The Chatelaine Meat House
The Canadian women’s / lifestyle magazine Chatelaine recreates its holiday cottage made from meats, cheeses, and pretzels from 1971. They say it’s spectacular, but we are not so sure… See it here.
Darr: Frightfully Great
Of all the things to admire about Darr (1993) (trailer)—its uncompromising tension and insistence on menace, the superstar-confirming work by a young Shah Rukh Khan, its creative sequences of characters’ imaginations, the wonderful use of background score—my favorite is how this film disrupts its maker’s own persona. Respected, […]
The People’s Joker has a release date!
Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker is finally getting a release date in the US. “Described as an absurdist semi-autobiographical dark comedy, The People’s Joker stars Drew as a painfully unfunny aspiring clown called Joker the Harlequin. Her character grapples with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join […]
Filmi Ladies: “Let Us Eat Cake!”
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Beth’s own invite friend of Gutter Aditi Sen to join them in discussing the magnificent cakes of Hindi film! “For all your holiday festivities, we investigate cakes in Hindi cinema, with the occasional amuse-bouches of other treats and feasts. Our […]
Sachin’s Holiday A24 Gift Guide!
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has put together a list of holiday gift ideas from the A24 store! “If you’ve got a dedicated, and I mean dedicated film fan in your life, it can be tough to find that one unique gift for them […]
Smile and Wave: Rogue Editors and The Evolution of Cinema
It all started with the Racer Trash collective, a group of decentralized film editors, who had a stated aim to “attack and dethrone cinema.” Working remotely as COVID was just starting to worm its way through us, this self-described ‘freeform collective’ gathered in virtual spaces to plan their […]
The Cultural Gutter 