Teenage Sex & Death and the Trans Feminine Monster
At Mubi, Willow Catelyn Maclay discusses Teenage Sex & Death at Camp Miasma (2026) and the history of Trans women and Trans killers on film in a video essay, “Loving the Monster.” Watch here.
“Cinema Is My Calling Again: Nicolas Winding Refn on ‘Her Private Hell'”
At RogerEbert.com, Marya E. Gates interviews Nicolas Winding Refn on his new film, Her Private Hell (2026). “The thing about a fairytale is that it transcends genre, it transcends narrative, it transcends culture, it transcends sex, it transcends years, it’s ageless, and suddenly it has an endless amount […]
“Top Ten Most Sexually Prolific Lesbians and Bisexuals of Old Hollywood”
Autostraddle has not only a top ten list of Hollywood Lesbians and Bisexuals, but a flow chart of relationships and you can see it here.
Projection Booth: The Postman (1997)
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden joins friends of the Gutter Mike White and Emily Intravia to discuss Kevin Costner’s post-apocalyptic celebration of the postal service, The Postman. “Sci-fi month concludes with one of the great cinematic boondoggles of the ’90s. Kevin Costner directs and stars in The Postman […]
On Desire in Heated Rivalry
Friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson has a fantastic analysis on desire in Heated Rivalry in Taiwan’s Wenshan Review. Read “On Choosing ‘Or’: A Situated Response to Heated Rivalry” via PDF here.
“Another Scene: Placing Fantasy in Two Vietnamese Gay Films, Part I”
At Asian Movie Pulse, friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson writes about gay male fantasy in Vietnamese film: “The English title for Hot boy nổi loạn (Vũ Ngọc Đãng, 2011), ‘Lost in Paradise,’ reflects the protagonist’s fantasy of Ho Chi Minh City as an chance to live as […]
