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.
From the Archives: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Angela Englert accidentally fed her mogwai after midnight, so she’s going to be afk this month. In the meantime, please enjoy this look back at MR James’s classic Christmas ghost stories, and with any luck, she’ll be back in the new year. Or something will. Imagine, if you […]
The Wicker Man in Animal Crossing!
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Wicker Man (1973) and that means there are so many tributes and special programs and screenings and shenaniganry. We have shared BBC Radio 4 Extra’s special programming, including a radio play starring Brian Blessed as Lord Summerisle. Now it’s time for this […]
Filmi Ladies: Dance Dance!
On the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss “two films in which dancing is a plot element: Disco Dancer and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. That’s about all they have in common, other than being fairly lightweight concoctions that we enjoy very much. Episode […]
“John Woo returns to Hollywood”
At The New Yorker, Simon Abrams interviews filmmaker John Woo. “Woo talked about taking a break from Hollywood, his quest to make personal genre movies, and his enduring faith in friendship, onscreen and off.” Read more here.
The Gutter’s own Carol watches The Strangler (1970)!
The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on Paul Vecchiali’s The Strangler (France, 1970). “The Strangler / L’Étrangleur (France, 1970) is a peculiar film, perhaps a Nouvelle Vague policier, but also not. It’s described as a “French giallo” in promotional materials, and I suppose that is as good […]
