John Wick’s Suits
At Little White Lies, Henry Bevan talks about John Wick’s clothing and Luca Mosca’s costume design in John Wick (2015) and John Wick, Ch. 2 (2017).
A Poison that Makes Souls Sleep: Exotic Indian Poisons in Pop Culture and History
This month’s Guest Star Aditi Sen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Queen’s University, Canada. When she isn’t working or watching horror films, she likes to collect Bollywood cakes. ~~~ In 1830, Colonel William Sleeman reported that a fakir and his young son were […]
Interview with Rachel True
Vilissa Thompson interviews actor and author Rachel True at Bitch Media. “As a kid growing up in the ‘90s, one of my favorite movies was the cult classic The Craft. At the time, I was always looking for Black characters in TV shows and movies, and The Craft […]
“The Man who Lives for the Art of Dying”
Japan Times profiled Seizo Fukumoto, an actor who specialized in ugly deaths in period samurai movies. “As a young actor, one of Fukumoto’s own role models was not a martial artist at all but Charlie Chaplin….’I thought the way he fell was great. He went down with a […]
“Six More Classic Christmas Films”
Friend of the Gutter Jay Patrick shares some Christmas movie suggestions at the Netflix DVD blog. “‘Tis the season for festive libations, holiday cheer, crackling fires, and viewing your roster of holiday movies. Many of us have these yearly essentials, but that doesn’t mean we can’t add some […]
Free Screening of King Hu’s Raining in the Mountain (1979)
Catch a free, online screening of King Hu’s classic wuxia film, Raining in the Mountain, via the University of Wisconsin Cinematheque! Then listen to a conversation about the film with film critic David Bordwell on their new Cinematalk podcast available here. “In a Ming Dynasty monastery, competing bands […]
The Cultural Gutter 