New Darna series!
There’s a new series featuring the beloved Filipina superhero, Darna, and you can watch via the Filipino Channel App. Check out the trailer here. (Thanks, Ed!) If you are curious, the Gutter’s own Carol wrote about Darna here.
“The Ghost of Worshops Past: How Communism, Conservatism, and the Cold War still molds our path into SFF Writing”
At Tor.com, S.L. Huang writes about the history of writing workshops and its influence on SF/F workshops and writing today. “To those outside the industry, the name “Clarion” might not have much meaning. But to those with aspirations of being a professional SFF author—of joining those like Gaiman—workshops […]
Fantasia 2022: Out In The Ring (Canada, 2022)
The Gutter’s own Sachin has some thoughts about Out In The Ring (Canada, 2022) at Biff Bam Pop! “Ryan Bruce Levay’s documentary Out in the Ring is mostly a historical piece, running though the roots of queerness in pro wrestling from the 1940’s to today. If there was […]
“10 Underrated Zombie Movies of the 20th Century”
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century shares her list of “10 Underrated Zombie Movies of the 20th Century (And Where to Watch Them)”: “There are plenty of zombie movies that deserve more credit beyond this list, and many that sadly can’t be found streaming (for instance, 1994’s Cemetery […]
Mary Reilly’s Frankenstein on The Feminine Critique
“How does one celebrate the sesquicentennial anniversary of lazy podcasting? With not one but TWO Marys, of course! It’s a super gothic 150th episode spectacular as Christine and Emily tackle two very ‘90s adaptations of some very 19th century literary properties: 1996’s Mary Reilly and 1994’s Mary Shelley’s […]
Aks (2001), aka, Bollywood Face/Off?
For years, I have wondered why there is no Bollywood adaptation of Face/Off (1997). The story and the OTT performances seem perfect for the filmi treatment. Bollywood loves the following key elements of this beloved classic: convoluted, unlikely scientific processes, complete with bubbling lab equipment brothers grieving parents […]
The Cultural Gutter 