Don Hertzfeldt is on YouTube!
Don Hertzfeldt has a new channel on YouTube and has started uploading all his animated shorts, including “Rejected” and episodes of World of Tomorrow! You can see them here. (Via Mx. Fee)
Judge John Hodgman + Rachel Reid
Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn invite author Rachel Reid to help them clear the court’s docket! “Judge John Hodgman and Bailiff Jesse Thorn are clearing the docket this week with guest star Rachel Reid, author of the Game Changers romance novel series that spawned the viral […]
The Feminine Critique: “Julie & Julia & Julia Ducournau’s Titane!”
At the Feminine Critique Podcast, “in their quest to amp up some coverage of lady director movies, Emily and Christine find some common threads between 2009’s Julie and Julia (directed by Nora Ephron) and 2021’s Titane (directed by Julia Ducournau). Somehow it all makes sense.” Listen here.
“Hanging with Dr. Z Live!”
Planet of the Apes‘ Dr. Zaius brings his popular YouTube talk show to the stage! “On February 28, 2026, Doctor Z welcomed Steve Agee, Jonah Ray, Kristin Chirico, and Rusty Steele’s Brother Remington, along with Carmine St. Pierre and the Steel Wheels for another peek behind the Hollywood […]
The Projection Booth: The Toxic Avenger (USA, 2023)
At The Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White and Rob St. Mary watch The Toxic Avenger. “In 2025, New Jersey’s favorite hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength returned — twice. Writer/director Macon Blair’s big-budget reimagining, The Toxic Avenger (2023), finally received a wide theatrical […]
Some Thoughts on a Film that Disappeared: Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer
Sometimes you encounter a movie late at night. A movie you didn’t even know existed before. And you discover that the movie had basically disappeared for 30 years. Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer was supposed to be the first in a series of low budget art house horror movies. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program in 1997. It was picked up by Miramax, released in a limited run of art house theaters and then it just disappeared.
The Cultural Gutter 