[Spoilers!] You can tell from the title: The Burning Train is a huge disaster movie imperiling half of the Bombay film industry’s contemporary A-listers, and I couldn’t be more delighted. Pick up your #2 pencils and answer the following: 1) What is the maximum possible speed of our […]
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins decide “sometimes you just need to get stuck in the 90s. We watched Raja Babu (1994) and Haseena Maan Jayegi (1999) and wonder whether this epic partnership is worthy of so much (possibly […]
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss the films of Bindu! “Bindu is the last and most wicked of our trio of vamps! If Helen is glamorous and amoral, and Aruna Irani is desi and moral, Bindu is scheming […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate filmi superstar Shashi Kapoor’s birthday! “No mere Merchant and Ivory for us: we’re going much further afield with Siddhartha (1972), based on the Herman Hesse novel and directed by American Conrad […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins conclude their Watching the Rainbow series with two movies and the color gold! “What’s at the end of the rainbow? This episode! We’ve reached the last stop in our series exploring colors […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins look at the career of filmi stuperstar Deepika Padukone! “Does her gobsmacking smile make her a superstar? Maybe–it totally works on us. Films discussed: Chandni Chowk to China, Cocktail, Race 2, and […]