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With Your Ears, The World Enters You: Rabbit Trap (UK/USA, 2025)

By Carol on February 12, 2026 • ( 4 Comments )

Rabbit Trap is a film as folk tale.

On His Chaotic Majesty, King Ghidorah

By Carol on February 15, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

Happy Year of the Dragon, everyone! The Year of the Dragon only comes once every 12 years and I have let it slip by before without writing about my favorite dragon, well, favorite space dragon, His Chaotic Majesty, King Ghidorah. As the Year of the Dragon commences, and […]

Delia Derbyshire Docudrama!

By Guttersnipe on May 19, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Caroline Catz’ Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes is available for your viewing pleasure at BBC Four online. “[It] explores the life and creative output of Coventry born-Delia Derbyshire–electronic musician, sound pioneer and female outsider in postwar Britain. From 1962 until 1973, she worked at the […]

“Yuri On Ice Brought Me Back To Anime”

By Guttersnipe on December 23, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

At Polygon, Ashley Oh writes about the appeal of Yuri On Ice. “So how is an ice skating anime so popular that it crashed Crunchyroll? Yuri on Ice packages an extremely niche thing into something fascinating — even relatable — for mass audiences. It’s one of the most […]

Interview with Filmmaker Peter Strickland

By Guttersnipe on September 5, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

The Gutter’s own Carol interviews Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio; The Duke of Burgundy) about his films, sound design, mole crickets, pheromonal perfume and the pressure to put on a persona. Read it at the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Vanguard Program blog.