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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

You Are Sleeping, You Do Not Want to Believe: ‘Dreamscape’ (1984)

By Guttersnipe on January 15, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Sachin’s Best of 2025 (and maybe 2026!)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on January 8, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

From The Archives: In György Pálfi’s ‘Hen’, the Real Lady Bird is (in) the Eggs We Laid Along The Way

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on January 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

An Unusual Merry Christmas from Bombay

By Beth Watkins on December 25, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

10 Things I liked in 2025

By Carol on December 18, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

Reflections of a Reflection in Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s ‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on December 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

John Carpenter and the Secret of the Ooze

By Angela Englert on September 14, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

Prince of Darkness (1987) is not often included among John Carpenter’s greatest films. To be fair, he has a lot of great films. The writer-director-composer-grumpy soundbite generator has clocked an embarrassment of beloved cinema in his time. Halloween (1978), Escape From New York (1981), The Thing (1982), Big […]

“Oracle & the Evolution of Disability Representation”

By Guttersnipe on September 13, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

At WWAC, Dayn Broder writes about Oracle / Barbara Gordon and representation. “Barbara Gordon is a woman of many names, faces, and identities. Batgirl, Oracle, crime fighter, hacker, able-bodied, wheelchair user, and most importantly: hero. She is one of, if not THE most famous disabled caped crusader to […]

The Feminine Critique: “Resurrection of the Catchup!”

By Guttersnipe on September 12, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Listen to friends of the Gutter Emily Intravia and Christine Makepeace as they catch up with all their end of summer viewing! “It’s been a long summer, so naturally, Christine and Emily are here to discuss it in movie (and TV) language! On their latest epic catchup, the […]

Ursula K. LeGuin on The Lathe Of Heaven

By Guttersnipe on September 11, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Bill Moyers interviews Ursula K. LeGuin about writing, her process, and the 1980 PBS adaptation of her novel, The Lathe Of Heaven (1971). It’s really good. Watch here.

TIFF 2023: “5 Under-the-Radar Films”

By Guttersnipe on September 7, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

At Biff Bam Pop, Sanjay Rajput shares some suggestions for films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival that you should consider seeing! “It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of TIFF and try to chase down big premieres, but with over 200 films there are […]

Tasher Desh: Hypnotized into Appreciation?

By Beth Watkins on September 7, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

A few weeks ago, the Indian cinema-focused Twitter account Cinema Rare posted a list of “some of the trippiest Indian films,” and with wording like that, I knew I had to investigate the whole thing, regardless of how likely I was to agree.* Skimming the 25 titles, I […]

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The Cultural Gutter is a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. The site is updated every Thursday afternoon. Carol Borden, Sachin Hingoo, Alex MacFadyen, and Beth Watkins probe science fiction, draw out the best in comics, stare deeply into the screen, sink their fangs into horror, dally with romance, speedrun their brains on videogames and explore so much more. Our Guest Stars shine here. Thanks to Gutter aesthetic director Brian Kirby for all his swank art. Thanks to EJ Lee for providing the fantastic art we used in the Cultural Gutter book. The Cultural Gutter's signature nail polishes, "Disreputable," and, "Disreputable 2: Hellcat," were created by Andrea Evans of MPZ Cosmetics. MPZ Cosmetics also teamed up with Dill McKinley to recreate the classic fragrance, Cornichon by Dill McKinley for Gutterthon 2021. Follow us on Bluesky, Facebook, Mastodon, and Bluesky as @culturalgutter. We do not accept unsolicited pitches.

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