At the Feminine Critique Podcast, friends of the Gutter Emily Intravia and Christine Makepeace have two special episodes focusing on Bystanders (USA, 2024). Listen to an interview with director Mary Beth McAndrews here. “On this very special interview, Christine and Emily chat with director Mary Beth McAndrews about […]
Victor Frankenstein is a terrible father, a tech bro, and not a doctor.
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin has some thoughts on The Rule Of Jenny Pen (New Zealand, 2024). “Ultimately, Ashcroft’s film is about how bullying, left unchecked, can morph into tyranny and while such a story is usually portrayed between younger people on a schoolyard, it […]
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 […]
A piece on Ghost Story of Yotsuya / Yotsuya Kaidan by the Gutter’s own Carol Borden gets a nice little shout at Asian Film Digest, the magazine of the Asian Film Archive in Singapore! Read more here.
Space: 1999 taught me two valuable lessons. The first is that space is depressing and best represented by the color taupe. The second is that, with few exceptions, aliens are jerks. At least in the first season, Space: 1999 (UK, 1975-77) captures malaise, chronic low-grade depression and inertia […]
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