The Gutter’s own Carol Borden joins friends of the Gutter Mike White and Emily Intravia to discuss Kevin Costner’s post-apocalyptic celebration of the postal service, The Postman. “Sci-fi month concludes with one of the great cinematic boondoggles of the ’90s. Kevin Costner directs and stars in The Postman […]
Friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson has a fantastic analysis on desire in Heated Rivalry in Taiwan’s Wenshan Review. Read “On Choosing ‘Or’: A Situated Response to Heated Rivalry” via PDF here.
Bellenac’s vineyards are failing and the solution will not be a new strain or a scientific intervention. The farmers seek an older solution: a willing sacrifice.
Listen to BBC Radio 4’s chilling 2002 adaptation of four classic tales, “Who Goes There?” (the basis of The Thing (1982) and The Thing From Another World (1951)); “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream”; “Delta Sly Honey”; and “Corona.” Listen here.
The Gutter’s own Michelle Kisner joins Mike White and Kyler Fey to discuss Bertrand Mandico’s The Wild Boys. “A fever dream of transgression and transformation, the film follows five privileged boys who rape and murder their literature teacher—then are spirited away by a mysterious sea captain to the […]
CG Editor Emeritus Angela Englert has an essay in the inaugural issue of Crossroads: Folk Horror in the United States. She writes on The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) and the film it is based on, Tom Tryon’s 1973 novel, Harvest Home. Plus, friend of the Gutter […]