At the Criterion blog, Imogen Sara Smith writes about Noir Westerns. “Westerns cover a lot of territory. Dramatizing the most romantic of American myths, they also give form to the darkest inversions of those myths. The genre that celebrated rugged pioneer values and civilization’s conquest of the wilderness […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts about Sharksploitation (USA, 2023), Stephen Scarlata’s new documentary about sharksploitation! “I was one of those kids that was scarred by Jaws (1975). I worried about sharks in the bathtub.* I was scared in the pool. And getting me to swim […]
Our friends at The Projection Booth Podcast have a swell series on Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)! “On this special limited series, we read the story transcripts from the Raiders of the Lost Ark story conference wherein George Lucas (Chris Stachiw of The Kulturecast), Steven Spielberg (Author […]
BBC Archives shares video of Ray Harryhausen talking about his work on Clash of the Titans (1981)! “Ray Harryhausen – master of models, magician with miniatures, the stop-motion Svengali, doyen of Dynamation–pops into the Take Two studio, to discuss producing the special effects for his latest film blockbuster, […]
For this year’s Switcheroo Month, I decided to write about a lesser known film by one of the most reputable directors around—Akira Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well (1960). Set in then contemporary mid-Twentieth Century Japan, The Bad Sleep Well is the story of Koichi Nishi (Toshiro Mifune) seeking […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins share their favorite films! “In this episode, we discuss each of our number one favorite Hindi film! Even though they’re very different films—different eras, different types of directors, though one cast member in common!—we find fascinating […]
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