“The world’s largest galaxy of Star Wars relics”
Hey, the world’s largest collection of Star Wars materials is in a museum in Petaluma, California. (Thanks, Sox!)
“Pop Psychology has killed the Villain”
At UnHerd, Dorian Lynskey writes about villains, pop psychology, backstory and corporate storytelling. “What Lumet and Chayefsky were really getting at with their rubber-ducky quip was the pretence that explaining everything is akin to psychological veracity. We are all shaped by our experiences, good and bad, but rarely […]
Interview with Ritwik Pareek
Friend of the Gutter Robert Mitchell interviews Ritwik Pareek, director of Dug Dug (2021).
“Saloum Director Jean Luc Herbulot on Creating a New Wave of African Cinema”
Film Inquiry talks with director Jean Luc Herbulot on his film Saloum and African film. “I’ve been working in Africa now for, what, four years? I was born in Africa, I grew up here, and studied in France. And after that, I spent four or five, if not […]
“Phil Tippett: Mad God, 30 Years in the Making”
The BBC has a program on Phil Tippett on filmmaking and stop-motion animation. Listen here!
“The Great Recession”
At Film Comment, Shonni Enelow writes about a new style of acting in American film. “But something else is brewing. [Jennifer] Lawrence’s characters in Winter’s Bone and The Hunger Games don’t arrive at emotional release or revelation; rather than fight to express themselves, her characters fight not to. […]
The Cultural Gutter 