Peter Cushing’s Toy Collection
British Pathé has a short from 1956 about Peter Cushing and his toy soldier collection here. And there is additional footage of Cushing playing with his collection here. (Thanks, Brian!)
Disavowing the Story: On Kimi wa Koibito (You Are My Lover): Part Two
Guest Star and film scholar Earl Jackson continues his look at Kimi wa Koibito / You Are My Lover, a dizzyingly metafictional and genre-bending Nikkatsu film featuring an injured Japanese teen hearthrob’s return to the screen in a movie that references his injury and the incident that caused […]
From the Archives: (Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock
Hitchcock gets a lot of credit for his mystery and suspense films, rightfully so, but sometimes that credit goes as far as erasing the writers who came up with the mysteries, twists, dark jokes, thrills and stories Hitchcock built his films on. Hitchcock himself gave credit where it was due. He put writers’ names on screen for everyone to see. But if film history has taught us anything, it’s that credits, dedications and acknowledgments are not enough to keep women both trans and cis, genderqueer and nonbinary people from disappearing from memory and history.
Appearing as Oneself: On Kimi wa Koibito / You are My Lover (1967): Part I
This week Guest Star and film scholar Earl Jackson writes about an injured Japanese teen hearthrob’s return to the screen in a movie that references his injury and the incident that caused it. ~~~ Rushing headlong into the kaleidoscopic tumult of world film history, kibbitzing at a bazaar […]
American Hysteria: “Bloody Mary”
On American Hysteria Podcast. Chelsey Weber-Smith considers the history of “Bloody Mary.” “Bloody Mary…Bloody Mary…Bloody Mary…For our Halloween special, we are going to trace the history of the slumber party ritual known as Bloody Mary in which a young summoner stands in the dark in front of a […]
Filmi Ladies: Parineeta Adaptations, Part 1
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins begin an exploration of adaptations of the novel, Parineeta. “How many Parineetas are too many Parineetas? Apparently 4! In these two consecutive episodes, we explore film adaptations of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1914 […]
The Cultural Gutter 