“Bob the Drag Queen’s Closet Picks”
Bob the Drag Queen shares his picks in the Criterion Closet. Watch here.
“Another Scene: Placing Fantasy in Two Vietnamese Gay Films, Part I”
At Asian Movie Pulse, friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson writes about gay male fantasy in Vietnamese film: “The English title for Hot boy nổi loạn (Vũ Ngọc Đãng, 2011), ‘Lost in Paradise,’ reflects the protagonist’s fantasy of Ho Chi Minh City as an chance to live as […]
Judge John Hodgman + Monét X Change
Monét X Change has a case on Judge John Hodgman’s podcast! “Andy says he and his fiancé Monét X Change have an adorable meet-cute story. But Monét says that this meet-cute is meet-fake: it DIDN’T HAPPEN. Who’s right?” Listen here.
“Want to Read Everything We Said about Heated Rivalry on the Podcast?”
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books shares their thoughts on Heated Rivalry. Read from the transcript here. Listen here.
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.
Days of Liberation: Taxi zum Klo!
At Monstrous Industry, the Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on Frank Ripploh’s groundbreaking autobiographical comedy, Taxi zum Klo / Taxi To The Toilet (Germany, 1980)! “What I think about watching Taxi zum Klo is…the possibilities of that time when sexual liberation—liberation in general—seemed not just possible, […]
The Cultural Gutter 