The Cultural Gutter at the Overlook Film Festival 2025!
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and Carol Borden are both remotely attending this year’s Overlook Film Festival. You can find their updates here at the Gutter and Sachin’s at Biff Bam Pop!
Overlook Film Festival 2025: Chain Reactions (USA, 2024)
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden is attending this year’s Overlook Film Festival. Here’s her first thoughts on Alexandre O. Philippe’s Chain Reactions (2024): f you are expecting a documentary about the making of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973), Chain Reactions (USA, 2024) is not that film. […]
‘The Twentieth Century’, ‘Universal Language’, and Matthew Rankin’s Contorted Canadiana
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 […]
Filmi Ladies on Filmi Godfather!
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, friend of the Gutter Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins discuss “Feroz’s Dharmatma, his 1975 adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather (1972). Pitu approaches her first viewing of Dharmatma as a Godfather fan and especially likes its twist on handling Michael […]
An interview with Michelle Kisner!
At Cinema Crazed, Emilie Black interviews friend of the Gutter, Michelle Kisner! “Horror media is a way for artists to examine transgressive topics and make political statements about the world they live in. The best kind of horror is honest about its goals and taps into the darker […]
Podcast On Fire: 3 Films with Michelle Yeoh!
Our friends at Podcast On Fire watch three of Michelle Yeoh’s films: “Michelle Yeoh’s filmography is vast, so we’re trying something new. Instead of covering every film, we’re selecting three to highlight her action legacy. Two quick reviews focus on her 90s wuxia and action work with Holy […]
The Cultural Gutter 