No one will be more surprised than I am that I enjoy Ramsay Brothers films. Since the 1970s, this family’s output has occupied a special place in Indian horror cinema. Working primarily in Hindi, the seven Ramsays made over 30 films (not quite all of them horror). For […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their series on Bollywood’s female superstars with a look at Dimple Kapadia! “Some may argue that Dimple Kapadia doesn’t quite count as a superstar of Hindi cinema, but she’s so interesting that we couldn’t resist! […]
At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins look at the work of actor Saif Ali Khan! “He’s one of the most versatile actors we’ve seen and is always re-inventing himself. We remember him from his moppetty 90s Ole Ole days to his metrosexual avatar […]
A few weeks ago, the Indian cinema-focused Twitter account Cinema Rare posted a list of “some of the trippiest Indian films,” and with wording like that, I knew I had to investigate the whole thing, regardless of how likely I was to agree.* Skimming the 25 titles, I […]
At The Filmi Ladies podcast Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate Labor Day “This week we look at three films depicting women who have interesting jobs…but more importantly, these films are stories of women whose jobs lead to very interesting things! This may be the […]
Gaze upon the wonder of this year’s Midnight Madness line-up here. It features: Larry Charles’ Dicks the Musical (USA); Harmony Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft (USA); Moritz Mohr’s Boy Kills World (Germany / South Africa / USA); Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk’s Hell of a Summer (USA / Canada); Nikhil […]