Friend of the Gutter Beth Accomando won an Emmy for her KPBS podcast, “Stripper Energy: Fighting Back From the Fringes!” “Do you know what stripper energy is? Let three women who worked as dancers at Les Girls Theater in San Diego expose you to the naked truth about […]
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 […]
At Cinema Crazed, Emilie Black interviews friend of the Gutter, Michelle Kisner! “Horror media is a way for artists to examine transgressive topics and make political statements about the world they live in. The best kind of horror is honest about its goals and taps into the darker […]
At the Feminine Critique Podcast, friends of the Gutter Emily Intravia and Christine Makepeace have two special episodes focusing on Bystanders (USA, 2024). Listen to an interview with director Mary Beth McAndrews here. “On this very special interview, Christine and Emily chat with director Mary Beth McAndrews about […]
At Film International, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas writes about The Substance (2024): “I live a very different life from Elisabeth Sparkle and–for that matter–from Demi Moore. But despite the fantastic excesses of Coralie Fargeat’s slick cinema du look body horror, in many ways I don’t think I have ever felt […]
The Projection Booth podcast celebrates the films of Whoopi Goldberg with a whole month of Whoopbruary: Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986); Burglar (1987); Fatal Beauty (1987); and, Theodore Rex (1996)! Listen to the whole shebang here.