Enjoy this salvaged 1984 performance of Yukio Ninagawa’s Medea! The peformances, costumes and design are incredible. “This is an RF-rip of Yukio Ninagawa’s 1984 performance of Medea, aka, 王女メディア. Released by Toho video only on VHS….This performance itself was referenced in an episode of Chris Marker’s The Owl’s […]
A dilapidated mansion. An eerie, mist-shrouded forest. A lone samurai making his way home late at night meets a seemingly defenseless beautiful and refined young woman. So begins Kuroneko–Kaneto Shindo’s tale of cats, vengeance, and the wrongs visited upon women (and powerless men) by entitled men. Kuroneko is […]
Friend of the Gutter Michelle Kisner joins Dr. AC and Horror 101 to discuss Takashi Miike’s Audition (Japan, 1999)! Listen and watch here!
My friends in film, Fantastic Fest 2024 is over. The awards have been handed out. The writers at more reputable outlets are sharing their thoughts. And here at the Gutter, even though I attened remotely, my brain is tired from watching movies, thinking about movies and writing about […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched the the action-comedy Ghost Killer (Japan, 2024) and has some thoughts! In Kensuke Sonomura’s Ghost Killer a woman is haunted by the ghost of a murdered assassin trapped on Earth by his desire for revenge. Frequent Sonomura collaborator Akari Takaishi (Baby Assassin […]
Friend of the Gutter and Soldier of Cinema Robert Mitchell interviews Kenichi Ugana, director of The Gesuidouz about “about the movie, punk rock, the creative process as well as their mutual love of horror movies.” The Gesuidouz had its world premiere at this year’s Midnight Madness program at […]
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