Friend of the Gutter Sara Century has some thoughts on The Howling (1981). “1981 saw the release of three prominent werewolf movies: An American Werewolf in London, Wolfen, and of course, The Howling. Each of them explored werewolf mythos in a contemporary context with different results. All would […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins talk about firangi films, aka, films made by foreigners set in India! “We’ve discussed Indians making films set elsewhere, and now it’s time to flip the script: foreigners making films set in […]
My experience is that the result of trying to replicate or revisit something you felt nostalgic about often ranges from puzzling to truly regrettable. Unless you know exactly what about it made you feel the way you want to feel again it’s likely it will be missing that […]
It’s already steamy where I am–90 F and a thunderstorm is coming in. Everyone is getting their Pride outfits and do’s together. Summer is basically here. Maybe you’re getting ready to go camping or making plans for a trip to the beach. Maybe you’ve even booked a hotel […]
At RogerEbert.com, Walter Chaw writes a lovely essay on his personal response to John Carpenter’s Starman (1984): “John Carpenter’s Starman has lodged itself in my consciousness since I first saw it in 1984. I was eleven that Christmas, and there has not been a year in the last […]
At The Quietus, Spencer Sunshine shares his research on neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and fascist inroads into Amok Press and Feral House presses and countercultural music and art in the 1980s,1990s, and 2000s. Yes, it includes Adam Parfrey and Boyd Rice. “This terrifying global network can have its intellectual […]
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