With Your Ears, The World Enters You: Rabbit Trap (UK/USA, 2025)
Rabbit Trap is a film as folk tale.
The Hang(ed) Man
Hangman Page has become one of Sachin Hingoo’s favourite wrestlers because of the contrast between his tough-guy style in the ring and his softness outside it.
Man’s Inhumanity to Man: Emotional Suppression and the Machinery of Control in “Equilibrium” (USA, 2002)
Despite lukewarm reviews and poor box-office performance in 2002, Equilibrium has captivated audiences and become a cult hit in the decades since its release. That isn’t to say it’s a film without issues; the main one is that it is quite derivative at times, with echoes of Fahrenheit 451, 1984, and The Matrix, but it runs with these inspirations, crafting a unique aesthetic and universe.
A Slippery Slope from Cute to Evil in Cult of the Lamb
This Christmas I found myself sitting in my recliner watching my kid play Baldur’s Gate 3 on his new Steam Deck in the very boring, adult predicament of having asked for relatively practical gifts and now having no new toys to play with. I decided to remedy my […]
You Are Sleeping, You Do Not Want to Believe: ‘Dreamscape’ (1984)
You may have seen that rad poster Drew Struzan created for Joseph Ruben’s 1984 movie, Dreamscape. It’s the one with a smirking Dennis Quaid holding a torch while creepy heads float on the sides, implying an over-the-top, Indiana Jones-like escapade. That doesn’t strike an accurate tone, and it’s not the whole story.
Sachin’s Best of 2025 (and maybe 2026!)
Sachin Hingoo looks back on the 2025 films that brought him joy, the ones that didn’t, and the 2026 films that promise to do so!
The Cultural Gutter 