Hundreds of Beavers (USA, 2023) had me from the trailer. I knew I loved it from the moment when I saw a pair of rabbits—played by actors dressed in rabbit mascot suits—turn and look back at the camera. This was cinema, pure cinema. And the trailer didn’t lead […]
At The New Yorker, Inkoo Kang writes about turbulence in Hollywood. “To survey the film and television industry today is to witness multiple existential crises. Many of them point to a larger trend: of Hollywood divesting from its own future, making dodgy decisions in the short term that […]
At Gamespot, Veerender Jubal writes about Venba, a new game about a South Asian immigrant woman’s experience in 1980s Canada–with cooking mechanics! “Venba does not just make me feel seen, Venba makes me feel acknowledged and reassured in ways video games have never explored so profoundly.” Read more […]
At Jacobin, Alex Press breaks down what the writers’ and actors’ strike in Hollywood as all about. ‘“There used to be people running these companies who thought of themselves as stewards of the industry,” said the WGA’s Mike Schur, reflecting on what led to the strikes. “They’d think, […]
At The Feminine Critique Podcast, friends of the Gutter Emily Intravia and Christine Makepeace catch up with what they’ve been watching and more! “Werewolves! Malls! Soul survivors! We’ve got lots of it and more on this very special catchup. On the docket: Riverdale, Class of ‘07, V.C. Andrews’ […]
Even among the wild personalities on offer in professional wrestling, Japan’s Maki Itoh is, in all ways, an aberration.