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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 )

“A Tragically Bitter kind of Folk Horror: Shadowland (Finland, 2024)”

By Guttersnipe on October 7, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some reflections on the new documentary Shadowland: “It’s clear that Shadowland writer/director Otso Tiainen and co-writer Kalle Kinnunen want so much to embrace the landscape of the Montségur and the surrounding French Pyrenees and the esoteric and occult religious community that understand […]

“Captain America #1 (January, 1998)”

By Guttersnipe on October 4, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

At the Virtues of Captain America Blog, friend of the Gutter Mark D. White writes about 1998’s new Captain America #1! “Over 500 posts to get a Captain America #1, and now we get another one a dozen posts later? Welcome to modern Marvel Comics, where we go […]

Model Misbehavior: Boom (2003)

By Beth Watkins on October 3, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

I’m not even sorry about that title. Boom (2003, directed and written by Kaizad Gustad) really is about a group of models behaving badly. But it’s also an artifact of one of the classic paths to stardom in Bollywood: the model-turned-actor. The models in the film have to […]

Captain America Comic Book Fans: “Cap Philosophy with Author Dr. Mark D. White! Virtues of Captain America”

By Guttersnipe on October 2, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Friend of the Gutter Mark D. White is on the latest episode of the Captain America Comic Book Fans podcast! “Professor of Philosophy and Author of Virtues of Captain America returns to discuss his new edition, covering topics of Hydra Cap, Sam Wilson, how Steve’s view of the […]

Filmi Ladies: Superstars Series: Smita Patil

By Guttersnipe on October 1, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss the career of Smita Patil: “We discuss the brief but magnificent film career of Smita Patil—one of India’s greatest actresses. Winner of the Padma Shri and several film awards, she was the face of art […]

Fantastic Fest 2024: “Danny Villanueva Jr.’s Frightening and Tragic <i>What Happened To Dorothy Bell?</i>”

By Guttersnipe on September 27, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

At Biff Bam Pop, The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has some thoughts about What Happened To Dorothy Bell? “I’m not sure what it is about public libraries that make them a rich vein for horror. Whether it’s Ghostbusters or Stephen King’s IT, or if you’re somehow spooked by […]

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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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