Programme 4 TV
Enjoy the mellow groove of one hour of broadcasting from faux 1970s tv station, Programme 4! (Thank you, Bad Idea Theater!) Watch here.
“The Black Fantastic: The New Wave of Afrofuturist Fiction”
On Wednesday, February 19th at 6pm ET, you can attend an online event–The Black Fantastic! “Award-winning SF authors Tananarive Due, Victor LaValle, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah join andré carrington, editor of The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories, for a conversation about genre, influence, and the fascinating and phantasmagoric […]
Our Flag Means Death sails on!
David Jenkins continues telling the story of the late, lamented, canceled Queer pirate story Our Flag Means Death on Bluesky and you can read it here. (Thanks, Bolo Boffin!)
Filmi Ladies: “Love Triangles”
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins are joined by Manish Mathur from Bollywood Drafts and formerly of It Pod To Be You to discuss love triangles in film! “What could be a messier and filmier way to celebrate Valentine’s than discussing that […]
Space 1999: Aliens Are Jerks
Space: 1999 taught me two valuable lessons. The first is that space is depressing and best represented by the color taupe. The second is that, with few exceptions, aliens are jerks. At least in the first season, Space: 1999 (UK, 1975-77) captures malaise, chronic low-grade depression and inertia […]
Filmi Ladies: Saheb Biwi aur Ghulam!
At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins consider the Bengali and Hindi versions of the same film. “We travel to colonial Bengal and encounter the idle rich, a bejeweled beauty, a perennially bemused bumpkin, and a sparkly, sprightly lady–and of course a crumbling haveli […]
The Cultural Gutter 