At The Hollywood Reporter, Benjamin Svetkey writes about Amazon’s acquisition of and plans for James Bond. “‘Don’t let anybody else screw it up,’ Cubby Broccoli warned his children before he died. ‘You can screw it up if you want to, but don’t let other people screw it up.’ […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins focus on the color purple! “Wherever could we find purple prose in Hindi cinema??? The Dirty Picture (2011), that’s for sure. 💜 💜 💜 We also discuss the lavender marriage in the lovely queer rights film […]
Congratulations to Hundreds of Beavers (USA) and action choreographer / stunt beaver Jon Truei on winning Best Brawl at Vulture’s 2025 Stunt Awards! See the rest of the winners here. You can read an interview with Truei by the Gutter’s own Carol Borden here.
At Film International, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas writes about The Substance (2024): “I live a very different life from Elisabeth Sparkle and–for that matter–from Demi Moore. But despite the fantastic excesses of Coralie Fargeat’s slick cinema du look body horror, in many ways I don’t think I have ever felt […]
This week, Guest Star Allan Mott writes about a Hindi adaptation of The Parent Trap! ~~~ There are a lot of things to love about Bollywood cinema, but for me its chief appeal has always been the irony of how its impulse to be as commercial and audience-friendly […]
The Projection Booth podcast celebrates the films of Whoopi Goldberg with a whole month of Whoopbruary: Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986); Burglar (1987); Fatal Beauty (1987); and, Theodore Rex (1996)! Listen to the whole shebang here.
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