Things in 2024!
Hey, it’s some things Carol Borden did in 2024! See them here.
10 Things I Liked in 2024
This year, I have actually received “for your consideration” emails from publicists. They are emails asking you to add a particular film to your year end lists, or if you are fancy enough, to vote for the films in various awards. All these emails were promoting Hundreds of […]
“Hanging with Dr. Z”
Did you know Dr. Zaius has a YouTube talk show? He does and you can watch it here!
“How Judy-Lynn del Rey helped shape American Science Fiction”
American Masters has a short documentary on Judy-Lynn del Rey and her influence on American science fiction. “The story of a woman with dwarfism who revolutionized the world of science fiction by editing and publishing books from sci-fi writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. […]
BBC Archive: “The Joy of Role-Playing Games”
BBC Archives shares Heart of the Matter: Swords and Sorcery from 1980. “”People are turning themselves into wizards and demons, knights and clerics, and a bewildering variety of mythical figures.’ As the new Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, is released in the UK to extraordinary box […]
“A Tragically Bitter kind of Folk Horror: Shadowland (Finland, 2024)”
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 […]
The Cultural Gutter 