The first article I ever wrote for the Gutter was about an innovative video game called The Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream, 2005). It was described as “a breakthrough in interactive narrative”, which may have been an attempt to dissociate it from the short-lived interactive movie genre of the previous […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their “Watching the Rainbow” series with Hyderabad Blues and Blue! “Blue is so many things: it’s clear blue skies and the ocean, the excitement of tropical holidays, but also the snobbery […]
At Autostraddle, Steff Rubino interviews Marya E. Gates about her new book, Cinema Her Way. It’s a great interview and if you are interested in film and film writing, you should probably read it! “I did make a concerted effort to make sure that I had women from […]
At their blog, Tom Alberta writes about the Great Gonzo, Queerness and Jean-Francois Lyotard: “It’s not exactly a secret: Queers are sneaky. Traditionally deprived of role models who think and act like us, we have become experts in the art of subverting characters in nominally ‘wholesome’ media. Everybody’s […]
This month our Guest Star is film presenter and bon vivant Jackie Stargrove. They write on killing the guilt in your pleasure and just loving what you love. ~~~~ “Even the worst picture is someone’s favorite film, and that someone is the fan I am always talking to.” […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch M. F. Husain’s Gaja Gamini (2000) and Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004): “We are not aMUSEd. Ugh, these movies. It’s Beth’s fault that we watched them, and we’re both glad to have finally […]
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