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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 )

“No Sleep Podcast”

By Guttersnipe on October 2, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Listen to spooky stories, including friend of the Gutter Sara Century’s “A Small Light,” on the No Sleep Podcast!

Carol Goes to the Toronto International Film Festival 2021!

By Carol on September 30, 2021 • ( 10 Comments )

This year I went to the Toronto International Film Festival as an accredited cub reporter for the Soldier of Cinema website. By “went” I mean that I watched 16 films as part of the digital festival. You can read all my pieces here. I was most excited about […]

Takao Saito’s Amazing Process

By Guttersnipe on September 29, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Watch in wonder as Golgo 13 creator and gekiga innovator Takao Saito draws and discusses his process with mangaka Naoki Urasawa on Urasawa’s show, Manben. There will be drying white-out with a cigarette.

“Gore, Guts and Glory in the Predator Omnibus”

By Guttersnipe on September 28, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Sara Century writes about Predator comics for Comic Book Herald! “Foregoing the larger world building that the Aliens franchise has explored in novels and comics to focus on repeating the format that makes the Predator movies so great, it’s easy to forget about the […]

“Asimov’s Empire, Asimov’s Wall”

By Guttersnipe on September 27, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

“The science fiction author Isaac Asimov engaged in forms of unwanted touching with countless women. It set the tone for the entire genre.” More from Alec Nevala-Lee here.

From The Archives: Cahiers du Cannon: Street Smart

By Guttersnipe on September 23, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

This month we share Guest Star Jessica Ritchey’s entry into her series, Cahiers du Cannon. Previously, Jessica wrote about Castaway and Runaway Train. This month she looks at Christopher Reeve in Street Smart (1987). Until Batman V Superman disgraced itself in theaters the most reviled Superman property was […]

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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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