The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts on Kenichi Ugana’s The Curse (Taiwan / Japan, 2025), now screening at Fantastic Fest 2025! Kenichi Ugana’s The Curse has the punk sensibility—down to its scratchy opening title card that looks like a punk zine cover—the gleeful gore, the dark […]
It’s Fantastic Fest time again and the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo and I were lucky enough to receive press accreditation again. We are cub reporters no more.We hang out in the virtual lounge and tip our fedoras at passing fancy people. We write at late hours and at […]
It’s already steamy where I am–90 F and a thunderstorm is coming in. Everyone is getting their Pride outfits and do’s together. Summer is basically here. Maybe you’re getting ready to go camping or making plans for a trip to the beach. Maybe you’ve even booked a hotel […]
It’s festival season and I was fortunate enough to receive credentials for this year’s Fantastic Fest! Who knows why but I’m going to do my best to engage with the art and write some thoughtful reflections on what I see. Even though I am attending remotely, I’m going […]
Friend of the Gutter and Soldier of Cinema Robert A. Mitchell interviews John Hsu and Gingle Wang on Midnight Madness’ red carpet at the North American premiere of The Dead Talents Society at the Toronto International Film Festival! Watch here.
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival starts this week on September 5. Check out the line-up for this year’s Midnight Madness program and make your genre film plans accordingly! See it here. Make sure to click through here for Midnight Madness Programmer Peter Kuplowsky’s video about this year’s […]
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