“Hanging with Dr. Z”
Did you know Dr. Zaius has a YouTube talk show? He does and you can watch it here!
Camping and also Aliens!
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden wrote about Zach Green and Devin O’Rourke’s Foil (USA, 2023)! It’s a road trip + camping + extraterrestrial sf comedy! Read about it here.
Sinister Visages: Paintings in Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe Films
I have long wanted an ancestral portrait painted in a German Expressionist style hanging in my entry when I greet weary travelers seeking shelter from a ferocious storm. They would evince surprise at the unnerving resemblance between that sinister visage and my own features or perhaps those of […]
The Gutter’s Own Carol’s Round Up from the Overlook Film Festival 2024!
The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on 4 horror movies that screened at this year’s Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans! “This year I was fortunate enough to attend–remotely–the 2024 Overlook Film Festival. I would have loved to attend a horror film festival in New Orleans. I […]
“A Distinctly Zendaya Screen Energy”
At Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz writes about Zendaya: “Denis Villeneuve’s two Dune films are bookended by Zendaya’s face. It’s her voice as the Fremen warrior Chani that you see and hear in the opening flash-forward of the first movie, introducing viewers to the universe of 10191 wherein the […]
(Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock
This year for Switcheroo Month I thought I would doubly switch things up by writing about something reputable–the films of Alfred Hitchcock–and something I would not usually write about–the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock is a filmmaker I struggle with. I recognize the quality of his work. I […]
The Cultural Gutter 