At Biff Bam Pop, Sanjay Rajput shares some suggestions for films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival that you should consider seeing! “It’s easy to get caught up in the hype of TIFF and try to chase down big premieres, but with over 200 films there are […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on the new documentary about the world of carpet manufacturing, Carpet Cowboys (USA, 2023)! “Emily McKenzie and Noah Collier’s documentary Carpet Cowboys looks at the world of carpeting—especially the carpet used in big, almost anonymous spaces. If you have ever […]
Lagueria Davis’ Black Barbie: A Documentary (USA, 2023) explores “Black female respresentation through the history of Black Barbie. Through intimate access to a charismatic Mattel insider, Beulah Mae Mitchell, Black Barbie delves into the cross section of merchandise and representation as Black women struggle to elevate their own […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts about Sharksploitation (USA, 2023), Stephen Scarlata’s new documentary about sharksploitation! “I was one of those kids that was scarred by Jaws (1975). I worried about sharks in the bathtub.* I was scared in the pool. And getting me to swim […]
Kenny Johnson tries to discover the truth about professional wrestler, MJF. The “truth” is something that probably no one expects. “This is all true. This is a real documentary. All other wrestling documentaries are pre-determined or ‘fake.’ Documentary filmmaker Kenny Johnson sets out to discover the real person […]
“It watches,” he added suddenly. “The house. It watches every move you make.” “We have grown to trust blindly in our senses of balance and reason, and I can see where the mind might fight wildly to preserve its own familiar stable patterns against all evidence that it […]