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 […]
Matt Zoller Seitz interviews Genndy Tartakovsky at the Vulture! “Animator Genndy Tartakovsky is one of our greatest living action directors — a student of Sergio Leone, Akira Kurosawa, and George Lucas who creates family-friendly, populist work that can be described as both terrifying and adorable. Take, for example, […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch, The Namesake! “It will not surprise you to learn that we ADORE The Namesake, both book and film. Topics of discussion include: the Gangulys’ relationship, the universal American-ness of the story, Golgol’s imperfections, and Ashima’s […]
Hey, Slashfilm has an excellent series, “Movies are Gay,” about films that are gay, explicitly or not! It starts with Point Break (1991) and continues from there with movies like: The Perfection; Hard-Boiled; Young Soul Rebels; Batman &Robin; Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and more. Start here […]
Summer isn’t quite here, but it’s been hot and a chunk of North America is already on fire, so I thought I’d go straight ahead with my Summer Fun Time Reading recommendations. There’s Gilded Age tomfoolery, science fiction, horror, mysterious figures with antlers, UFOs, ghosts, cats with skulls […]
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