The Firefly Funhouse
A match between the late Bray Wyatt and John Cena called a “Firefly Funhouse Match” showed that WWE could do something truly subversive.
“11 Books that Changed How I Think about Space Opera”
Charlie Jane Anders shares a space opera reading list and you should peruse it! “We are living in a new golden age of space opera. People have proclaimed the death of this vital subgenre many times over the decades — but like a deep space probe upgraded by […]
The Cultural Gutter goes to Fantastic Fest 2023!
The Cultural Gutter is going to this year’s Fantastic Fest! We’ll be covering it remotely here at the Gutter, at Biff Bam Pop, and at Monstrous Industry! Peruse the Fantastic Fest 2023 schedule here and get ready to see what we think about what we see.
Sachin Hingoo on Aggro Dr1ft (USA, 2023)
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has some thoughts on Harmony Korine’s new experimental, game-influenced action experience, Aggro Dr1ft! “Harmony Korine set out on day one of shooting his new infrared ‘gamecore’ film, AGGRO DR1FT, to explore the idea of what comes ‘after’ movies. Bored with the current standards […]
“A Skin for Dancing In: Possession, Witchcraft, and Voodoo in Film”
Tanya Krzywinska has made her hard to find classic, A Skin For Dancing In: Possession, Witchcraft, and Voodoo in Film (2001) available for free on her website. You can read it here.
John Carpenter and the Secret of the Ooze
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 […]
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