So Many Musicals!
The Vulture has a list of fifty swell-looking non-Holllywood, non-English musicals for your perusal!
The Cosmic Horror of John Carpenter’s The Thing
At Nerdist, Kyle Anderson writes about the cosmic horror of The Thing (1982). “Lovecraft would often not describe his sinister entities, choosing instead to say simply “the indescribable horror” or the like, and allow the reader to come up with their own visuals. The inability of humans to […]
Not Grieving, Gestating: Baby Blood and Untethered Women
This week’s Guest Star is Nick Hanover. He’ll be covering for SF/F Editor Keith Allison, who took one last big job despite our pleas. Keith will be back next month. ~~~ “I’m not grieving. I’m gestating.” – Prevenge Patriarchal western society has long had a hypocritical view of […]
Mezzanotte: Cinema, Sin, and Swinging Style
The Gutter’s own Keith has started a new website, Mezzanotte, dedicated to cinema, sin, and swinging style. He has a swank series about sinister goings on in silent cinema as well as an ongoing series on giallo. Friend of the Gutter Todd Stadtman has contributed an article about […]
Two Sinister and Macabre Nightclubs of Twenties Paris
So Bad So Good has a gallery of images from “sinister and macabre” Parisian nightclubs from the 1920s.
Alexandra West on the New French Extremity
Alexandra West is interviewed by Andrew Nayman about her new book, Films of the New French Extremity: Visceral Horror and National Identity. West puts films like Martyrs, Inside / L’Interieur , Frontier(s), Trouble Every Day and Twentynine Palms in the context of French history, politics and the history […]
The Cultural Gutter 