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The Cultural Gutter

Thoughtful Writing About Disreputable Art

Going South of 125th Street: The Wiz (1978)

By Michelle on November 6, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Peter Lorre Conquers Mad Love

By Carol on October 22, 2026 • ( 2 Comments )

Death Riders

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on October 15, 2026 • ( 1 Comment )

Welcome to Potters Bluff: Death, Resurrection, and the Horror of Small-Town America

By Michelle on October 8, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Best of the Best Is Pretty Good!

By Beth Watkins on October 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Carol Goes to Fantastic Fest 2026!

By Carol on September 24, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Interviews and Q&A from Midnight Madness 2013

By Guttersnipe on September 18, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

All the red carpet interviews and post-screening question and answer sessions from this year’s Midnight Madness Programme at the Toronto International Film Festival.  And all conducted by friend of The Gutter and Soldier of Cinema, Robert Mitchell! [Update: Link fixed!]

Bad Fans and a Mind-Bending Phone Call

By Guttersnipe on September 17, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Emily Nussbaum writes about the complexity of one phone call in Breaking Bad‘s “Ozymandias” episode.

“The Twenty Stages of Reading”

By Guttersnipe on September 16, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Cartoonist Lynda Barry shares her “20 Stages of Reading” in as many panels.

Old Crime Photos in a New Context

By Guttersnipe on September 15, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Marc Hermann superimposes historic NY Daily News crime photos onto contemporary photos of the same locations. (Thanks, Edie!)

The March: On Chickens, Humanity and Moral Authority

By Carol on September 12, 2013 • ( 2 Comments )

Other more serious writers have written about Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell‘s The March, Vol 1. (Top Shelf, 2013) . They’ve written about the audacious presentation of solemn historical material in a graphic novel; John Lewis’ contribution to perfecting the Union;  The March‘s importance in […]

Galleries of Creature Designs!

By Guttersnipe on September 11, 2013 • ( Leave a comment )

Do you like monsters, creatures and aliens? We sure do! Here are two galleries of conceptual designs for the Austrian horror movie, The Station / Der Blutgletscher: Part I and Part II. The art is by TOMAK and the movie is directed by Marvin Kren.

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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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