The Cultural Gutter is attending Fantastic Fest again this year! This time the Gutter’s own Carol Borden will be attending strapped into the chairs of the CG Viewatorium (and Sachin Hingoo might be if he survives TIFF 2026). We’ll be sharing first impressions and reviews here at the […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo watches Kenichi Ugana’s Visitors and has some thoughts! “here’s a ruthless efficiency to Visitors, not just because of its brief runtime. There’s no wasted time in setting up the premise, and if you’re in this thing for Troma-esque gore effects, you won’t have […]
At DVD.com, friend of the Gutter Jay Patrick dives into the history of Italian giallo film. “I put Opera in the VCR and experienced my first proper giallo. I hadn’t yet incorporated the term giallo into my lexicon because it was, to my eyes, just a very stylish […]
This week’s Guest Star is Sachin Hingoo. Sachin is a Toronto-based writer and editor at biffbampop.com. He has never had a superpower, but would like to think that if he did it would be more interesting than an armoured sweater. ~~~ [Warning: The following contains copious spoilers for […]
Angelica Jade Bastién writes about Killing Eve as Bluebeard at Vulture. “Killing Eve is deeply indebted to film noir, a genre whose backbone is the ways people lose their soul in the face of desire — from the stories of lone stylish assassins (Le Samouraï) to femme-fatale-led worlds […]
Aaron Brady thinks about Game of Thrones at The New Inquiry. “Here is what I think is the real question: what kind of world does Game of Thrones imagine? What does it take to be natural and normal? In its claims to be ‘realistic,’ what sort of reality […]
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