Filthy and Gorgeous at Fantasia 2025!
Sachin Hingoo saw a couple of pretty filthy movies at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival and is better for it!
It Must be Bunnies!
Making something adorable terrifying generally has the potential to be either shocking or hilarious. Sometimes it’s intentionally hilarious, and sometimes it’s just funny in its failure to be shocking. And what is more synonymous with adorable than fuzzy bunnies? So, naturally, there are a whole raft of horror […]
We’re So Screwed: Some Thoughts on Farscape, Heroes and Bad Plans
Rygel: This is madness. Crichton: Could be genius, Sparky. You know there’s a very fine line between the two. Rygel: Geniuses make plans. Crichton: “That’s your plan? Wile E. Coyote would come up with a better plan than that!” Last spring, throughout the day—at lunch, before bed, whenever—I […]
Get Ready For A Game Changer
The ‘Game Changer’ series from the creators at Dropout.tv is doing comedy, improv, and even musicals in a way Sachin Hingoo feels good about watching.
For the love of a switcheroo: Kalicharan
I don’t have official permission from everyone at the Gutter to speak on their behalf, but I suspect I’m correct in saying that this publication’s position on a story about a roguish criminal taking the place of a goody-goody police officer of whom he is coincidentally an exact […]
Just One More Thing… Or Two or Three: Some Thoughts on The Residence, Elsbeth, and Poker Face
Sometimes you just want to watch a quirky investigator irritate people—especially wealthy and powerful people—into revealing they’ve committed crimes. Especially murder. I’ve been enjoying some new and new-ish mysteries lately, Poker Face, Elsbeth and The Residence. All three feature women investigating murders. All are series produced after Rian […]
The Cultural Gutter 