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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Projection Booth podcast celebrates the films of Whoopi Goldberg with a whole month of Whoopbruary: Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986); Burglar (1987); Fatal Beauty (1987); and, Theodore Rex (1996)! Listen to the whole shebang here.
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 […]
At RogerEbert.com, Marya E. Gates interviews Pamela Anderson. “I remember when I was five years old, I would think I just needed to get older so I could recognize myself. And it took me, you know, 50 years, but now I do feel comfortable in my own skin. […]