Our friends at the Projection Booth discuss the 1970 Toshio Matsumoto film, Demons! “We conclude a month of discussing Japanese films with a look at Toshio Matsumoto’s 1971 film Demons AKA Shura AKA Pandemonium. The story of the film is part of the fabric of the larger 47 […]
Lauren Collins considers the curious case of Stéphane Bourgoin. “Stéphane Bourgoin became famous through his jailhouse interviews with murderers. Then an anonymous collective of true-crime fans began investigating his own story.” Read more here.
At Mint Lounge, Uday Batia writes about where Indian cinema is at with upcoming elections. “Every other week this year, a film has released that extols the achievements or reflects the concerns of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its affiliates—the existence of Pakistan, the rights of Hindus, […]
I’ve decided to round off Switcheroo Month at the Gutter with ghosts. Are ghost stories reputable, you might ask? As a genre, not really, but as a literary device they’ve been used to explore some of the most serious themes imaginable, from personal tragedy and grief to unresolved […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their look the first family of Hindi cinema with a look at Raj Kapoor! “When you’re talking about Indian movies, he’s a cine qua non [note from editor: stop it]: Raj Kapoor (1924–1988). We look […]
Behold a silent film edit of Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) here! (Thanks, Mark!)