The Comics Journal has an interview with Francesco Matteuzzi and Luca Debus. “In 2023, a comics biography of Charles Schulz was published by Top Shelf, written and drawn by two Italian comic book artists: writer Francesco Matteuzzi and artist Luca Debus. The book was published directly in the […]
My friends in film, Fantastic Fest 2024 is over. The awards have been handed out. The writers at more reputable outlets are sharing their thoughts. And here at the Gutter, even though I attened remotely, my brain is tired from watching movies, thinking about movies and writing about […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the delightful documentary, The Life & Deaths Of Christopher Lee! There is very little more unwieldy than a life, but somehow The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee handles his sprawling life story with a fluid grace. Writer / […]
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 […]
Merchant and Ivory’s India-set films tend to rip out my heart and stomp on it—in a good way. Two years ago I wrote about Shakespeare-Wallah for Switcheroo Month, and here I am again, this time with a sort of bildungsroman, complicated by imperial socio-political goings-on. Heat and Dust […]
This year for Switcheroo Month I thought I would doubly switch things up by writing about something reputable–the films of Alfred Hitchcock–and something I would not usually write about–the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock is a filmmaker I struggle with. I recognize the quality of his work. I […]
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