A dilapidated mansion. An eerie, mist-shrouded forest. A lone samurai making his way home late at night meets a seemingly defenseless beautiful and refined young woman. So begins Kuroneko–Kaneto Shindo’s tale of cats, vengeance, and the wrongs visited upon women (and powerless men) by entitled men. Kuroneko is […]
At Filmi Ladies, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch Aditya Sarpotdar’s horror comedy, Munjya! “We talk about another good movie from the Maddock horror verse: Munjya. Points discussed: • Green flag heroes • Suhas Joshi as Aaji 😍 • Entitled boys • Marathi Gollum • The […]
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins look at the career of filmi superstar, Meenakshi Sheshadri! “We are firmly in the 80s now as Meenakshi Seshadri is our first 80s superstar. A beautiful, talented actress and dancer, she doesn’t get talked about as […]
It’s that time again–Halaloween is upon us with free online horror movies and shorts by/for/about Muslims from now until the end of Spooky Season! It’s presented by the University of Michigan’s Global Islamic Studies Center! Check out the showings here.
At BiffBamPop.com, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo watches Johannes Grenzfurthner’s Solvent (Austria, 2024). “One of the reasons I love horror is its unique ability to distill complex political ideas and emotions into what is, on the surface, a simple scary story. In much the same way that comedies […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some reflections on the new documentary Shadowland: “It’s clear that Shadowland writer/director Otso Tiainen and co-writer Kalle Kinnunen want so much to embrace the landscape of the Montségur and the surrounding French Pyrenees and the esoteric and occult religious community that understand […]
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