“Egyptian Rocky Horror”
Our friends at Neon Harbor talk about about an Egyptian remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Anyab / Fangs (1981) on the latest episode of Deja View.
“Hollywood Gave Up On You: The Summer Blockbuster Movies of 2016”
Friend of the Gutter Jessica Ritchey writes about 2016’s summer blockbusters: “And it matters more than it might seem that Hollywood has lost its nerve and touch in making blockbusters. Pop culture is how a society of diverse people talk to each to other—finding common idioms no matter […]
All the Spare Ribs!
Open Culture has all 239 issues of Spare Rib. “Founded in ’72 by Marsha Rowe and Rosie Boycott (pictured below), and run as a collective, the magazine featured a ‘breadth of voices.’ Early issues “involved big-name contributors including Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Margaret Drabble and Alice Walker, but […]
Interview with Making A Murderer Directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos
At Indiewire, Laura Berger interviews directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos about their documentary, Making A Murderer. (via The MUFF Society)
Andrew Nette Thinks About Pulp
Andrew Nette has a pair of interesting pieces on pulp you might be interested in. First, he writes about “the New Pulp” and a bit about Fifty Shades of Gray in “Fifty Shades of Pulp.” Then he writes about pulp and literacy and furthering social advancement in “Pulp […]
Games, Time, Purity and Not Caring What Anyone Thinks Anymore
“But if there’s one thing that I’ve learned this year from the utter bullshit that I’ve witnessed and my own self-examinations of what I play and why, it’s this: I don’t care anymore what people think. I like what I like—often smaller, less sprawling games that focus on […]
The Cultural Gutter 