“2017 Most Influential Women in Genre”
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century and many other Syfy Fangrrls share their picks for the most influential women in genre this year.
“Sugar and Spice but Not All Things Nice”
Friend of the Gutter Aditi Sen writes about cakes in Hindi movies for The Hindu. “I have heard this all of my life, “Follow your dreams, never give up on your passion.” Honestly, I have had no idea what my passion is. Sure, I love Hindi cinema and […]
“Postmortem: Every Frame A Painting”
Tony Zhou shares the script for the final “Every Frame A Painting.” It’s Tony and Taylor’s post-mortem on the series about film. You should check it out and then watch all their videos. “(TONY) Hi, my name is Tony… (TAYLOR) and my name is Taylor… and this is […]
“Race: The Original Sin of the Fantasy Genre”
At the Public Medievalist, Paul Sturtevant continues series on race, racism and the middle ages with a look at the use of “race” in fantasy, including Dungeons & Dragons: “Tolkien crafted his fantasy world intricately. He, for example, took great pains to calculate distances and accommodate for the […]
“Ten Examples of Great Dressing-Gown Acting”
At Multiglom, Anne Billson share excellent dressing-gown acting. “Dressing-gowns are more versatile than you might think. They can signify both soigné upper-class superiority and unkempt low-life sleaze – sometimes both at once. They can be effete, artistic or slatternly – sometimes all at once. In films, the writer or […]
The Lure on The Projection Booth
The Gutter’s own Carol talks about The Lure (2015), Karel Kachyňa’s The Little Mermaid/ Malá Morská Víla (1976) and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué’s Ondine with Mike White and David Rodgers on The Projection Booth podcast. “Released in the United States as The Lure , Agnieszka Smoczynska’s 2015 […]
The Cultural Gutter 