With the sprawling desert landscapes and vast rumbling sandworms of Dune 2 now gracing theatre screens, it seems like the perfect time to raise the specter of a very different Arrakis that never came to pass. While Denis Villeneuve’s treatment of Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci fi novel, Dune, […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watches the subtly surreal road trip / search for self movie, Giving Birth To A Butterfly (USA, 2023). “Road trips often elicit the sharing of secrets and unspoken truths. In Giving Birth To A Butterfly, two women go on a roadtrip to a […]
At The Collector, Susanna Andrews looks at the work of artist Leonora Carrington. “Leonora Carrington was a Surrealist painter and writer who integrated magic and mysticism into her work. She had a rebellious spirit from the beginning, denouncing the Roman Catholicism that was imposed on her as a […]
Travis Stevens’A Wounded Fawn (USA, 2022) is entirely my thing. It’s a nice mix of art house and genre, which is one of my favorite things. It blends fine art—in this case the art of Surrealists (and friends) Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna—1970s horror/giallo, Classical Greek […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has a lot to say about Travis Stevens movie blending horror, Surrealism and Greek tragedy, A Wounded Fawn (USA, 2022). “Travis Stevens’A Wounded Fawn is entirely my thing. It’s a nice mix of art house and genre, which is one of my favorite […]
Surreal Noir celebrates Black History Month! “This episode shares a variety of Black women and centres on Paris, of course the city at the centre of Surrealism, but also with a long history drawing people of colour for art, music and more. Neo-noir comes in the shape of […]
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