Tag: gender

“I’m A Whatever!”

At their blog, Tom Alberta writes about the Great Gonzo, Queerness and Jean-Francois Lyotard: “It’s not exactly a secret: Queers are sneaky. Traditionally deprived of role models who think and act like us, we have become experts in the art of subverting characters in nominally ‘wholesome’ media. Everybody’s […]

Filmi Ladies are NOT aMUSEd!

At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch M. F. Husain’s Gaja Gamini (2000) and Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities (2004): “We are not aMUSEd. Ugh, these movies. It’s Beth’s fault that we watched them, and we’re both glad to have finally […]

“The Substance is a Documentary”

At Film International, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas writes about The Substance (2024): “I live a very different life from Elisabeth Sparkle and–for that matter–from Demi Moore. But despite the fantastic excesses of Coralie Fargeat’s slick cinema du look body horror, in many ways I don’t think I have ever felt […]

“Christopher Nolan: The Last Tory”

There is an excellent piece on Christopher Nolan by Will Lloyd at The New Statesman. “Everyone knew the pecking order at Haileybury and Imperial Service College. The hierarchy was built into the boarding school’s dormitories. Long wooden-floored barracks, under low ceilings, without any decoration. Two parallel rows of […]