I am once again participating in 31 Days of Horror this year. I watch a horror movie every day and write about it. And because I’m running my own show, I define what “horror” is and what “a day” is. Also, sometimes, I just focus on tv or a book or an old time radio show instead of a film. One of the neatest things … Continue reading Spookoween 2015: 31 Days of Horror, Part I
Looking toward the future of Korean Film South Korean cinema has gotten a lot of international attention in the last fifteen years, but it’s mostly for the tough, realistically grounded, often brutal and harrowing films like Park Chan-wook’s Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002); Oldboy (2003); Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)), Kim Jee-woon’s I Saw The Devil (2010), Bong Joon-ho’s Mother (2009) and Na … Continue reading COLLECTIVE INVENTION: The Weirder Side of Korean Cinema
POSTED: September 8, 2008 17:20 | By: Carol Borden I’m pretty excited that there are two weird Westerns at the festival this year: The Burrowers and The Good, The Bad and the Weird. It’s neat to see just how flexible the genre is, encompassing both recent Asian Westerns like Sukiyaki Western Django, currently number one in the US box office, or Wisit Sasanatieng‘s Tears of … Continue reading Weird Western Tales
This month we’re mixing it up at the Gutter with each editor writing about something outside their usual domain. This week Carol Borden writes about movies. She can normally be found here.
The world is clamoring for more Asian Westerns. Or at least I am. I’m talking Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Korean Westerns.
They seem like the best ones around. So saddle up and let’s ride.
Monstrous Industry 