A dilapidated mansion. An eerie, mist-shrouded forest. A lone samurai making his way home late at night meets a seemingly defenseless beautiful and refined young woman. So begins Kuroneko–Kaneto Shindo’s tale of cats, vengeance, and the wrongs visited upon women (and powerless men) by entitled men. Kuroneko is […]
Timo Tjahento’s ‘The Shadow Strays’ continues the director’s flawless record of producing maximalist action-horror that pulls no punches (or kicks)
Sachin Hingoo attends the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival and brings back three visions of environmental collapse!
A slasher movie from the killer’s point of view: it sounds like a joke, a Robot Chicken sketch, a few stray lines of off the cuff Joe Bob Briggs before he’s interrupted by the movie he’s hosting. Did you ever wonder during the slasher movie, what is the […]
I have long wanted an ancestral portrait painted in a German Expressionist style hanging in my entry when I greet weary travelers seeking shelter from a ferocious storm. They would evince surprise at the unnerving resemblance between that sinister visage and my own features or perhaps those of […]
Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw The TV Glow” warns of the unstoppable, crushing force of time and the danger of the safe decision.
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The Cultural Gutter 