At Fantastic Fest, the Gutter’s own Carol Borden girds her loins and travels into a hostile subterranean world with Mason DeRushie’s Kylgor in the Grisly Abyss (Canada, 2026)! I have missed sword and sorcery movies and fantasy that isn’t J. R. R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin, and […]
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 sees even more films at TIFF 26 including Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo! He is joined by once again Karen Shute, Jeromme Graham, and Sanjay Rajput. Midnight Madness selections have a strong presence this time. Among the films they watched and discuss are: […]
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; […]
At Hye’s Musings, Heidi M. interviews Zarrar Kahn and Ali Hashmi on their short film, The Lion Does Not Concern Himself. “Zarrar Kahn and Mohammad Ali Hashmi join me to talk about their short film The Lion Does Not Concern Himself, a romantic comedy exploring masculinity, gym culture […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and Biff Bam Pop’s Karen Shute and Jeromme Graham share their impressions of TIFF films including: Bassam Tariq’s Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother; Michael Dowse’s The Stunt Driver; Kris Rey’s Trash Mountain; Sue Kim’s Always Lalisa; Youm Kyu-Bouk’s Long Long Night. Plus […]