At IGN, Rebekah Valentine interviews developers who lost their jobs in the recent game industry layoffs about the impact on their lives and the industry. “I reached out to impacted developers to try and answer the heavy, complex question of why this was happening in the first place. […]
At The Filmi Ladies podcast Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins celebrate Labor Day “This week we look at three films depicting women who have interesting jobs…but more importantly, these films are stories of women whose jobs lead to very interesting things! This may be the […]
Nocebo (Philippines / Ireland, 2022) is a blend of Gothic manor house horror, Southeast Asian witchcraft movies, and horror set in the world of fashion. Instead of focusing on connivances and cruelties within the world of haute couture fashion houses, like, say, Mario Bava’s Blood and Black Lace […]
Friend of the Gutter Christine Makepeace writes about Cam (2018) at Dread Central. “I wonder if lawyers cringe when they watch The Firm. Or if boxers shake their heads in disgust when Million Dollar Baby comes on. I wonder if cheerleaders avoid cheerleading movies. Because if they do, […]
Lit Hub has a transcript of Kelly Link’s speech at the 2019 One Story Literary Debutante Ball. “When I realized I would have to say something here other than, “Yes, I’d love another drink, thank you!” I tried to figure out what I could say that would be […]
At the Vintagent, Paul D’Orléans writes about the history of one-piece utility suits from boilersuits to Catwoman and Girl On A Motorcycle (1968). “The story of the ‘boilersuit’ and its (super)heroic descendants is a curious tale; a purely functional clothing item historically laden with a mix of Utopian […]