Category: Screen

Small Comfort

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on November 14, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

Sachin Hingoo, like many of you, is Going Through It, and provides a couple of movie recommendations to, in some small way, soothe what ails you.

What Ghost Would Dare Hate Us?

By Carol on October 24, 2024 • ( 4 Comments )

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 […]

TIFF 2024: Blood, Bombs, and Bisexual Lighting in Timo Tjahjanto’s ‘The Shadow Strays’

By Sachin Hingoo (he|him|his) on October 17, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Timo Tjahento’s ‘The Shadow Strays’ continues the director’s flawless record of producing maximalist action-horror that pulls no punches (or kicks)

Model Misbehavior: Boom (2003)

By Beth Watkins on October 3, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

I’m not even sorry about that title. Boom (2003, directed and written by Kaizad Gustad) really is about a group of models behaving badly. But it’s also an artifact of one of the classic paths to stardom in Bollywood: the model-turned-actor. The models in the film have to […]

The Gutter’s Own Carol Goes to Fantastic Fest 2024!

By Carol on September 26, 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

My friends in film, Fantastic Fest 2024 is over. The awards have been handed out. The writers at more reputable outlets are sharing their thoughts. And here at the Gutter, even though I attened remotely, my brain is tired from watching movies, thinking about movies and writing about […]