“The Art Of The Gag”
Tony Zhou has a new video up at Every Frame A Painting. This time, he looks at Buster Keaton and, “The Art Of The Gag.”
Return To The Planet Of Monkeys vs. Robots
It’s time to return to a question I first confronted five years ago in “A Matter of Evolution: Monkeys vs. Robots” and faced again in“Terror of Monkeys vs. Robots.” The eternal question of Monkeys vs. Robots. Not just who would win in a fight. That question has been […]
Interview with Amy Poehler
Hadley Freeman profiles Amy Poehler. ‘“Amy made it clear that she wasn’t there to be cute,” Fey writes. “She wasn’t there to play wives and girlfriends in the boys’ scenes. She was there to do what she wanted to do and she did not fucking care if you […]
“The Iceman List”
“Here are just a few other classic movie antagonists who we root against not because they’re wrong per se, but mostly because they’re just not as likable as the characters who carry the movie. Let’s call it ‘The Iceman List.’” Read more of Tim Carmody’s “The Iceman List” […]
“Jackie Chan: How to Do Action Comedy”
At Every Frame A Painting, Tony Zhou takes a close look at the action comedy of Jackie Chan.
“Good-bye, David Letterman”
Friend of the Gutter, Robert A. Mitchell writes a very moving piece about his father, growing up and The Late Show With David Letterman. “My father has been a long distance truck driver for over thirty-five years. His home is a sleeper bunk behind his steering wheel in […]
The Cultural Gutter 