[somewhat spoiler-y] My current slot to publish at the Gutter falls just a day before the Hindu/Jain/Buddhist festival for snake deities, Naga Panchami, so I take this auspicious coincidence as a sign to bring forward another Indian snake film. If my research is accurate, the first Indian snake […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and Beth Watkins continue their series on the Kapoor film dynasty with a look at the career of Karisma Kapoor! “Neither Pitu nor Beth really know how to place Karisma: is she a 90s queen or merely a princess? What is her […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss the debut films of Akshaye and Rahul Khanna! “Perhaps nowhere in the history of Hindi cinema do two siblings have more divergent debuts, more unusual filmographies, or more unpredictable trajectories. We look at Akshaye in […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1994) starring Shah Rukh Khan! A whole episode devoted to one of Pitu’s favorites! 🎺 We discuss the star-worthy performance by SRK and this point in his star trajectory, the lovable […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their look at the Kapoor film dynasty with even more Kapoors! “Continuing our Kapoor series, we discuss Shashi Kapoor’s family in this episode: wife and actress Jennifer Kendal and their children Karan, Kunal, and Sanjana. […]
Halfway through my rewatch of Jadu Tona (Black Magic, 1977), I said to my cat, who was also most definitely watching it with me since it has a kitty on some of its promotional material and was not just curled up on the sofa for no other reason, […]
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