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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 )

Projection Booth Special Report: Fantasia 2022!

By Guttersnipe on May 30, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

At the Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White interviews filmmakers and cast from 3 films that screened at Fantasia: Next Exit; The Breach; and, Relax, I’m From The Future. “This episode features three interviews. On the first you’ll hear from director Mali Elfman and actress Katie […]

Filmi Ladies: “Men Characters We Love”

By Guttersnipe on May 29, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

At the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins talk about male characters they love! “…and here’s a companion piece to last week’s episode: men characters we hold with great affection. Some of them elicit heart-eyes emojis, but others are just people who stand […]

Giving Birth To A Butterfly (USA, 2023)

By Guttersnipe on May 27, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watches the subtly surreal road trip / search for self movie, Giving Birth To A Butterfly (USA, 2023). “Road trips often elicit the sharing of secrets and unspoken truths. In Giving Birth To A Butterfly, two women go on a roadtrip to a […]

The Gutter is Dead, Long Live the Gutter!

By Angela Englert on May 25, 2023 • ( 1 Comment )

This month, we celebrate twenty years at the Gutter–fierce, gleeful, proud years during when we have dwelt richly on works that fall under the admittedly subjective rubric of disreputable media. I was a fan a long time before I was a contributor. But why was I a fan […]

“Inside Doom’s Most Terrifying Mod”

By Guttersnipe on May 24, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Watch this feature length documentary on MyHouse.Wad, a map created for Doom II that is much more than it seems. Even if you don’t like Doom, you should probably watch it. Watch here.

Filmi Ladies: “Women Characters We Love”

By Guttersnipe on May 23, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins talk about female characters they love in Indian film! “This week’s episode is exactly what it says on the label: women characters we hold with great affection. They’re not necessarily the best written or the most […]

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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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