The Cultural Gutter is attending Fantastic Fest again this year! This time the Gutter’s own Carol Borden will be attending strapped into the chairs of the CG Viewatorium (and Sachin Hingoo might be if he survives TIFF 2026). We’ll be sharing first impressions and reviews here at the […]
As always at this time of year – festival season – but especially this year for personal reasons, I’ve been thinking a lot about the way I’ve become used to consuming art and specifically film. A large amount of my movie-watching takes place at film festivals, which means […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo sees even more films at TIFF 26 including Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo! He is joined by once again Karen Shute, Jeromme Graham, and Sanjay Rajput. Midnight Madness selections have a strong presence this time. Among the films they watched and discuss are: […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin returns to TIFF with colleagues Karen Shute, Jeromme Graham and Sanjay Rajput. Among the films watched are: Ghasideh Golmakani’s Head to Head; Edoardo Gabbriellini’s City of the Living; Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Everest: The Other Side; Louise Bagnall’s Julián; Beth D’Araujo’s Josephine; […]
At Hye’s Musings, Heidi M. interviews Zarrar Kahn and Ali Hashmi on their short film, The Lion Does Not Concern Himself. “Zarrar Kahn and Mohammad Ali Hashmi join me to talk about their short film The Lion Does Not Concern Himself, a romantic comedy exploring masculinity, gym culture […]
At The Movie Sleuth, the Gutter’s own Michelle Kisner watches Hope (South Korea, 2026). “A fun fact about raccoons is that they have super-sensitive paws, and they get over half of their sensory input from their sense of touch. Because of this, when they find food in the […]
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