The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo shares his gift suggestions for the holiday season at Biff Bam Pop! “If you’ve got a true film fanatic on your holiday gift recipient list this year, I’ve been scouring the internet for some ideas that should satiate the tastes of even the […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo–and his pal, Karen Shute–continues to watch films at an astounding pace at the Toronto International Film Festival 2025: Good Boy; Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5; Exit 8; and, The Smashing Machine! We are officially at the halfway mark of TIFF, and boy […]
At the Guardian, Stuart Jeffries writes about Brannon Carty’s documentary An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine (USA, 2025) and the fans who love the show. “It celebrates the men (and the fans Carty interviews are overwhelmingly male) who have found friendship, community and creativity […]
Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.Lady and the Tramp. They were all legendary couples of the Silver Screen in the 1950s, but the greatest cinematic pairing of the decade was Insects and Radiation, two great tastes that mutate together. If the movies were to be […]
The Independent Lens has a look at Funk and Black Liberation. “‘WE WANT THE FUNK!,’ a syncopated voyage through the history of funk music, spans from gospel, soul, highlife, and early jazz roots, to its rise and impact on new wave and hip-hop, as funk music has been […]
This essay by Mark Harris deserves a way better title, but it’s about the new Paul Reubens documentary, Paul Reubens decision to go back in the closet and the history of the closet. “Early in the biographical documentary Pee-wee as Himself, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival […]
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