The Gutter’s own Carol Borden joins friends of the Gutter Mike White and Emily Intravia to discuss Kevin Costner’s post-apocalyptic celebration of the postal service, The Postman. “Sci-fi month concludes with one of the great cinematic boondoggles of the ’90s. Kevin Costner directs and stars in The Postman […]
Celebrate Martin Luther King Day with a 1958 comic about him and the Civil Rights Movement that inspired John Lewis. Read “Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story” here.
Adam Serwer has shared a gift link to his fantastic piece on the history of Dungeons & Dragons, the history of “fantasy racism,” and the interplay between fantasy racism and “scientific racism.” “D&D was the original role-playing game, a structure that has influenced every kind of genre fiction […]
Sometimes you just want to watch a quirky investigator irritate people—especially wealthy and powerful people—into revealing they’ve committed crimes. Especially murder. I’ve been enjoying some new and new-ish mysteries lately, Poker Face, Elsbeth and The Residence. All three feature women investigating murders. All are series produced after Rian […]
This week’s Guest Star is Michelle Kisner. Keep up with her on Instagram at @robotcookie! ~~~ In the first act of Sinners (2025), a blues singer named Delta Slim (played by Delroy Lindo) recounts a story from his past while being driven through an expansive field of cotton, […]
The Independent Lens has a look at Funk and Black Liberation. “‘WE WANT THE FUNK!,’ a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spans from gospel, soul, highlife, and early jazz roots, to its rise and impact on new wave and hip-hop, as funk music has been […]
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