The BBC Archive has a clip of Tolkien talking about The Lord Of The Rings. “JRR Tolkien speaks to John Ezard about his extraordinarily popular Lord of the Rings series of fantasy novels. The author touches upon their genesis and themes, his fondness for invented languages – and […]
At The Means At Hand, Max Maxwell writes about the intersection of crime and magic (in weird and horror writing). “It’s not such a stretch to see criminal conspiracies as the kinds of dark power that beat at the heart of horror novels. Not simply the violation of […]
It’s a 1972 BBC Radio adaptation of Rudolf Besier’s “The Barretts of Wimpole Street” with Dorothy Tutin and Elizabeth Barrett and Jeremy Brett as Robert Browning! You can listen here.
Our friends at Cinema Shame hand out their annual Shamely Awards! “Join Allan, James, and Eric for the 5th Annual First Watch Shamely Awards. They pick their favorite Films, Actors, Screenplays and Physical Media releases from whatever the hell they watched in 2025. Along the way they’re joined […]
At The Movie Sleuth, the Gutter’s own Michelle Kisner considers Iron Lung. “The feeling of actually playing a game and inhabiting the role of the protagonist is hard to translate to other media, and it’s what makes playing video games unique. When one is a passive observer, the […]
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins–with the blessings of Isis–watch and discuss Cleopatra (USA, 1963)! “One of the filmiest ladies of them all! The great Elizabeth Taylor plays the great Cleopatra in this absolutely spectacular epic film. Both co-hosts […]
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