Horror 101: Takashi Miike’s Audition!
Friend of the Gutter Michelle Kisner joins Dr. AC and Horror 101 to discuss Takashi Miike’s Audition (Japan, 1999)! Listen and watch here!
“A Tragically Bitter kind of Folk Horror: Shadowland (Finland, 2024)”
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)”
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)
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”
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
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 […]
The Cultural Gutter 