The Cultural Gutter at the Overlook Film Festival 2025!
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and Carol Borden are both remotely attending this year’s Overlook Film Festival. You can find their updates here at the Gutter and Sachin’s at Biff Bam Pop!
‘The Twentieth Century’, ‘Universal Language’, and Matthew Rankin’s Contorted Canadiana
After almost two centuries of reasonably cordial interconnectedness, we seem to be at an inflection point in the relationship between Canada and the United States, for ~reasons~. But as much as Canada has had American culture and history foisted on us, the reverse is rarely true. It has […]
Trailer Time: Sean Byrne’s Dangerous Animals (2025)
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo has some thoughts on filmmaker Sean Byrne and the trailer for his new film, Dangerous Animals. “When it comes to filmmakers that are near and dear to my heart, there’s a pretty long list. From David Lynch to Amanda […]
“Titillating Tyranny in James Ashcroft’s The Rule Of Jenny Pen”
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin has some thoughts on The Rule Of Jenny Pen (New Zealand, 2024). “Ultimately, Ashcroft’s film is about how bullying, left unchecked, can morph into tyranny and while such a story is usually portrayed between younger people on a schoolyard, it […]
The Beast Mortos: A Gentlebull of Asskickery
AEW’s The Beast Mortos walks the line between charming, good-looking academic and feral were-bull.
Unexpected Lightness in Pedro Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’
Pedro Almodovar’s debut English feature ‘The Room Next Door’ explores death and dying through a colourful and complicated lens.
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