Tag: Classical World

Filmi Ladies: Cleopatra

At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins–with the blessings of Isis–watch and discuss Cleopatra (USA, 1963)! “One of the filmiest ladies of them all! The great Elizabeth Taylor plays the great Cleopatra in this absolutely spectacular epic film. Both co-hosts […]

Yukio Ninagawa’s Medea

Enjoy this salvaged 1984 performance of Yukio Ninagawa’s Medea! The peformances, costumes and design are incredible. “This is an RF-rip of Yukio Ninagawa’s 1984 performance of Medea, aka, 王女メディア. Released by Toho video only on VHS….This performance itself was referenced in an episode of Chris Marker’s The Owl’s […]

10 Things I Liked in 2024

This year, I have actually received “for your consideration” emails from publicists. They are emails asking you to add a particular film to your year end lists, or if you are fancy enough, to vote for the films in various awards. All these emails were promoting Hundreds of […]

Return to the Sewer with the Alligators

This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Cultural Gutter. Author and game developer Jim Munroe founded The Cultural Gutter and posted his first essay here on May 22, 2003. In 2004, Jim invited comic artist and critic Guy Leshinski to join the Gutter. They created a manifesto […]