At The Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins consider WRATH with two films, Mirch Masala (1987) and the snake lady classic, Nagin (1976)! “It’s 2024 and if women aren’t angry or wrathful they’re just not paying attention. The women in our chosen films […]
When trying to decide what to write about this month, I realized director/producer Ram Gopal Varma has yet to appear on the Cultural Gutter—and that simply will not do. Some people reading this essay will assume I might write about one of his thrillers, since horror is a […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins look at films with the theme of greed. “Two masala gems came to mind when we thought about greed: Bluffmaster! (2005) and Judaai (1997). On the surface these stories are about wanting money, but both of […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins talk party songs! Listen here.
Of all the things to admire about Darr (1993) (trailer)—its uncompromising tension and insistence on menace, the superstar-confirming work by a young Shah Rukh Khan, its creative sequences of characters’ imaginations, the wonderful use of background score—my favorite is how this film disrupts its maker’s own persona. Respected, […]
At the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss the life and career of filmi superstar, Parveen Babi! “For such a short career on screen, the glamorous, charismatic Parveen Babi is indelible. In this episode, we focus on two films, Deewaar and Rang […]
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