Heather Wixson has a fantastic essay on The Substance (2024). “And look, at this point, there has been so much said already about how and why The Substance is such a powerful movie. There have been plenty of great thinkpieces that have discussed how Fargeat’s second film explores […]
Years ago, when we were both new to Indian cinema, Gutter contributor Keith Allison mentioned to me that he was hoping to find a Bollywood film that also featured ninjas. This is the kind of question I love: its answer could just as easily be “of course there’s […]
It’s back! The 2011 Cultural Gutter book has been reissued by Play Story Press. Read excellent essays by CG Editors Jim Munroe, James Schallenberg, Carol Borden, Chris Szego and Ian Driscoll on video games, science fiction and fantasy, comics, and romance. Plus, cool infographic illustrations by E.J. Lee. […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins begin an exploration of adaptations of the novel, Parineeta. “How many Parineetas are too many Parineetas? Apparently 4! In these two consecutive episodes, we explore film adaptations of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1914 […]
At Empire, John Woo talked a bit about making a musical with Ron and Russell Mael. Read that here. And more recently at Variety, Ron and Russell Mael talk about making a movie with John Woo in an interview about Sparks’ Mad album. Read that here.
The past is very present in writer/director Jang Jae-hyun’s Exhuma (South Korea, 2024). There is familial and imperial history reaching back to World War II and even further. And if there are not precisely demons in the film, well, there are things that are close enough.
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