Matte Painting!
It’s a featurette on matte painting at Industrial Light and Magic! There’s a Star War or two…
“The Rise of Skywalker: Memorabilia without Memory, a Misunderstanding of Hope”
Jeannette Ng thinks about The Rise of Skywalker, The Last Jedi and “memorabilia without memory.” “The central plot of Rise concerns Rey’s parentage which was very satisfyingly resolved in The Last Jedi. They were no one in particular, not great heroes nor villains. Along with the rest of […]
“Some Thoughts on The Last Jedi”
Friend of the Gutter Jessica Ritchey has a lovely piece on The Last Jedi. “The mythic cliffhanger of The Force Awakens is what I needed in 2015 at the end of a brutal year. The grumpy, startling conclusion of that cliffhanger is what I needed in 2017. Stories, […]
“Rennosuke and the Three Light Sabers”
Watch a Kabuki interpretation of Kylo Ren’s story, “Rennosuke and the Three Light Sabers” right here. Rennosuke stars famed Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo XI as Rennosuke / Kylo Ren. (Ichikawa has also performed in films and you might remember him from Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011), Over […]
Summer Fun Time Reading ’19
The beach-related holidays are here, my friends, and I am on the road for summer fun time. As you know, reading is a huge summer fun time thing. I hope you enjoy mysteries of all kinds as mystery abounds in these suggestions, including: Mysterious interdimensional travel through a […]
Cinema Shame on Star Wars
Join Cinema Shame as Raquel watches Star Wars for the first time! “Raquel Stecher is joined by her long-suffering husband Carlos to discuss how she finally viewed Star Wars on her own terms.”
“2017 Most Influential Women in Genre”
Friend of the Gutter Sara Century and many other Syfy Fangrrls share their picks for the most influential women in genre this year.
