Interview with Julie Newmar
Smithsonian Magazine interviews Julie Newmar about her role as Catwoman in the 1960s Batman tv series and the iconic costume she wore.
Fleeing the House of Sinister Love
There was a time when no woman traveled without a diaphanous, preferably white, nightgown and robe in her luggage. In darkling hours, she might rise from her bed entranced to fling open French doors to dangerous passion and doom. She might flee a mansion after discovering her beloved’s […]
“Unsung heroes: Reconceptualizing a video game as a work of art”
Red Dead Redemption actor Benjamin Byron Davis’s mother played Red Dead Redemption 2 and wrote an essay about it. “At 75, my mother decided to play through “Red Dead Redemption 2″ and I am so pleased to share her essay about the experience with all of you. Please […]
“The Star-Crossed Story of ‘Negro Romance.'”
Neely Tucker writes about Negro Romance, a 1950s American romance comic focused on Black characters, for the Library of Congress blog. “It was startling and rare for its positive depiction of African Americans in the era, particularly in its portrayals of young black women as romantic heroines. But […]
Laura Dern in the Lynchverse
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century looks at some of Laura Dern’s most iconic roles in the Lynchverse. “By the time her Blue Velvet ‘audition’ rolled around in 1986, Dern was only 16 but had been acting since childhood, accompanying her mom (acclaimed actor Diane Ladd) on films […]
30 Movies recommended by Bong Joon-ho!
Indiewire has as list of movies recommended by Bong Joon-ho, director of Parasite, The Host, Memories of Murder and Snowpiercer.
The Cultural Gutter 