Pacific-Standard interviews friend of the Gutter Mark D. White about Marvel’s Civil War and how it illustrates ethical conflicts. “Civil War goes back to these classic ideas of liberty versus security that we, at least in America, have been dealing with intensely since 9/11. When it comes to […]
The Gutter’s own Carol was invited back on the Projection Booth (again!) to discuss Hard To Be A God (2013) and Hard To Be A God (1989), along with the 1963 novel by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky.
“The Battle over the Sea-Monkey Fortune” involves “Big Time Toys,” brine shrimp, and the daughter of an opera maestro, Yolanda Signorelli von Braunhut. Braunhut also starred in the 1967 film, Venus In Furs. (via PeeWee.com)
At The Guardian, Steven W. Thrasher writes, “Prince broke all the rules about what Black American men should be.” “Prince repelled and fascinated me because he represented every side of all the contradictions I felt. I felt nervous even looking at him, and yet I couldn’t look away. […]
The Gutter’s own Carol joins Mike White and Kevin Heffernan to discuss the 1975 satire Smile on The Projection Booth. “We talked to a few of the stars of the film: Bruce Dern, Nicholas Pryor, Barbara Feldon, Denise Nickerson, and Annette O’Toole.”
The Argus writes about the life of Doreen Valiente. “The woman known as the mother of modern witchcraft was also a Bletchley Park codebreaker and a friend of the Queen Mother, a new book claims.”