“Asian American and Pacific Islanders Creative Collectives and Platforms”
“Your guide to AAPI collectives, organizations, film festivals, and more. Find resources, discover talent, support the community.” Click here for more! (Thanks, Stephanie!)
Contagious Hauntings: Pandemics and Ghost Stories
This week Guest Star Aditi Sen writes about ghosts and plagues. ~~~ When a galley ship docked in Messina with all its crew members dead, the villagers quickly decided to take the crew’s belongings, either for themselves or to barter. The year was 1347; within a year, the […]
Delia Derbyshire Docudrama!
Caroline Catz’ Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes is available for your viewing pleasure at BBC Four online. “[It] explores the life and creative output of Coventry born-Delia Derbyshire–electronic musician, sound pioneer and female outsider in postwar Britain. From 1962 until 1973, she worked at the […]
All the BBC Sound Effects can be Yours!
The BBC has made its sound effects library available online. Browse and download them all here!
Interview with John Sayles
Friend of the Gutter Ian McDowell interviews filmmaker and author John Sayles about his career and his latest book, The Wilmington Lie!
Sometimes the Femme Fatale Wins
Bound (1996) starts with an excellent practical effect title shot, then the camera moves to a woman, tied up in another woman’s closet, as we hear voices talking about money, theft, time and a plan. You can tell it’s not her closet because she is very butch and […]
The Cultural Gutter 