It is time once again for the end of year lists. When people share the best in film, television, games, comics, and basically all things. I am still terrible at this. So I offer instead an unranked, alphabetical list of some of the things I liked and a […]
At the Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins disucss the recently released Dunki and the films of director Rajkumar Hirani! “Pitu saw and loved Dunki; it’s not playing near Beth, so she doesn’t pipe up much until we get to a bigger discussion […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden joins Emily Intravia to discuss the wonders and delights of the Brazilian Christmas romantic comedy, Christmas Full Of Grace (2022)! “Break out your winter hot pants! It’s a warmer holiday trip down south with Brazil’s Christmas Full of Grace, a wacky holiday romcom […]
Of all the things to admire about Darr (1993) (trailer)—its uncompromising tension and insistence on menace, the superstar-confirming work by a young Shah Rukh Khan, its creative sequences of characters’ imaginations, the wonderful use of background score—my favorite is how this film disrupts its maker’s own persona. Respected, […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Beth’s own invite friend of Gutter Aditi Sen to join them in discussing the magnificent cakes of Hindi film! “For all your holiday festivities, we investigate cakes in Hindi cinema, with the occasional amuse-bouches of other treats and feasts. Our […]
At Vulture, Angelica Jade Bastién has some thoughts about camp and gender. “At times, camp can feel like a suffocating label. Its proponents often misconstrue the fact that recreating oneself as a character is not merely an aesthetic for women, but rather, for many, a matter of survival. […]