“Asian American and Pacific Islanders Creative Collectives and Platforms”
“Your guide to AAPI collectives, organizations, film festivals, and more. Find resources, discover talent, support the community.” Click here for more! (Thanks, Stephanie!)
“Looking Back & Hoping Forward”
Friend of the Gutter Ashlee Blackwell has a lovely and powerful meditation on Candyman (1992) and hopes for Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele’s upcoming Candyman (2021) at Graveyard Shift Sisters. “Candyman has been a delicate enigma, a tale, a very tepid preoccupation of mine since I was ten. […]
Interview with John Sayles
Friend of the Gutter Ian McDowell interviews filmmaker and author John Sayles about his career and his latest book, The Wilmington Lie!
Sometimes the Femme Fatale Wins
Bound (1996) starts with an excellent practical effect title shot, then the camera moves to a woman, tied up in another woman’s closet, as we hear voices talking about money, theft, time and a plan. You can tell it’s not her closet because she is very butch and […]
“The Complicated Redemption Arcs of Carol Danvers vs. Rogue”
At Comic Book Herald, friend of the Gutter Sara Century discusses Rogue and Carol Danvers. “Of all of Marvel’s many long-suffering heroes, Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) and Anna Marie LeBeau (Rogue) are two that have undergone decades of growing pains to get to where they’re at today. Carol […]
In the End, The Real Haunted House Was Man
Content warning for discussions of rape, domestic abuse, child abuse, and spoilers for Ju-On: Origins, too. If you’re familiar at all with Japanese horror, you know Ju-On (2000), its sequels, and English remakes in The Grudge series. Quite possibly you even have chips to lay down on Team […]
The Cultural Gutter 