Tag: 1930s

Interview with Dan Schkade!

At The Comics Journal, William Schwartz interviews Lavender Jack writer/artist Dan Schkade on rebooting Flash Gordon! “When I thought of fresh takes on long running properties that I personally responded to, it’s things like Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s All-Star Superman, David Yates’ Legend of Tarzan, Matt Reeves’ […]

Filmi Ladies: The Kapoors: Raj!

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 […]

(Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock

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 […]

Filmi Ladies: The Kapoors: Prithviraj

New at Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins start a series dedicated to India’s acting dynasty, the Kapoors, with a look at the dynasty’s founder, Prithviraj: “Today we’re launching a new series on the first family of Hindi cinema: THE KAPOORS! Founding great-granddaddy […]

Remaking the Strangest Movies Never Made

With the sprawling desert landscapes and vast rumbling sandworms of Dune 2 now gracing theatre screens, it seems like the perfect time to raise the specter of a very different Arrakis that never came to pass. While Denis Villeneuve’s treatment of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci fi novel, Dune, […]