There is nothing charming about the red fairy door we encounter in Aislinn Clark’s Irish language horror film, Fréwaka (Ireland, 2024).* Its fairy tree is old and hung with scissors and bones. And there is nothing safe about the Good Folk attracted to the house with the fairy door in it.
I had a plan. It was a cunning plan, but it didn’t come to pass. Well, two plans. The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and I were fortunate enough to receive press accreditation to attend the Overlook Film Festival in New Orleans again this year. I can see it […]
After almost two centuries of reasonably cordial interconnectedness, we seem to be at an inflection point in the relationship between Canada and the United States, for ~reasons~. But as much as Canada has had American culture and history foisted on us, the reverse is rarely true. It has […]
This month our Guest Star is film presenter and bon vivant Jackie Stargrove. They write on killing the guilt in your pleasure and just loving what you love. ~~~~ “Even the worst picture is someone’s favorite film, and that someone is the fan I am always talking to.” […]
Even if you don’t watch Indian films, I can promise you that you’ve very probably seen, or at least heard, some of this movie. It gave the world an incredibly infectious song that crossed international borders to appear on tv with The Cramps, on stage with California band […]
This week, Guest Star Allan Mott writes about a Hindi adaptation of The Parent Trap! ~~~ There are a lot of things to love about Bollywood cinema, but for me its chief appeal has always been the irony of how its impulse to be as commercial and audience-friendly […]
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