“Ernst Haeckel’s Bats”
Behold the beauty and wonder of Ernst Haeckel’s drawings of bats from his Kunstformen der Natur (1904)!
The Feminine Critique watches Christmas In The Smokies!
The Gutter’s own Carol joins The Feminine Critique‘s Emily Intravia to talk about Christmas In The Smokies. Listen their discussion of Christmas movie tropes, chickens and even a little Werner Herzog!
“Life Got You Down? Time to Read The Master and Margarita”
At Lithub, Viv Groskop writes about Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. “Written in the 1930s but not published until the 1960s, The Master and Margarita is the most breathtakingly original piece of work. Few books can match it for weirdness. The devil, Woland, comes to Moscow with […]
“Hunting Legend: And The Ocean Was Our Sky”
At Tor.com, Mahvesh Murad reviews Patrick Ness’ And The Ocean Was Our Sky. “This is a book about prejudices that lead to generations of hate and death; about who monsters are, and what makes them so; about loyalty and single minded, determined violent obsessions that can never end […]
Pet Cinematary on Projects X and Nim
Our friends at Pet Cinematary discuss Project X (1987) and Project Nim (2011).
The Ruinous Wrath of General Ursus
Wrath—sing, goddess, of the ruinous wrath of Kananaios’ son Ursus, that inflicted woes without number upon Apekind. ~ sorta Homer Ursus never knew his parents. He was adopted by Kananaios, an itinerant preacher of harsh principle, and traveled with him learning what Kananaios had to teach. Kananaios believed […]
The Cultural Gutter 