Belgian Neo-Noir!
The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on The Other Laurens (2024), the new Belgian neo-noir from Claude Schmitz with a strong 1970s neo-noir vibe! Read the mostly spoiler-free thoughts here.
Midnight Madness 2024!
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo looks at this year’s Midnight Madness line-up at the Toronto International Film Festival! “Coming in hot from Toronto is the lineup for the Toronto International Film Festival’s 2024 Midnight Madness Programme. This lineup, as it does every year, features the hottest talent in […]
Murder, Surrealism, Women’s Rage, and Les Abysses
This week’s Guest Star is friend of the Gutter Kate Laity! ~~~ Men love ‘crazy’ women.* In fiction, anyway: they love the ‘truth’ of revealing what’s inside those other creatures men are so sure are completely different from them—another species! Women are from Venus, men are from Uranus […]
Summer Fun Time Reading ’24
Summertime and the living is far from easy, but hopefully it can be easier with these summer fun time (and winter fun time, for our antipodean friends) reading suggestions including horror, fantasy, thrills, chills, adventure, mystery, crime and wisdom from the most advanced civilization on Earth. There are […]
Podcast On Fire: Tragic Hero!
At Podcast On Fire, Kenny B and Phil G watch Tragic Hero (1987)! “The story from Rich and Famous continues but it was Tragic Hero that introduced Hong Kong audiences to these characters. The two film gangster epic wraps up, in 1987’s Tragic Hero.” Listen here.
“A Musical Journey through Italian and Neapolitan Gangster Movies”
At My Analog Journal, Dario Bassalino dj’s a journey through the soundtracks of Italian and Neapolitan gangster movies. Listen here.
The Cultural Gutter 