At Asian Movie Pulse, friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson writes about gay male fantasy in Vietnamese film: “The English title for Hot boy nổi loạn (Vũ Ngọc Đãng, 2011), ‘Lost in Paradise,’ reflects the protagonist’s fantasy of Ho Chi Minh City as an chance to live as […]
Chelsea Rialto Studios’ Ray Faiola has released the short curtain call epilogue from the original pre-code release of Tod Browning’s Dracula starring Béla Lugosi. “This is the actual footage of the Edward Van Sloan curtain speech from the end of Dracula. The picture came from a 16mm SILENT […]
At the Projection Booth, friend of the Gutter Mike White talks to actor/director/writer Grace Glowicki about her work and Dead Lover (Canada, 2025). “Mike talks with multi-hyphenate Grace Glowicki about her new film, Dead Lover (2025). It’s a stinky look at a gravedigger (Glowicki) who searches for a […]
At Filmi Ladies, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins watch Unishe April (Bengal, 1990). “Happy Unishe April to all who celebrate! We discuss this much-loved Rituparno Ghosh film about a mother daughter duo (Aparna Sen and Debashree Roy) who have a relationship […]
“During the past 20 years I know that my compulsion to understand death was much greater than just an obsession. My dreams have dictated my mission. But now it is time to witness the final moment, to discover the circle that forever repeats itself. The end of the […]
At The Movie Sleuth, the Gutter’s own Michelle Kisner writes about Kazuo Hara’s Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 (Japan, 1974). “In his autobiography Camera Obtrusa, Kazuo Hara speaks candidly about his obsession with pulling out and filming the most intimate parts of a person. He is not […]