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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Fish Out of (Pasta) Water in Gabriele Mainetti’s ‘The Forbidden City’ (2025)

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on April 2, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Pow! Kids with Guns and the SOV Surrealism of Hawk Jones (1986)

By Michelle on March 26, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Relax and Enjoy the Mystery: Deadloch and How to Get to Heaven From Belfast

By Critterlab on March 19, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

“Remember Quick that Life is Death”: Mother of Flies (2025)

By Carol on March 12, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Madeline Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli’s ‘Honey Bunch’ Tries and Tries Again

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on March 5, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Blood Pact: Exploring SOV Director Glenn Andreiev’s Infatuation with the Vampire Mythos

By Michelle on February 26, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

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 September 18, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Anyone that knows me will tell you that I’m a sucker for an unconventional animal-themed film and while it doesn’t have the in-your-face animated aesthetic of last year’s Flow, György Pálfi’s new film ‘Hen’ chicken-scratches that itch in a major way. 

Filmi Ladies: Clueless 30th Anniversary Special!

By Guttersnipe on September 17, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate the 30th anniversary of Clueless (USA, 1995)! “Clueless, a cinematic treasure, just turned 30 years old this year. Could we let its anniversary pass by without talking about it? AS IF! […]

Kojak in Budapest: “Monday Pants”

By Guttersnipe on September 16, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

As part of an ongoing translation/subtitling project, friend of the Gutter has shared a clip from the Hungarian film, Kojak In Istanbul. Watch Kojak learn how to shop for trousers at Neon Harbor.

Hey, the Gutter is going to Fantastic Fest 2025!

By Carol on September 15, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

It’s Fantastic Fest time again and the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and I were lucky enough to receive press accreditation again. We are cub reporters no more.We hang out in the virtual lounge and tip our fedoras at passing fancy people. We write at late hours and at […]

TIFF Day 6 with the Gutter’s Own Sachin Hingoo!

By Guttersnipe on September 13, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The Sachin Hingoo has thoughts on 4 more films from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: Frankenstein (USA, 2025); Dust Bunny (USA, 2025); Train Dreams (USA, 2025); and, The Ugly (South Korea, 2025)! “As we enter the back half of TIFFty and the films start to almost literally […]

TIFF Day 5 with the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo!

By Guttersnipe on September 11, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo–and his pal, Karen Shute–continues to watch films at an astounding pace at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025: Good Boy; Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5; Exit 8; and, The Smashing Machine! We are officially at the halfway mark of TIFF, and boy […]

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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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