“The History of SPAM”
On Tasting History, Max Miller makes a spam ribbon loaf from a 1950s recipe and discusses the history of spam. Watch here.
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Just a critter in the Gutter.
“Godzilla’s Greatest Battles!”
TokuSHOUTsu has a 24 hour live stream of Godzilla’s greatest battles. Though it’s really all kinds of kaiju battles including fights from War of The Gargantuas (1966). Watch here!
Thomas the Tank Engine Superfans!
At the Guardian, Stuart Jeffries writes about Brannon Carty’s documentary An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine (USA, 2025) and the fans who love the show. “It celebrates the men (and the fans Carty interviews are overwhelmingly male) who have found friendship, community and creativity […]
TIFF Midnight Madness 2025 Program!
Check out this year’s Midnight Madness Program at the Toronto International Film Festival! If you can go, go! Ben Wheatley! Bryan Fuller! Kenji Tanigaki’s The Furious! Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover! Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie! If you can’t, make your genre viewing plans for the next […]
“The Colorful History of Tarot”
Smithsonian Magazine has a piece on the history of Tarot cards and you can read it here. (Thanks, Kate!)
Filmi Ladies: Snake Movies!
At Filmi Ladies podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch snake lady/nagin movies! “Dear friend Vikas Raheja from the Let’s Talk, Melbourne podcast is back to discuss SNAKE FILMS! We describe what we think makes snake films so great, including how […]
The Cultural Gutter 