The winds of November are blowing, my friends, chilling our souls in the Musuracan shadows and grayscale skies. Making us hanker for some noir, but grieving over our options on long autumnal nights. Maybe you’ve seen Double Indemnity (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Out of the Past (1947), […]
Polygon‘s Patrick Gill reveals the truth in a video essay. “Everything is wrestling. Over the last 25 years, video games have borrowed wrestling moves and archetypes with reckless abandon, regardless of whether or not the game has anything to do with wrestling. Here’s the story of how the […]
At The New Yorker, Simon Abrams interviews filmmaker John Woo. “Woo talked about taking a break from Hollywood, his quest to make personal genre movies, and his enduring faith in friendship, onscreen and off.” Read more here.
Marya E. Gates joins the inaugural episode of the Neo-Noir Podcast to discuss “classic noir, neo-noir, and two films that work as examples of both.” Listen here.
The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on Paul Vecchiali’s The Strangler (France, 1970). “The Strangler / L’Étrangleur (France, 1970) is a peculiar film, perhaps a Nouvelle Vague policier, but also not. It’s described as a “French giallo” in promotional materials, and I suppose that is as good […]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! THE WICKER MAN!!!!! BRIAN BLESSED!!!!!! DECEMBER 2nd!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! (There is a whole day of companion programs on folk horror and folk music also on December 2nd). LISTEN HERE.
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