For this year’s Switcheroo Month, I decided to write about a lesser known film by one of the most reputable directors around—Akira Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well (1960). Set in then contemporary mid-Twentieth Century Japan, The Bad Sleep Well is the story of Koichi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune) seeking […]
Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch ghostly love stories and talk about them on the Filmi Ladies podcast! “Duvidha (1973) and Paheli (2005): two very different films from the same source material, both fantastically successful in their own ways.” Listen and watch here.
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins share their favorite films! “In this episode, we discuss each of our number one favorite Hindi film! Even though they’re very different films—different eras, different types of directors, though one cast member in common!—we find fascinating […]
Hey, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and Carol Borden have both written a bit about Fugue, director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s follow-up to the much beloved, The Lure (2014)! Read Sachin’s swell review here and Carol’s piece here.
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watches Karen Shakhanazarov’s Assassin of the Tsar! A 1991 Soviet-British co-production starring Malcolm McDowell and Oleg Yankovsky! Read it here.
Friend of the Gutter Michelle Kisner reviews M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin Door (2022). “We live in uncertain times right now. Pandemics, climate change, and an unstable economy. Humanity flirts with the apocalypse, dipping its toe into the murky darkness. What if we could somehow save […]