Hodgman & Friends: The Venture Bros. Special!
John Hodgman interviews Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick about working on The Venture Bros. and The Venture Bros.’ film, Radiant Is The Blood Of The Baboon Heart (USA, 2024). Watch here.
The Projection Booth: Blood & Diamonds (1977)
Our friends at the Projection Booth Podcast watch Blood & Diamonds! “The Projection Booth’s Patreon Picks series charges ahead with Blood and Diamonds (1977), a gritty crime saga from Fernando Di Leo. Claudio Cassinelli stars as Guido Mauri, a man fresh out of prison and ready to settle […]
“The Adventure Zone vs Romeo vs Juliet”
At The Adventure Zone Podcast, the McElroy family and the characters of the Adventure Zone vs Dracula take on Shakespeare! Don’t know who any of those people are, that’s okay, it’s still fun! (Knowing who William Shakespeare is really helps, though). Listen here.
“An Ode to All of the Joys of Elsbeth Tascioni’s Wardrobe”
Rachel Elspeth Gross interviews Daniel Lawson about costuming Carrie Preston as the always remarkably dressed Elsbeth Tascioni in The Good Wife, The Good Fight, and, in particular, the newish howcatchem mystery series, Elsbeth. “The crash and clash of colors and patterns on screen could easily become chaotic or […]
“Sarcasm at the End of the World”
Friend of the Gutter Eve Wilson writes about Final Fantasy VII, sarcasm and the end of the world. “It’s cool to be publicly sarcastic about the end of the world, even if the speaker is privately concerned. Maybe that’s a defense mechanism. Maybe it’s a response to self-righteous […]
Daddy & Mummy Issues: How Pyar Ke Do Pal takes The Parent Trap and turns the volume up to 11
This week, Guest Star Allan Mott writes about a Hindi adaptation of The Parent Trap! ~~~ There are a lot of things to love about Bollywood cinema, but for me its chief appeal has always been the irony of how its impulse to be as commercial and audience-friendly […]
The Cultural Gutter 