Tag: science fiction

The Cultural Gutter Book Returns!

It’s back! The 2011 Cultural Gutter book has been reissued by Play Story Press. Read excellent essays by CG Editors Jim Munroe, James Schallenberg, Carol Borden, Chris Szego and Ian Driscoll on video games, science fiction and fantasy, comics, and romance. Plus, cool infographic illustrations by E.J. Lee. […]

Bugs Don’t Need No Radiation

Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.Lady and the Tramp. They were all legendary couples of the Silver Screen in the 1950s, but the greatest cinematic pairing of the decade was Insects and Radiation, two great tastes that mutate together. If the movies were to be […]

The Projection Booth watches Metropolis (1927)!

Our friends at The Projection Booth watch Fritz Lang’s Metropolis! “Sci Fi July launches with a titan of cinematic futurism: Metropolis (1927), Fritz Lang’s visually stunning epic set the blueprint for dystopian science fiction, blending Gothic horror, political allegory, and machine-age spectacle. Co-written with Thea von Harbou, the […]

Watch Out! Hot Spring Shark Attack!

The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the ridiculous splendor of Morihito Inoue’s Hot Spring Shark Attack / Onsen Shark (Japan, 2024)! “Writer / director Morihito Inoue’s Onsen Shark is his first feature. It premiered at the 2024 Tokyo Shark Film Festival. For the record, I […]