Friend of the Gutter and Patricia Highsmith scholar Kate Laity has some thoughts about the new Netflix adaptation of Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, and on Ripley himself. “I had equal parts of anticipation and dread for this new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s The Talented Mr Ripley especially […]
This year for Switcheroo Month I thought I would doubly switch things up by writing about something reputable–the films of Alfred Hitchcock–and something I would not usually write about–the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock is a filmmaker I struggle with. I recognize the quality of his work. I […]
New at Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins look at Murder Mubarak (2024). “We discuss the new murder mystery on Netflix, Murder Mubarak, and end up discussing nepo babies, why it’s dangerous to go to the gym, Sara Ali Khan’s haircut, which drunk […]
Behold the glory of Betty Squires’ forensic use of Sims 4 as an analytical tool to determine the truth at the heart of Anatomy Of A Fall (2023)! “The Oscar-nominated Anatomy of a Fall (competing Sunday for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and […]
It is time once again for the end of year lists. When people share the best in film, television, games, comics, and basically all things. I am still terrible at this. So I offer instead an unranked, alphabetical list of some of the things I liked and a […]
The winds of November are blowing, my friends, chilling our souls in the Musuracan shadows and grayscale skies. Making us hanker for some noir, but grieving over our options on long autumnal nights. Maybe you’ve seen Double Indemnity (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Out of the Past (1947), […]
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