“Dazzling, devotional, dangerous orange guides our choices today! Beth was bamboozled by the marigolds in Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding, and Pitu saw spiritually-inspired sacrifice in Aditya Chopra’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi. Love—or loves plural, really—are at the center of these films, which is not unusual on this […]
At Podcast On Fire, “Today is episode one of our two-part look at Lee Rock and Lee Rock II, a four-hour crime saga based on the life of Lui Lok, a real Hong Kong police officer whose career took him from cadet to high-ranking power broker within a […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the ridiculous splendor of Morihito Inoue’s Hot Spring Shark Attack / Onsen Shark (Japan, 2024)! “Writer / director Morihito Inoue’s Onsen Shark is his first feature. It premiered at the 2024 Tokyo Shark Film Festival. For the record, I […]
At BBC Maestro, Alan Moore talks about stories, reading and neuroscience. “Ever wonder why a story sticks with you? Alan Moore explores the science behind great writing to explain how fiction can activate the brain, stir emotion, and feel just as real as life itself.” Watch here.
Filmmaker Peter Strickland and industrial music pioneer Cosey Fanni Tutti interview each other at The Quietus. “Cosey Fanni Tutti, artist, musician and writer, has cut a unique path through the musical landscape since the initial termination of the Throbbing Gristle/TG mission in the early 1980s. Often working with […]
Sometimes you just want to watch a quirky investigator irritate people—especially wealthy and powerful people—into revealing they’ve committed crimes. Especially murder. I’ve been enjoying some new and new-ish mysteries lately, Poker Face, Elsbeth and The Residence. All three feature women investigating murders. All are series produced after Rian […]
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