Happy June 27th, everyone, it’s time for the Lottery! Well, the 1969 film adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s classic folk horror story / pointed dystopian socio-political warning. Watch here. Or if you prefer to read Jackson’s short story, you can here or here.
BBC Archive shares a video segment of Terry Wogan on Max Headroom. “Terry Wogan comes face to face with the future of television presenting, the world’s first ‘computer-generated’ host, Max Headroom. Does the emergence of Max spell the end for homo sapiens as chat show hosts? Originally broadcast […]
At My Analog Journal, Dario Bassalino dj’s a journey through the soundtracks of Italian and Neapolitan gangster movies. Listen here.
Hey, there’s a trailer for the sf thriller, Path Of Totality, written by CG Editor Emeritus Ian Driscoll from a story by friend of the Gutter Ed Glaser of Neon Harbor! Watch it here.
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue their Seven Deadly Sins series with films that evoke the sin of gluttony! “We discuss the characters of Sharaabi (1984) and Udta Punjab (2016) – who are drinking and drugging themselves to death, all day […]
Cory Doctorow has more to say about enshittification. “So what’s enshittification and why did it catch fire? It’s my theory explaining how the internet was colonized by platforms, and why all those platforms are degrading so quickly and thoroughly, and why it matters – and what we can […]
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