When I heard from a few friends that saw it in various festivals this year that Oliver Laxe’s Sirât was a sonic and visual ordeal so punishing that it nearly caused them to walk out, my interest in the film was immediately piqued. Just like Sayaka Murata’s ‘Earthlings‘, […]
Lucky McKee’s ‘May’ (2002) is one of my perennial favourites and a Spooky Season mainstay.
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo writes about Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (USA, 2025)! “With his newest, One Battle After Another, Anderson is back on form. Not that he ever truly left, but after a couple of divisive titles like Licorice Pizza […]
Anyone that knows me will tell you that I’m a sucker for an unconventional animal-themed film and while it doesn’t have the in-your-face animated aesthetic of last year’s Flow, György Pálfi’s new film ‘Hen’ chicken-scratches that itch in a major way.
The Sachin Hingoo has thoughts on 4 more films from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: Frankenstein (USA, 2025); Dust Bunny (USA, 2025); Train Dreams (USA, 2025); and, The Ugly (South Korea, 2025)! “As we enter the back half of TIFFty and the films start to almost literally […]
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 […]
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