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The Cultural Gutter has set up a store where you can buy t-shirts, mugs, stickers and totes. Click through to see our stuff at Tee Public!
“35 Years of Coolie: A Reminder of a Time When Secularism Wasn’t a Bad Word”
At Arré, friend of the Gutter Aditi Sen writes about the making of Coolie, the near death of Amitabh Bachchan and a different India. “Coolie is a film that tells us that chaos will eventually be restored, that truth and justice will prevail over falsehood and avarice. It […]
Extract from Ask For The Moon!
Meredith Lewis has shared an extract from her new book, Ask For The Moon: Innovation At Shaw Brothers Studios: “Chopsocky flicks have a dire reputation among most of us Westerners. The average man on the street thinks of badly made films, peopled by corny actors in silly wigs, […]
“Kate Kane Fashion Thread”
Please enjoy this thread of Kate Kane’s fashions when she’s not wearing her Batwoman costume.
“The Lady Hero’s Journey”
Kathleen O’Mara charts “The Lady Hero’s Journey” at McSweeney’s. “A woman tries to set out on The Hero’s Journey only to find that Joseph Campbell didn’t believe that women take The Hero’s Journey. She must instead embark on The Lady Hero’s Journey.”
The Projection Booth on The Long Goodbye
Our friends at The Projection Booth watch Robert Altman’s The Long Goodby and interview Elliott Gould! “Adapted by Leigh Brackett, one of the two main writers from Howard Hawks’s The Big Sleep, the film stars Elliott Gould as Philip Marlowe, a man now out of time with the […]
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