The Work of Todd Stadtman
A site featuring the work of author, musician, film historian, radio host and dearly missed friend of the Gutter Todd Sadtman is now online. You can visit here.
“Nightgowns and Nightmares: Amulet and the Women of Gothic Film”
At Jumpcut Online, Fiona Underhill writes about Gothic horror and recent films directed by women. “Madness and melodrama, obsession, suppression and repression – the questioning of sanity, gas-lighting, confusion over what is real or unreal, not knowing who to trust are also huge elements of Gothic fiction (and […]
“Reading John Frankenheimer’s Seconds“
At Pulp Curry, friend of the Gutter Andrew Nette writes about John Frankenheimer’s Seconds (1966)! “Seconds concerns a bored, ennui riven middle class wage slave, who through an almost Faustian pact with a mysterious entity known only as the Company, is given a new body and face, and […]
The Projection Booth: The Great Silence (1968)
Our friends at The Projection Booth watch Sergio Corbucci’s Western, The Great Silence (1968). “Spaghetti Western month continues with a look at Sergio Corbucci’s The Great Silence (1968) which stars Jean-Louis Trintingant as the titular Silence, a mute gunfighter who shoots the thumbs off his enemies. He’s pitted […]
“The Sound of Spying”
At Bond Vivant, Cultural Gutter Editor Emeritus Keith Allison writes about “the sound of spying” and James Bond cash-in albums. “When the Bond films proved runaway successes in the 1960s, hundreds of movies were made in dozens of countries, all looking to cash in on the same basic […]
“The Legend of Bilbo Baggins”
Hobbits dance as Leonard Nimoy sings, “The Legend of Bilbo Baggins,” and you can see it here!
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