The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some quick thoughts on Cédric Ido’s film The Gravity / La Gravité (France, 2023) at Monstrous Industry. French Burkinabé writer/director Cédric Ido’s The Gravity is a lo fi science fiction thriller—with perhaps a dash of urban folk horror—that uses gravity in both […]
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Wicker Man (1973) and that means there are so many tributes and special programs and screenings and shenaniganry. We have shared BBC Radio 4 Extra’s special programming, including a radio play starring Brian Blessed as Lord Summerisle. Now it’s time for this […]
On the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate 20 years of Kal No Haa! “Commemorating 20 years of Shahrukh’s turn as a tragic angel/Mary Poppins character in Kal Ho Na Ho! Borrowing a fair bit from two Hrishikesh Mukherjee films–Anand and Bawarchi […]
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On the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss “two films in which dancing is a plot element: Disco Dancer and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. That’s about all they have in common, other than being fairly lightweight concoctions that we enjoy very much. Episode […]
The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on Paul Vecchiali’s The Strangler (France, 1970). “The Strangler / L’Étrangleur (France, 1970) is a peculiar film, perhaps a Nouvelle Vague policier, but also not. It’s described as a “French giallo” in promotional materials, and I suppose that is as good […]
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