Teenage Sex & Death and the Trans Feminine Monster
At Mubi, Willow Catelyn Maclay discusses Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026) and the history of Trans women and Trans killers on film in a video essay, “Loving the Monster.” Watch here.
Best of the Best Is Pretty Good!
Sometimes the Netflix algorithm gets it right, instead of serving up its usual tendency to knock you unconscious with a malfunctioning neon drone to the head, as happens to Best of the Best’s Maya at her high school talent show. The loosely Bollywood-related setting is right up my […]
Filmi Ladies: Retro Baddie Nadira
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate the films of Nadira! “She is wicked and stunning, a fashionista and a scheming paisewali, and we love her to bits! We discuss retro baddie Nadira in Aan, Shree 420 and Kahin […]
Filmi Ladies watch Dor (2006)!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch Dor! “Dor completes 20 years! Such a sweet, heartwarming film about friendship, and women supporting each other despite harrowing circumstances. Have you seen Dor?” (There are also grumpy camels). Watch / […]
Filmi Ladies: “Our Top 5 Rishi Kapoor Films & Songs!”
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins share their favorite Rishi Kapoor films and songs! “It’s a celebration of Rishi! In honor of his birth anniversary, we pick our top 5 Rishi performances and songs! Expect much nostalgia!” Watch […]
Goopy Gore, Killer Kotatsu, and the End of the World: Three Films from Jôji Iida
Cyclops (1987) Japan made a good number of direct-to-video horror shorts in the ’80s, and Cyclops is one of the better ones, even though the story is almost incomprehensible. Takamori (Kazuhiro Sano) is obsessed with birth defects, specifically “cyclopia,” where the two eyes fuse together in the womb […]
