At Fantastic Fest this year, I was not only fortunate enough to receive accreditation so I could see movies and report back, but I was also lucky enough to see four very different films that I might not see otherwise. I am back now, my fedora with the […]
The Gutters own Carol Borden finishes up Fantastic Fest 2025 with Taratoa Stappard’s Mārama. In 1859, an orphaned Māori woman, Mary Stevens (Ariāna Osborne) has traveled from New Zealand to Yorkshire, England to meet a man. She has received a letter from a Mr. Anthony Boyd, who claims […]
A 4K restored version of Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano’s Angel’s Egg screens at Fantastic Fest this year and the Gutter’s own Carol Borden was fortunate enough to see it! “I always struggle a bit when writing about masterpieces. And Mamoru Oshii and Yoshitaka Amano, masters already, collaborated […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden really enjoyed the campy, lo-fi body horror of The Cramps: A Period Piece at Fantastic Fest. Here are some quick thoughts. Brooke H. Cellars’ The Cramps: A Period Piece (USA, 2025) is a period piece in more than one way. It is indeed […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on Kenichi Ugana’s The Curse (Taiwan / Japan, 2025), now screening at Fantastic Fest 2025! Kenichi Ugana’s The Curse has the punk sensibility—down to its scratchy opening title card that looks like a punk zine cover—the gleeful gore, the dark […]
Anyone that knows me will tell you that I’m a sucker for an unconventional animal-themed film and while it doesn’t have the in-your-face animated aesthetic of last year’s Flow, György Pálfi’s new film ‘Hen’ chicken-scratches that itch in a major way.
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