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 National Galleries has a pair of videos on Queer art. The first is “The Secret Languages of Queer Art,” which talks about identification and coding in Queer art and can be watched here. And “The Hidden Histories of Queer Art,” which discusses Queer art and the suppression […]
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate Pride in filmi style! “To close out Pride month, we look at 3 Indian films that feature LGBTQIA+ characters: Fire (1996), Nil Nirjane (2003), and Arekti Premer Golpo (2010).” Listen / watch […]
At Scarred for Life Podcast “This week we were so freaking excited to chat with Paul Etheredge about his latest film The Other. We talk about filming with children, working with icons in the horror industry like Jared Krichevsky and Jeffrey Reddick and more. Terry takes it back […]
This essay by Mark Harris deserves a way better title, but it’s about the new Paul Reubens documentary, Paul Reubens decision to go back in the closet and the history of the closet. “Early in the biographical documentary Pee-wee as Himself, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival […]
Merchant and Ivory’s India-set films tend to rip out my heart and stomp on it—in a good way. Two years ago I wrote about Shakespeare-Wallah for Switcheroo Month, and here I am again, this time with a sort of bildungsroman, complicated by imperial socio-political goings-on. Heat and Dust […]
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