“Humor Is A Weapon: A Conversation with John Waters”
At Roger Ebert.com, Marya E. Gates has a great conversation with John Waters. Read it here.
Every Frame A Painting: Night Of The Living Dead
At Every Frame A Painting, Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos “analyze how–with a small crew banded together under the production company Image Ten–George Romero used a tight $100,000 budget to create the radical cinematic style of Night of the Living Dead (1968), one of the most haunting and […]
“Nephomancy: Scrying with Clouds”
Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity has created a meditative, divinatory short film Nephomancy: Scrying with Clouds. “Nephomancy: predicting the future by reading portents in the clouds The Old English text comes from the Exeter Book riddles 1 & 3. Filmed in the Howff Cemetery, Dundee, Scotland in […]
From the Archives: (Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock
Hitchcock gets a lot of credit for his mystery and suspense films, rightfully so, but sometimes that credit goes as far as erasing the writers who came up with the mysteries, twists, dark jokes, thrills and stories Hitchcock built his films on. Hitchcock himself gave credit where it was due. He put writers’ names on screen for everyone to see. But if film history has taught us anything, it’s that credits, dedications and acknowledgments are not enough to keep women both trans and cis, genderqueer and nonbinary people from disappearing from memory and history.
The Projection Booth Podcast: The Cramps: A Period Piece!
At the Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White interviews Brooke H. Cellars, writer/director/costume designer of the campy comedy, The Cramps: A Period Piece (USA, 2025)! “Filmmaker Brook H. Cellars sits down with Mike to discuss her audacious feature debut The Cramps: A Period Piece (2025). This […]
TIFF Day 4 with the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo!
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo continues to provide updates to our friends at Biff Bam Pop on the Toronto International Film Festival. This time he–and his pal Sam Dizon–watch The Napa Boys, The Testament of Ann Lee, Sacrifice, and, Normal. “One thing–perhaps the main thing–I love about film […]
The Cultural Gutter 