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10 Things I liked in 2025

By Carol on December 18, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

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 )

Gutterthon 2025: Grand Slam!

By Guttersnipe on December 8, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Disavowing the Story: On Kimi wa Koibito (You Are My Lover): Part Two

By Guttersnipe on December 4, 2025 • ( 1 Comment )

Hat on a Hat on a Dinosaur: Jurassic Overkill and Instant Aliens

By Critterlab on November 27, 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

From the Archives: (Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock

By Carol on November 20, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

“Stocking Stuffers” have BEGUN!

By Guttersnipe on November 27, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Feminine Critique has been posting their annual “Stocking Stuffers”–episodes dedicated to winter holiday romance movies! Listen here or anywhere you podcast!

On Mischief, Don’t Bother To Knock, and Marilyn Monroe

By Carol on November 24, 2022 • ( 5 Comments )

I’ve been thinking about what “disreputable art” means in a time when nerds, fans, and geeks have won a kind of cultural hegemony. It was different when the Cultural Gutter was founded in 2003, before Iron Man (2008) launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Force awakened, and the […]

Filmi Ladies: “Avoid, Yaar!”

By Guttersnipe on November 22, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Beth Watkins and Pitu Sultan share some things on the latest episode of Filmi Ladies! “This is going to be all opinions all the time: films and people from Hindi cinema that everyone loves…but we don’t. We really, really don’t. We do not always agree […]

“Outcasters episode #32”

By Guttersnipe on November 21, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Sara Century joins the Huntress Podcast to discuss Batman and The Outsiders. “AJ, Sara and Tim discuss Batman and the Outsiders #29 from 1985, ‘The People of the Abyss,’ underground fashion, powerful women, and coffee preferences.” Listen here.

Let Auteur Albert Pyun Know What You Think of His Films!

By Guttersnipe on November 17, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The legendary filmmaker Albert Pyun is ailing and his wife is sharing comments with him from fans on what his work has meant to them. You can share your message here. (Via JoBlo.com)

The Comfortable Discomfort of Alex Ross Perry’s ‘Her Smell’ (2018)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on November 17, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

“I don’t wanna quit, I just wanna be in control of it” – Becky Something, Her Smell (2018) Some movies challenge you. Difficult to watch, grappling with heady or uncomfortable themes or ideas, or just straight-up disorienting as the stupid camera swirls around like you’re on the Gravitron […]

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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, Angela Englert, 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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