This essay by Mark Harris deserves a way better title, but it’s about the new Paul Reubens documentary, Paul Reubens decision to go back in the closet and the history of the closet. “Early in the biographical documentary Pee-wee as Himself, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival […]
At Eruditorum Press, Elizabeth Sandifer writes about Neil Gaiman and Scientology. (Thanks, Bill!) “Gaiman has repeatedly drawn from his childhood in his fiction, however, and this paints a far darker picture. His earliest work to engage with it was Violent Cases, a 1987 graphic novel that begins with […]
There is an excellent piece on Christopher Nolan by Will Lloyd at The New Statesman. “Everyone knew the pecking order at Haileybury and Imperial Service College. The hierarchy was built into the boarding school’s dormitories. Long wooden-floored barracks, under low ceilings, without any decoration. Two parallel rows of […]
Kaylyn Saucedo / MarzGurl launches a documentary on Youtube. “Perhaps the closest thing you’ll ever get to a documentary on the subject of Vic Mignogna, his sexual harassment allegations, his lawsuit, and the culture war that sprung up around him. A history of a subculture within millennial-aged anime […]
The Comics Journal has an interview with Francesco Matteuzzi and Luca Debus. “In 2023, a comics biography of Charles Schulz was published by Top Shelf, written and drawn by two Italian comic book artists: writer Francesco Matteuzzi and artist Luca Debus. The book was published directly in the […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins look at the career of filmi superstar, Meenakshi Sheshadri! “We are firmly in the 80s now as Meenakshi Seshadri is our first 80s superstar. A beautiful, talented actress and dancer, she doesn’t get talked about as […]
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