Jane Austen Is A Filmi Lady!
The Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discusses Indian adaptations of Jane Austen’s work on Filmi Ladies! Watch here.
Ghoul (2018): Reveal Their Guilt
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 […]
Filmi Ladies Podcast on Filmi Superstar, Nargis!
The Gutter’s own Beth joins the Filmi Ladies as they begin a series on women superstars of Indian film with the one and only Nargis! Watch and listen here.
Becoming Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing first shambled into my heart with Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette and John Totleben’s The Saga of the Swamp Thing #24-64 (DC, 1984-7). At a time when I was reading mostly alternative comics, Swamp Thing brought me back to DC, Vertigo, and, eventually, superhero comics. It’s appropriate […]
The Gutter’s own Beth on Shamshera!
The Gutter’s own Beth writes about the 1970s masala movie, Shamshera, at Beth Loves Bollywood! “For all the complaints that Shamshera is old-fashioned…well yes, it is, gloriously so, beautifully executing a known formula with a weariness and bitterness that are perfectly suited to right now. As I watched, […]
“EAST SCREEN WEST SCREEN #284: RRR (2022)”
East Screen West Screen podcast returns to discuss S. S. Rajamouli’s historical action epic RRR (2022) with Kevin Ma! Listen here.
The Cultural Gutter 