Space: 1999 taught me two valuable lessons. The first is that space is depressing and best represented by the color taupe. The second is that, with few exceptions, aliens are jerks. At least in the first season, Space: 1999 (UK, 1975-77) captures malaise, chronic low-grade depression and inertia […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins focus on the career of Urmila Matondkhar! “This amazing all-rounder required looking at different kinds of films: of course Rangeela (1995) and Ek Hasina Thi (2004), but also Khoobsurat (1999), Dillagi (1999), and Pyaar Tune Kya […]
Friend of the Gutter Erin Horáková’s piece on “Kirk Drift” is always timely. Why do people remember Captain James T. Kirk differently than he was presented in Star Trek (1966-9)? And what are the implications of that kind of “remembering?” “Whatever gave you the idea that Kirk was […]
There is an excellent piece on Christopher Nolan by Will Lloyd at The New Statesman. “Everyone knew the pecking order at Haileybury and Imperial Service College. The hierarchy was built into the boarding school’s dormitories. Long wooden-floored barracks, under low ceilings, without any decoration. Two parallel rows of […]
At Bright Wall Dark Room, Ari Lisner interviews filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun. “So much of [I Saw The TV Glow] is reflecting back on all of the ways in which I clung to media, fiction, music, and television as coping mechanisms for that lack of a real life or […]
Hey, RiffTrax has released a supercut of pre-MCU superhero movies, featuring jokes written by Gail Simone! “Mediocrities, Assemble! Super Zeroes is a special packed with the best moments of some of the corniest vintage superhero flicks ever made. Complete with host segments from Mike, Kevin and Bill!” Find […]
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