31 Days of Fright
Friend of the Gutter Evan Munday is watching a horror movie a day and writing about them as part of a fundraiser for the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women Against Rape. Read all his reviews here.
10 Comics I Liked in 2015
I’m a little chilly after a strangely, even eerily warm Yuletide writing my annual list of comics I liked in 2015. I was suddenly snowed in in Montreal and then subjected to what I can only call, “Frost Giant Snot” on the long road home. As always, I […]
“Navajos on Mars: Native Sci-Fi Film Futures”
‘The recent rise of Native-produced sci-fi films is more than an academic fascination. These diverse set of films have the power to not only help us to reimagine our assumptions about the futures of Indigenous peoples, but also to serve as a cultural mirror enabling us to reassess […]
Ek Paheli Leela: When a B-Movie Goes Good
When I was recently asked for my recommendation for the most underrated Bollywood film of 2015, I didn’t go with the high-profile, high-intelligence, period piece flops from big-name directors that I loved even though very few critics did (Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! from Dibakar Banerjee and Bombay Velvet from […]
Talking Horror and Shudder on Office Hours #9
At Office Hours #9, friend of the Gutter/Midnight Madness programmer/Shudder curator Colin Geddes and fellow Shudder curator Sam Zimmerman talk about horror. I especially enjoy the discussion about the difference between a “terror film” and a “horror film.”
Interview with Kate Beaton
At the Guardian, Kate Beaton talks about comics, history and her years working in Alberta’s oil sands.
The Cultural Gutter 