The Gutter’s own Carol Borden joins Emily Intravia to discuss the wonders and delights of the Brazilian Christmas romantic comedy, Christmas Full Of Grace (2022)! “Break out your winter hot pants! It’s a warmer holiday trip down south with Brazil’s Christmas Full of Grace, a wacky holiday romcom […]
Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker is finally getting a release date in the US. “Described as an absurdist semi-autobiographical dark comedy, The People’s Joker stars Drew as a painfully unfunny aspiring clown called Joker the Harlequin. Her character grapples with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo writes about short films of this year’s Toronto After Dark Film Festival. “What keeps me coming back to support After Dark, now in its 18th year, is its commitment to incubating up and coming talent through its Shorts program. Each year, After Dark […]
At Asian Movie Pulse, friend of the Gutter Earl Jackson writes about Cheng Wei-hao’s Marry My Dead Body (2023)! “For years lesbian feminist film scholarship entailed archeological detective work, most notably excavating the subtexts of Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock 1940) and The Haunting (Robert Wise 1963). In peculiar reversal, […]
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo writes about Jason Yu’s new movie, Sleep (South Korea, 2023). “The function of sleep, one of the things that we all have in common, has been mined for horror since horror has existed. Whether it’s school janitors invading our […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on Junta Yamaguchi and Makoto Ueda’s River. “There aren’t many science fiction movies, let alone time travel movies, that offer a chill, relaxing and tender vibe, but River very much does. It’s a lovely, charming and funny follow-up to Beyond […]