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 […]
At Mubi Notebook, Leonardo Goi discusses the lists of best films of 2023! “Maybe that’s how we ought to treat film lists in the end: as a way to snorkel, however imperfectly, into the medium and the industry at large. For all its existential crises, cinema looked a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins look at films with the theme of greed. “Two masala gems came to mind when we thought about greed: Bluffmaster! (2005) and Judaai (1997). On the surface these stories are about wanting money, but both of […]
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