At Asking The Wrong Questions, Abigail Nussbaum has some thoughts on The Marvels (2023). “The Marvels is the first movie that makes me think the MCU might actually be over. Not because it’s bad—it is, in fact, quite charming and enjoyable, solidly mid-tier Marvel, and near the top […]
On the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate 20 years of Kal No Haa! “Commemorating 20 years of Shahrukh’s turn as a tragic angel/Mary Poppins character in Kal Ho Na Ho! Borrowing a fair bit from two Hrishikesh Mukherjee films–Anand and Bawarchi […]
On the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss “two films in which dancing is a plot element: Disco Dancer and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. That’s about all they have in common, other than being fairly lightweight concoctions that we enjoy very much. Episode […]
The winds of November are blowing, my friends, chilling our souls in the Musuracan shadows and grayscale skies. Making us hanker for some noir, but grieving over our options on long autumnal nights. Maybe you’ve seen Double Indemnity (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Out of the Past (1947), […]
Polygon‘s Patrick Gill reveals the truth in a video essay. “Everything is wrestling. Over the last 25 years, video games have borrowed wrestling moves and archetypes with reckless abandon, regardless of whether or not the game has anything to do with wrestling. Here’s the story of how the […]
Marya E. Gates joins the inaugural episode of the Neo-Noir Podcast to discuss “classic noir, neo-noir, and two films that work as examples of both.” Listen here.
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