Hodgman & Friends: The Venture Bros. Special!
John Hodgman interviews Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick about working on The Venture Bros. and The Venture Bros.’ film, Radiant Is The Blood Of The Baboon Heart (USA, 2024). Watch here.
The Feminine Critique: Bystanders Special!
At the Feminine Critique Podcast, friends of the Gutter Emily Intravia and Christine Makepeace have two special episodes focusing on Bystanders (USA, 2024). Listen to an interview with director Mary Beth McAndrews here. “On this very special interview, Christine and Emily chat with director Mary Beth McAndrews about […]
“Hollywood’s Slo-Mo Self-Sabotage”
At The New Yorker, Inkoo Kang writes about turbulence in Hollywood. “To survey the film and television industry today is to witness multiple existential crises. Many of them point to a larger trend: of Hollywood divesting from its own future, making dodgy decisions in the short term that […]
“The Spirit of Revolution: How World Cinema Defined the 1920s”
At Vague Visages, D.M. Palmer writes about the influence of world cinema in the 1920s. “the silent works of the 20s brim with invention, pushing forcefully against technological and social boundaries. There is a danger and dynamism to 20s cinema which was gradually eradicated by the standardisation of […]
Fantasia 2022: Convenience Story (Japan, 2022)
The Gutter’s own Carol is reporting back from the Fantasia International Film Festival with a review of Satoshi Miki’s Convenience Story (Japan, 2022): Kato (Narita Ryo) is a screenwriter. You might not have heard of his movies, but he’s reasonably successful. He makes a living, but feels professionally […]
“In Praise of Movies that Just End (because They Used to Know When to End)”
At Uproxx, Mike Ryan writes about contemporary movies and their multiple or stretched out endings. “I reached out to a few prominent screenwriters/filmmakers to ask them if I was off base. These are people you have most likely heard of who have made movies you have most likely […]
The Cultural Gutter 