The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts about Sharksploitation (USA, 2023), Stephen Scarlata’s new documentary about sharksploitation! “I was one of those kids that was scarred by Jaws (1975). I worried about sharks in the bathtub.* I was scared in the pool. And getting me to swim […]
When I first watched this zombie horror-comedy when it released in 2013, I felt like it didn’t have enough bite. I wanted it to do more with some of what it started to lay out, namely the smart and funny premise that the party scene in Goa (a […]
“It watches,” he added suddenly. “The house. It watches every move you make.” “We have grown to trust blindly in our senses of balance and reason, and I can see where the mind might fight wildly to preserve its own familiar stable patterns against all evidence that it […]
At Filmi Ladies Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins are joined by Sai to discuss Indian film superstar, Rekha! “She’s one of Indian cinema’s most gifted actresses, a superb dancer, a fitness and beauty icon, a polyglot, a fashion queen, a queer icon, a legend who […]
The art of creating characters in video games is neither objectively new, nor even new to me. I’ve been messing around with video game character creation suites for decades, though I certainly never thought of it as art. I think the most common use for these creation tools […]
At the Criterion blog, Hillary Weston talks to Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall about the Lesbian classic, But I’m A Cheerleader (2000). “In celebration of But I’m a Cheerleader…I called up Lyonne and DuVall, who remain best friends and collaborators. The two actors talked with me about how they […]
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