Filmi Ladies: “The Archies and Other Things We’ve Been Watching!”
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch the Indian adaptation of The Archies and so much more! Listen here.
“The Virus Inside Your TV”
At Slate, Isaac Butler writes about the GALA Committee’s In The Name Of The Place, an art project in which they literally placed activist art in the 1990s night time soap, Melrose Place. “Over Melrose Place’s fourth and fifth seasons, the GALA Committee wound up smuggling more than […]
“Why are so many female-led projects called ‘camp?'”
At Vulture, Angelica Jade Bastién has some thoughts about camp and gender. “At times, camp can feel like a suffocating label. Its proponents often misconstrue the fact that recreating oneself as a character is not merely an aesthetic for women, but rather, for many, a matter of survival. […]
From the Archives: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Angela Englert accidentally fed her mogwai after midnight, so she’s going to be afk this month. In the meantime, please enjoy this look back at MR James’s classic Christmas ghost stories, and with any luck, she’ll be back in the new year. Or something will. Imagine, if you […]
“Even cinematographers think tv is too dark””
At Vulture, Savannah Salazar writes about tv series’ recent murkiness. “Aside from ‘Why’s everything so expensive?’ the biggest complaint of the streaming era may be ‘Why’s everything so dark?’ The budgets of television shows have skyrocketed in recent years, so why is it often such a struggle to […]
“Late Night with the Devil”
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo shares his thoughts on Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ Late Night With The Devil (Australia, 2023). “I don’t know quite when or how it happened, but David Dastmalchian has quietly become one of my favourite actors over the last year. Between solid performances in […]
