At The Tate blog, Susan Owens writes about how ghosts and spirits have changed. “I was intrigued to find the idea of the dead returning to their old homes so entrenched in the British imagination, and it made me reflect on the place ghosts have in our culture. […]
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 […]
This essay by Mark Harris deserves a way better title, but it’s about the new Paul Reubens documentary, Paul Reubens decision to go back in the closet and the history of the closet. “Early in the biographical documentary Pee-wee as Himself, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival […]
At Cinema Junkie, friend of the Gutter Beth Accomando interviews Joe Bob Briggs on Walpurgisnacht! “April 30 is Walpurgisnacht, also known as Witches’ Night — so there’s no better time to talk with Joe Bob Briggs, host of Shudder’s “The Last Drive-In.” We discuss his crusade to get […]
Architectural Digest tours the set of Mid-Century Modern and offers a nice little glimpse of Palm Beach style. Watch here.
Iä Iä! The Black Goat comes! Well, The Black Goat as a tv pilot made by a pilot from the HP Lovecraft Historical Society’s Davey Robertson (The Call of Cthulhu (2005); The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)). Watch it here. Then watch the episode starting March 28! Find out […]