thrones who deserve better projects! It’s another big catch-all catchup where Emily and Christine dive into what they’ve been watching[.]”
The Gutter’s own Beth writes about the 1970s masala movie, Shamshera, at Beth Loves Bollywood! “For all the complaints that Shamshera is old-fashioned…well yes, it is, gloriously so, beautifully executing a known formula with a weariness and bitterness that are perfectly suited to right now. As I watched, […]
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