Start your Spooktober right with this BBC Radio production of Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows starring Bill Pullman and Julian Sands! “In this haunting 2022 radio adaptation, two old acquaintances set out on a canoe journey along the Danube, only to find themselves stalked by an unseen, malevolent presence […]
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 […]
The Cultural Gutter is attending Fantastic Fest again this year! This time the Gutter’s own Carol Borden will be attending strapped into the chairs of the CG Viewatorium (and Sachin Hingoo might be if he survives TIFF 2026). We’ll be sharing first impressions and reviews here at the […]
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo along with Karen Shute report on their first screenings at this year’s TIFF, including the newly restored version of Ken Russell’s The Devils (1971), Miwa Nishikawa’s Children Untold (2026), Theo Rhys’ Stuffed (2026), and Nyla Innuksuk’s In The Heart […]
BBC Archive shares a 1965 report on women’s professional wrestling in Britain and interview two wrestlers, Mitzi Mueller and Naughty Nancy Barton. “‘These are tough maidens… you can’t fix the floor–that stays hard, routines or no routines.’ Fyfe Robertson reports on a women’s wrestling match between Mitzi Mueller […]
It’s a 1984 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel, A Suspension of Mercy / The Story-Teller (1965). “When crime novelist Sydney Bartleby begins rehearsing the ‘perfect murder’ for creative inspiration, his macabre habits draw dangerous attention from neighbours, police, and even his own wife. But when […]