“Rat Trap”
Friend of the Gutter Valerie Polichar’s creepy story, “Rat Trap,” is up at Coffin Bell: “Scratching at the window again. We are going to get in. A whisper, but no sound. He shook his head. You are going to let us in.“ Read more here.
“Ripley on the ‘Flix”
Friend of the Gutter and Patricia Highsmith scholar Kate Laity has some thoughts about the new Netflix adaptation of Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, and on Ripley himself. “I had equal parts of anticipation and dread for this new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s The Talented Mr Ripley especially […]
Pearl Cheung Ling and The White-Haired Demoness
Imagine a woman raised by wolves, a martial artist with white hair caused by ancient herbology rather than age. She is called a demoness or a witch by the righteous, though she punishes the cruel and the wicked ruthlessly. She rides the wind, white hair streaming in all […]
Mike Cheslik’s ‘Hundreds of Beavers’ (2022) is My New Favourite Video Game Playthrough
Despite being rooted in silent film aesthetics and traditions, the structures within Hundreds Of Beavers conceal an underlying foundation of video gameyness in its presentation.
TIFF 2023: “5 Under-the-Radar Films”
At Biff Bam Pop, Sanjay Rajput shares some suggestions for films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival that you should consider seeing! “It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of TIFF and try to chase down big premieres, but with over 200 films there are […]
“Cat Performances, Ranked”
At Vulture, Bilge Ebiri considers and ranks cat peformances in film. See the list here.
