I’ve been thinking about what “disreputable art” means in a time when nerds, fans, and geeks have won a kind of cultural hegemony. It was different when the Cultural Gutter was founded in 2003, before Iron Man (2008) launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Force awakened, and the […]
The Gutter’s own Beth Watkins and co-host Pitu Sultan talk vamps in Indian film with special guest Luncheroni on the Film Ladies podcast! “💃🏾 The character so iconic that there’s an emoji for her! Special guest Luncheroni joins us to revel in the sequins, cigarettes, and sin of […]
The Gutter’s own Alex MacFadyen has a playlist he made for Greta & Carson from A League Of Their Own at his critterlab.ca website. “A League of Their Own (Amazon Studios) is honestly like nothing else I’ve seen on tv and I suddenly found myself, in my late […]
The Gutter’s own Carol writes about Charlotte Colbert’s She Will (2022), a film wherein Alice Krige gives a magnificent performance as a grand dame of cinema who channels the anger of accused witches. Read more here.
Jordan Crucchiola shares a list of essential LGBTQ+ horror movies at the Rotten Tomatoes blog. “As long as there have been horror films, there have been queer horror films. Before homosexuality was formally legislated out of existence in Hollywood by the Production Code — commonly referred to as the […]
“Maybe you’ve heard that people are mad about Black actors being cast in Lord of the Rings. Or Game of Thrones. Or maybe it was Star Wars. Or perhaps Thor. Wait, maybe it was Titans, or Superman. The Witcher? Or maybe you heard that people are angry that […]
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