The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo joins the writers of Biff Bam Pop to share their top picks for this year’s Toronto International Film Festival! “We’re in the back half of summer, unfortunately, and while most of us are sadly putting away our sunscreen, bathing suits, and fruity cocktails, […]
The National Diet Library in Tokyo has scanned a copy of Sekka Zusetsu, an 1832 book of snow crystals observed and recorded by Doi Toshitsura. See them here!
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 […]
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo shares his love of Onsen Shark / Hot Spring Shark Attack! “It recently came to my attention that there exists, in Japan, an annual Tokyo International Shark Film Festival. Even as an enjoyer of the sharksploitation subgenre of action, […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden has some thoughts about Hou Hsien-Hsiao’s Millennium Mambo at Monstrous Industry. “Millennium Mambo is very much a film of 2001. The cinematography, the techno, the fashion, the decor, the liminality, the settings, the drugs, the raves, the clubs, the ennui–all very much of […]
I attended the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival remotely, but with a press card in my cap and a matcha latte in my hand. I was disappointed I did not get a chance to see the movie I was most looking forward to, Wai Ka-Fai’s new film starring […]
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