At The Hindu, friend of the Gutter Aditi Sen writes about ghosts and Bollywood. “Hindi cinema has not used ghosts much outside the realm of horror films, and when it has, the theme hasn’t worked very well. For example, despite the star cast of Shah Rukh Khan and […]
Friend of the Gutter Will McKinley appears on the Cinema Shame not only to answer the Old Movie Weirdo Hotline, but to discuss The Bad News Bears. (You can find a ringtone of Will answering the Old Movie Weirdo Hotline here).
At Loser City, friend of the Gutter writes about the art of the hustle in Susan Seidelman’s Smithereens. “Do you have a picture in your head of New York? Does it come from real life? Or the memory of art? I know the New York I see when […]
Horror Editor Angela isn’t available this week for her regularly scheduled shot of sweet horror analysis. We assume she’s spelunking with her friends in an old, creature-infested cave system or perhaps even taking a tour of hell. Though she’s most likely watching all the 12th Doctor episodes of […]
At Tell Forward, Shanth Enjeti shares a gallery of Moebius’ art for the fantasy film, Willow. “Moebius shows himself to be a master of understanding George Lucas’ influences for this film, which included Akira Kurosawa’s Noh influenced samurai films. His use of a Noh theater mask for the […]
NPR shares a list of excellent horror stories. Readers sent in 7,000 stories and judges Tananarive Due, Grady Hendrix, Ruthanna Emrys and Stephen Graham Jones winnowed them down to a list of 100. “As with our other reader polls, this isn’t meant to be a ranked or comprehensive […]
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