19 Years of Smart Bitches, Trashy Books!
Celebrate the 19th anniversary of the essential romance site, Smart Bitches Trashy Books here! Leave a comment! Have fun with the community! Check out some articles while you are there! More here.
Abadon Speaks?!
RJ City interviews the nonbinary wrestler Abadon the Living Dead Girl about eating souls and the social construction of gender! Watch here.
The Gutter’s own Carol watches The Strangler (1970)!
The Gutter’s own Carol has some thoughts on Paul Vecchiali’s The Strangler (France, 1970). “The Strangler / L’Étrangleur (France, 1970) is a peculiar film, perhaps a Nouvelle Vague policier, but also not. It’s described as a “French giallo” in promotional materials, and I suppose that is as good […]
“Peek-a-BOO! Eros: Marry My Dead Body (Cheng Wei-hao, 2023)”
At Asian Movie Pulse, friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson writes about Cheng Wei-hao’s Marry My Dead Body (2023)! “For years lesbian feminist film scholarship entailed archeological detective work, most notably excavating the subtexts of Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock 1940) and The Haunting (Robert Wise 1963). In peculiar reversal, […]
“Crime is like a Magic Box: Black Lizard (1968)”
Friend of the Gutter Michelle Kisner on Kinji Fukasaku’s 1968 film, Black Lizard! “Villains can be alluring and enchanting and, if executed correctly, can hold the audience in the palm of their hands. Kinji Fukasaku’s film Black Lizard (1968) has one such outlaw, Mrs. Midorikawa (Akihiro Miwa), AKA […]
Dimension 20: Dungeons and Drag Queens!
“Watch as Bob the Drag Queen, Monét X Change, Alaska, and Jujubee join Brennan in the Dome for a wild, chaotic, and heartfelt adventure into the underworld in the premiere episode of Dungeons and Drag Queens.” Watch here.
The Cultural Gutter 