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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Summer Fun Time Reading ’26

By Carol on June 4, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Don’t Sleep on Simon Glassman’s ‘Buffet Infinity’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on May 28, 2026 • ( 2 Comments )

Fatal Kisses, Leather Daddies, and Evil Tofu: Queer Coding in Video Games

By Critterlab on May 14, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Some Thoughts on a Film that Disappeared: Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer

By Carol on May 7, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Monsters & Mullets: Labyrinth

By Guttersnipe on April 30, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

The Burning Train

By Beth Watkins on April 16, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Dobaaraa (2022): Three Timelines and One Electrical Storm

By Beth Watkins on December 1, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Dobaaraa, a Hindi-language film released earlier this year, stands in intriguing contrast to mainstream Indian cinema’s habits, not just in how this compelling remake handles it source material but also just more generally as a contemporary project. It is one of only a handful of Indian adaptations of […]

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly and the Ecstasy of The Charismatic Voice’s Vocal Analysis

By Guttersnipe on November 30, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Charismatic Voice’s Elizabeth Zharoff listens to the Danish National Orchestra’s performance of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly‘s main theme and “The Ecstasy of Gold.” You can watch and listen here. And watch and listen to the uninterrupted performance here.

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 […]

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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, Beth Watkins, and Michelle Kisner 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, grapple with wrestling, 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, and Mastodon. We do not accept unsolicited pitches.

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