The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the new British folk horror film, The Severed Sun (2024): Writer/director Dean Puckett’s The Severed Sun‘s opening credits have the perfect blood red font on a black background. The story itself begins with an almost Vermeer tableau shot in […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched the the action-comedy Ghost Killer (Japan, 2024) and has some thoughts! In Kensuke Sonomura’s Ghost Killer a woman is haunted by the ghost of a murdered assassin trapped on Earth by his desire for revenge. Frequent Sonomura collaborator Akari Takaishi (Baby Assassin […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden watched the delightful AJ Goes To The Dog Park (Fargo, 2024) and has some thoughts! AJ Goes To The Dog Park is zany, absurd and cartoonish in the best way. AJ (AJ Thompson) has a pretty sweet life that he loves. It’s pleasant. […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some quick reflections on Didier Konings’ Witte Wieven / Heresy: Writer / director Didier Konings’ Witte Wieven, aka, Heresy, is atmospheric folk horror set in a small village in the Netherlands in the Middle Ages. This is not the fun Middle Ages–skipping […]
At Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz writes about the 1984 premiere of Miami Vice. “Created by writer Anthony Yerkovich, helmed by filmmaker Thomas Carter, and guided by executive producer Michael Mann, Vice was ostensibly a police procedural: Crockett is a deep-cover operative based in Miami who partners with Ricardo […]
It’s festival season and I was fortunate enough to receive credentials for this year’s Fantastic Fest! Who knows why but I’m going to do my best to engage with the art and write some thoughtful reflections on what I see. Even though I am attending remotely, I’m going […]
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