Twinning Is Winning: Sharmeelee
This movie raises an eternal question: is this plot Bollywood or is it Dickens?
Note: technically I have read little Dickens, so we’re going on ✨VIBES✨!
Filmi Ladies: Travel Films!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins invite us on a trip with them! “Take a trip with us along some travel films in Hindi cinema. We discuss Karwaan (2018) with the great Irrfan Khan and other people Pitu also liked […]
Filmi Ladies: Shashi Kapoor Birthday Special!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate the birthday of cinema superstar Shashi Kapoor! “Yes yes, we’ve already done an episode on Shashi Kapoor, but his filmography is so vast and varied that there’s always room for another! […]
Filmi Ladies: The Kapoors: Jennifer Kendal, Kunal, Karan, and Sanjana!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their look at the Kapoor film dynasty with even more Kapoors! “Continuing our Kapoor series, we discuss Shashi Kapoor’s family in this episode: wife and actress Jennifer Kendal and their children Karan, Kunal, and Sanjana. […]
Filmi Ladies: SHASHI KAPOOR!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their series on the Kapoor film dynasty with a look at the legendary Shashi Kapoor! “This is our longest episode yet, and it had to be in order to give this often underappreciated Kapoor the […]
Heat and Dust
Merchant and Ivory’s India-set films tend to rip out my heart and stomp on it—in a good way. Two years ago I wrote about Shakespeare-Wallah for Switcheroo Month, and here I am again, this time with a sort of bildungsroman, complicated by imperial socio-political goings-on. Heat and Dust […]
The Cultural Gutter 