Tag: film history

It’s the Shamely Awards 2024!

Our friends at Cinema Shame celebrate the Third Annual Shamely Awards! “James and Allan host the Third Annual First Watch Shamely Awards where they pick their favorite Films, Actors, Screenplays and Songs from whatever the hell they watched in 2023. Along the way they’re joined by some special […]

Filmi Ladies on Lust!

At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their series on the Seven Deadly Sins with two films on the theme of lust! “Desire that makes you act in very bad ways: it’s happened to everyone. Specifically, it’s happened to the characters in Maqbool […]

Interview with Gary Farmer

At The Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz interviews Gary Farmer! “Much like Uncle Brownie, the shambling, warmhearted eccentric he played for three seasons on Sterlin Harjo’s Reservation Dogs, Gary Farmer takes the long view of things and rarely turns down the chance to be funny about it. Even when […]

Filmi Ladies: Envy

This week the Filmi Ladies‘ theme is Envy. Join Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins as they discuss another of the Seven Deadly Sins in film! “This episode is all about people wanting to destroy one another–which makes for great cinema! We each brought two films […]

Sex and Naps: Lessons from The Wicker Man (1973)

December 6th was the 50th anniversary of the folk horror (and Beltane holiday) classic, The Wicker Man’s release. It seems positively disreputable to let the event pass completely unmarked. So this month we are presenting an essay Carol Borden originally wrote on The Wicker Man‘s origins for CG Editor […]