The Gutter’s own Beth Watkins and co-host Pitu Sultan talk vamps in Indian film with special guest Luncheroni on the Film Ladies podcast! “💃🏾 The character so iconic that there’s an emoji for her! Special guest Luncheroni joins us to revel in the sequins, cigarettes, and sin of […]
Pitu and the Gutter’s own Beth talk zombies on the Filmi Ladies podcast! “Spooky season winds down with a discussion of Go Goa Gone (Hindi, 2013) and Zombivli (Marathi, 2022) We talk about how their settings work (or don’t), the infections as social commentary, and other scary movies.” […]
The Film Ladies podcast, including the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins, discuss LGBTQIA+ Hindi films! “Delightful and very smart filmmaker, writer, and journalist Nihit Bhave (Sacred Games, Choked, Dobaaraa, Phir Kabhi) joins us to talk about Hindi films with LGBTQIA+ stories and characters. The new Madhuri Dixie film Maja […]
Rummaging around for a spooky film for my Gutter submission for October, I decided upon Kohraa, (“The Fog”), a 1964 Hindi adaptation of Rebecca. Rewatching Kohraa and Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940) back to back, I’m struck by how much more isolated the Indian protagonist is. Kohraa spends most of […]
The Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discusses Indian adaptations of Jane Austen’s work on Filmi Ladies! Watch here.
Ghoul (2018) is as bleak as might be expected for a series that starts with the line, “Strike a deal with your blood and out of the smokeless fire the ghul will come.” It’s a three episode miniseries that addresses fascism, state terror, and individual guilt in a […]
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