This year for Switcheroo Month I thought I would doubly switch things up by writing about something reputable–the films of Alfred Hitchcock–and something I would not usually write about–the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock is a filmmaker I struggle with. I recognize the quality of his work. I […]
This is Carol Borden’s last film of this year’s Overlook Film Festival–Exhuma (South Korea, 2024): The past is very present in writer/director Jang Jae-hyun’s Exhuma (South Korea, 2024). There is both familial and colonial history reaching back to World War II and then even further. Shaman Lee Hwa-rim […]
Hey, it’s some initial impressions of the third movie the Gutter’s own Carol Borden saw at this year’s Overlook Film Festival: Paul Duane’s All You Need Is Death (Ireland, 2023): All You Need Is Death is like a ballad full of dread and a desperate foreboding. It has […]
The Gutter’s own Carol Borden is fortunate enough to be (remotely) attending the Overlook Film Festival 2024 and has some thoughts on Larry Fessenden’s new werewolf movie, Blackout: Charlie (Alex Hurt) is trying to escape Talbot Falls but can’t quite get out. A town with that name is […]
The Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo attended the Boston Underground Film Festival this year! Read his write ups at Biff Bam Pop! First up, Sachin reviews Joseph Mault’s Strange Kindness (2023). “There’s a lot of loud in movies right now. Big explosions, big sets, big sandworms, and just…more of […]
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Sachin Hingoo writes about kidventure fantasy, The Riddle Of Fire! “Sometimes I come across something so small and perfect and understated that it’s hard to wrap my head around it. When it’s a movie, I find myself staring wide-eyed at it, […]