Four Color Sinners has an excellent conversation with writer Claire Noto on her career in Hollywood, at Marvel and her erasure from Red Sonja. “Clair Noto is a fascinating, brilliant, force of nature and touched with creative genius. It is my privilege to share now her side of […]
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century has some thoughts on The Howling (1981). “1981 saw the release of three prominent werewolf movies: An American Werewolf in London, Wolfen, and of course, The Howling. Each of them explored werewolf mythos in a contemporary context with different results. All would […]
In an Autostraddle excerpt from the excellent collection of essays, It Came From The Closet, Carmen Maria Machado considers Jennifer’s Body, bisexuality and the fluidity of identity and relationships through time. “It’s happened to me several times now: someone who doesn’t know me very well asks me about […]
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 […]
At The Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins consider WRATH with two films, Mirch Masala (1987) and the snake lady classic, Nagin (1976)! “It’s 2024 and if women aren’t angry or wrathful they’re just not paying attention. The women in our chosen films […]
At Vulture, Angelica Jade Bastién has some thoughts about camp and gender. “At times, camp can feel like a suffocating label. Its proponents often misconstrue the fact that recreating oneself as a character is not merely an aesthetic for women, but rather, for many, a matter of survival. […]
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