Kev Dooley’sTerms & Conditions (USA, 2026) was the only short–and the last film–I watched at Fantastic Fest this year and it was a delight. I enjoy translation and summoning based-humor. Fun, genderqueer demons are my favorite demons. And I enjoy seeing ironic, comedic justice done to people who […]
At Biff Bam Pop, Karen Shute and the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo have lived to tell about their final days at the Toronto Internatioal Film Festival! “Cut, print, and [insert every other movie buzzword] because after ten or eleven days of movies, TIFF 2026 (TIFFty Two if ya […]
Girl In The Night (Slovenia, 2026) is a portrait of late night life in small cities or in city neighborhoods that seem empty except for the quiet yellow glow of street lights. It’s a deadpan comedy about how we change ourselves, hoping to be who the people we […]
My next movie at Fantastic Fest 2026 was Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s Donkey Princess (Chile / France / Netherlands / Uruguay / Germany) and I think I love it. Princess Diana (Antonia Giesen) grows up in a fairy tale world with her mother the Queen (Victoria Giesen) […]
At Biff Bam Pop, Karen Shute, Jeromme Graham, Sanjay Rajput and the the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo watch even more films! Katharina Rabl’s Memories of a Forest! Matthew Rankin’s Ladies and Gentleman, Brian Mulroney! Rémi St-Michel’s Toy Gun Bandit! Gael García Bernal’s Hombre al agua! Werner Herzog’s Bucking […]
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 […]