Batman: The Silent Motion Picture
Behold a silent film edit of Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) here! (Thanks, Mark!)
Heat and Dust
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 […]
“Aard Labour Conclusion: Unmourned and Unloved”
At Freaky Triggers, Tom Ewing concludes a massive project, reading and pondering Dave Sim’s Cerebus. “In writing these posts, I’ve written about Cerebus as it’s legally available now: organised by phonebook collections. I’ve separated the 6000 pages of work from the many extra thousands of backmatter, even ignoring […]
Filmi Ladies talk Sridevi!
At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth are joined by Amrita from the Khandaan podcast to pay tribute to Sridevi! “Today’s episode celebrates the greatest of Indian superstars: the brilliant Sridevi! In a career spanning 50 years, she did 300 movies in 5 languages. Truly […]
Filmi Ladies: Kabir Bedi!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss actor Kabir Bedi! “It’s high time we took a closer look at podcast favorite Kabir Bedi, who never quite had the career in India that we think he should have. He did, however, have QUITE […]
Pearl Cheung Ling and The White-Haired Demoness
Imagine a woman raised by wolves, a martial artist with white hair caused by ancient herbology rather than age. She is called a demoness or a witch by the righteous, though she punishes the cruel and the wicked ruthlessly. She rides the wind, white hair streaming in all […]
The Cultural Gutter 