Start your Spooktober right with this BBC Radio production of Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows starring Bill Pullman and Julian Sands! “In this haunting 2022 radio adaptation, two old acquaintances set out on a canoe journey along the Danube, only to find themselves stalked by an unseen, malevolent presence […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin returns to TIFF with colleagues Karen Shute, Jeromme Graham and Sanjay Rajput. Among the films watched are: Ghasideh Golmakani’s Head to Head; Edoardo Gabbriellini’s City of the Living; Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin’s Everest: The Other Side; Louise Bagnall’s Julián; Beth D’Araujo’s Josephine; […]
I’ve had a cruddy day, so please indulge me in a visit to my favorite micro-genre of mainstream Indian cinema: people looking for things in Calcutta.I love a mystery. I love characters on a quest for knowledge that is ultimately used for resolution or even justice. I am […]
Bellenac’s vineyards are failing and the solution will not be a new strain or a scientific intervention. The farmers seek an older solution: a willing sacrifice.
The Gutter’s own Michelle Kisner joins Mike White and Kyler Fey to discuss Bertrand Mandico’s The Wild Boys. “A fever dream of transgression and transformation, the film follows five privileged boys who rape and murder their literature teacher—then are spirited away by a mysterious sea captain to the […]
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has some thoughts on Sook Yin-Lee’s Paying For It (Canada, 2025), her film adaptation of Chester Brown’s eponymous graphic novel. “Whatever term I’d apply to Brown’s honest self-portrayal in graphic novel form applies equally to his best friend, ex-partner, […]