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Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

In Memoriam: The Words Got Stuck In My Throat

By Keith on January 14, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Not Because She is Dead, But Because She is Cold

By Angela Englert on January 7, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Build Me a Creature, Fast as You Can

By alex MacFadyen on December 31, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Some Things I Liked in 2020

By Carol on December 24, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

A Poison that Makes Souls Sleep: Exotic Indian Poisons in Pop Culture and History

By Keith on December 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Taking the Shine Off with Doctor Sleep

By Angela Englert on December 10, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Parasite (2019), Fried Chicken and King Castella Franchises

By Carol on January 5, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

“Parasite, the first foreign language film to win the Academy Award for best picture, and the first to be condemned in public by a U.S. president, is a story of poverty and inequality. The movie, which is also the first Korean movie to win an Oscar, is centered […]

“Why Classic Crime Fiction was Obsessed with Fashion”

By Carol on January 2, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

At Crime Reads, Tara Moss writes about Philip Marlowe, fashion and her own crime fiction. “Marlowe (and his creator) notice the clothes, the hairstyle, the gloves and what they signal about the person wearing them. This is no mere description, not simply the delightful painting of an aesthetic […]

So Many Things are Entering the Public Domain in Today

By Carol on January 1, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The Center for the Study of the Public Domain lists some of the works of art that just entered the public domain today! “A culture is a continuing conversation between present and past. On Public Domain Day, we all have a ‘green light,’ in keeping with the Gatsby […]

Build Me a Creature, Fast as You Can

By alex MacFadyen on December 31, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

‘Tis always the season for puppets, if you ask me, but Gremlins is officially holiday seasonal. I watched it again for the first time in many years and there were a lot of things I had forgotten, including the scene where Gizmo stunt drives a Barbie Dream Car […]

Sara Century & Zoe Tunnel on Wonder Woman 1984

By Carol on December 28, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Sara Century talks about Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) with Zoe Tunnel at Comic Book Herald! Read it for Etta Candy!

“30 Years and the Jacob’s Ladder Generation”

By Carol on December 27, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Dani Bethea ponders Jacob’s Ladder (1990) and its legacy. “While thinking about this film, the horror imagery is usually what’s remembered the most and that’s fair because it was wickedly designed and executed throughout. Constant rewatches of the film however, make the visceral uncanny valley nature of it […]

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The Cultural Gutter is a website dedicated to thoughtful writing about disreputable art. The site is updated Thursday afternoon with a new article about an artistic pursuit generally considered to be beneath consideration. Carol Borden draws out the best in comics, alex MacFadyen and Beth Watkins stare deeply into the screen, Keith Allison probes science fiction and Angela Englert sinks her fangs into horror.

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