Kerfuffled Fans
Oh, such a kerfuffle about Roger Ebert’s review of Kick-Ass and his blog piece, “Videogames Can Never Be Art.”
Carol
Carol Borden was editor of and a writer for the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She is currently an editor at and evil overlord for The Cultural Gutter, a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. She has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and she has a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books including: Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
Tim Gunn Critiques Superhero Fashion
Tim Gunn is crazy about Spider-Man’s costume, not so much with Star Sapphire.
“Crisis in the 36th Chamber”
Chris Sims and Rusty Shackles bring you, “Great Comics That Never Were (But Shoulda Been)!”
Drew Daywalt’s Bad Cruise
Camera Obscura writer/director Drew Daywalt spent 3 nights on California’s Queen Mary and took a camera with him. Here‘s what he shot.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dead Man Stalking
Did you like Pitch Black but weren’t so sure about the mad, operatic The Chronicles of Riddick? Worried that Riddick is just gonna be stuck on that Necromonger throne for eternity? Apparently, he won’t. Dread Central has links to a new Riddick script review and concept art that’s […]
The Fog (1980) vs The Fog (2005)
October has an extensive and exquisite analysis of The Fog (1980) and The Fog (2005), ranging from the implications of the changes to the original, some tangents relating to John Carpenter’s other films and “alienation vs. connection.” (via The Horror?!)
The Cultural Gutter 