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10 Things I liked in 2025

By Carol on December 18, 2025 • ( Leave a 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 )

Filmi Ladies: Super Star Series: Aishwarya Rai!

By Guttersnipe on July 2, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins look at the career of superstar Aishwarya Rai! “We talk about her films a LOT, so you knew this was coming: superstar Aishwarya Rai! We both like her acting in general, so […]

Queer Histories and the Secret Language of Queer Art

By Guttersnipe on June 30, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The National Galleries has a pair of videos on Queer art. The first is “The Secret Languages of Queer Art,” which talks about identification and coding in Queer art and can be watched here. And “The Hidden Histories of Queer Art,” which discusses Queer art and the suppression […]

Interview with a Drag King!

By Guttersnipe on June 29, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Still Detroit has an interview with and images of King Molasses. Look and listen here.

The Stunt Woman who was Jaws’ First Victim!

By Guttersnipe on June 27, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The Palm Beach Post has a nice piece on Susan Backlinie, the first person attacked by the shark in Jaws (1975). “Backlinie met Spielberg in the spring of 1974 and made her pitch: ‘I said, “If you use me, you could get close-ups during the stunt itself. If […]

REOWRR! An Incomplete History of Cats in Professional Wrestling

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on June 26, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

If you’ve watched a pair of kittens or even a fully grown cat who has become entangled in the curtains for long enough, you’d probably agree that if there is an animal best suited for pro wrestling, it’s the species felidae.

Happy Pride from Filmi Ladies Podcast!

By Guttersnipe on June 25, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate Pride in filmi style! “To close out Pride month, we look at 3 Indian films that feature LGBTQIA+ characters: Fire (1996), Nil Nirjane (2003), and Arekti Premer Golpo (2010).” Listen / watch […]

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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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