Irreverent Tarot podcast by friend of the Gutter Kate Laity looks at “some of the weird and bizarre bits of tarot history from a long time tarot reader who is fascinated by the history of the cards across their three ages (game / occult repository / self-development tool).” […]
Friend of the Gutter Kate Laity has fascinating thoughts on Bryn Chainey’s new folk horror film, Rabbit Trap (UK / USA, 2025) including an excellent introduction to the fairy and cultural aspects. “It hits a lot of my favourite things: fairy lore, folk horror, sound exploration and design—theremin! […]
The National Galleries has a pair of videos on Queer art. The first is “The Secret Languages of Queer Art,” which talks about identification and coding in Queer art and can be watched here. And “The Hidden Histories of Queer Art,” which discusses Queer art and the suppression […]
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 […]
At the Moveable Feast, Stephen Saito interviews Charlotte Colbert, director and co-writer of She Will (2022). “[Making a film is] amazing because it’s complete world building. The only thing it lacks is obviously smell and taste, which I don’t know–I’m pondering how to bring in. [laughs] But it’s […]
This week, the Gutter’s own Carol is attending of conclave hosted by mysterious figures in scarlet robes. She’ll be back next month! In the meantime, enjoy this essays she wrote on The Sinister House of Secret Love, aka, Secrets of Sinister House… ~~~ Running from 1971 to 1974, […]