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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 )

Filmi Ladies: “But I Like It!”

By Guttersnipe on November 29, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Beth Watkins joins Pitu Sulatan for another episode of Film Ladies podcast! “Have you ever caught yourself crying “But I like it!!!” when somebody tells you you’re wrong to love a certain film? Welcome to the internet. In this episode, we discuss films we love […]

Bratt’s Bin on Broken Arrow (1996)!

By Guttersnipe on November 28, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Robert A. Mitchell joins Bratt’s Bin Podcast to discuss John Woo’s Broken Arrow (1996). “This episode, host & filmmaker Jared Bratt (Streamer | 2019) is joined again by filmmaker, critic & interviewer, Carl Diamond, from the ‘Hey! You Made Your Movie Show’. They’re also […]

“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.

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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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