Teenage Sex & Death and the Trans Feminine Monster
At Mubi, Willow Catelyn Maclay discusses Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026) and the history of Trans women and Trans killers on film in a video essay, “Loving the Monster.” Watch here.
Filmi Ladies watch Dor (2006)!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch Dor! “Dor completes 20 years! Such a sweet, heartwarming film about friendship, and women supporting each other despite harrowing circumstances. Have you seen Dor?” (There are also grumpy camels). Watch / […]
“A Pro Wrestler Asks! Takeshita, SEGA Insiders & Fans on Why They Love Yakuza Kiwami!”
Hikaru Shida asks her colleague Takeshita, SEGA folk, and a variety of cosplaying fans to name their favorite thing about the first Yakuza game,Yakuza Kiwami. And then she asks Kenny Omega about Yakuza Kiwami 1 and 2 as well. Watch here and here.
Goopy Gore, Killer Kotatsu, and the End of the World: Three Films from Jôji Iida
Cyclops (1987) Japan made a good number of direct-to-video horror shorts in the ’80s, and Cyclops is one of the better ones, even though the story is almost incomprehensible. Takamori (Kazuhiro Sano) is obsessed with birth defects, specifically “cyclopia,” where the two eyes fuse together in the womb […]
“Nigel Kneale: The BBC Radio Collection”
The BBC has uploaded a collection of Nigel Kneale’s radio works and adaptations of them at The Internet Archive. It includes: “The Pond”; “The Road”; “The Quatermass Memoirs”; and, “The Stone Tape” (adapted by Peter Strickland and Matthew Graham). There’s also a discussion of Kneale and his work. […]
BBC Radio 4: Arthur (2004)
Enjoy this 6-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation of the story of King Arthur. It is very 2000s! “The series stars Ben Whishaw as Arthur, Ian McDiarmid as Merlin, and Jane Lapotaire as the older Morgan. It was written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Steve May.” Listen here.
