I have long wanted an ancestral portrait painted in a German Expressionist style hanging in my entry when I greet weary travelers seeking shelter from a ferocious storm. They would evince surprise at the unnerving resemblance between that sinister visage and my own features or perhaps those of […]
This year for Switcheroo Month I thought I would doubly switch things up by writing about something reputable–the films of Alfred Hitchcock–and something I would not usually write about–the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock is a filmmaker I struggle with. I recognize the quality of his work. I […]
It is time once again for the end of year lists. When people share the best in film, television, games, comics, and basically all things. I am still terrible at this. So I offer instead an unranked, alphabetical list of some of the things I liked and a […]
Nocebo (Philippines / Ireland, 2022) is a blend of Gothic manor house horror, Southeast Asian witchcraft movies, and horror set in the world of fashion. Instead of focusing on connivances and cruelties within the world of haute couture fashion houses, like, say, Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace […]
Marya E. Gates interviews Tilda Swinton and Joanna Hogg. “Filmmaker Joanna Hogg mesmerized critics and audiences alike with her duo of semi-autobiographical films 2019’s The Souvenir and 2021’s The Souvenir Part II. In filming these raw coming-of-auteur dramas, Hogg reunited with Tilda Swinton, her childhood friend and the […]
Giles Deacon talks about their designs for Gwendoline Christie’s Lucifer in Netflix’s Sandman series. There are also design sketches! See it all here.
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The Cultural Gutter 