Peter Gutierrez
New Jersey

Writer of fiction and nonfiction, with too little of the former and too much of the latter published over the past couple of decades. For more info, please just Google me, adding words such as comics, film, literacy, media, and horror. And thanks for reading my work...

NYC Happenings: The Middle Ages Come To Anthology Film Archives!

Any New York reader will know that it's always a treat to visit the Anthology Film Archives in the East Village. Starting this Thursday, April 11th and running through June 9th, AFA has a good dozen plus films playing that'll... More »
  

Fantastic Fest 2012 Review: UNIT 7
As anyone reading, or writing for, Twitch will probably tell you, there's a fine line between genre conventions and outright clichés. To an outsider, someone who's not a fan of a particular genre, anything that looks somewhat familiar can be... More »
  

Blu-ray Review: BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW Is Everything And Nothing Like You'd Expect
There has been no shortage of digital ink spilled at Twitch regarding Panos Cosmatos' psychedelic future-shock mind fuck, Beyond the Black Rainbow, and as such, I had some pre-conceived notions going in to this viewing. I was expecting an homage... More »
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Japan Cuts 2012 Preview: For July, A Cool Slice of Cinematic Pie
Though the 2012 New York Asian Film Festival is winding down, cinephiles in New York, or those visiting, have plenty more to look forward to in July. And Japan Society's Japan Cuts: The New York Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema,... More »
  

Review: DOUBLE TROUBLE is as Familiar, Lightweight, and Amiable as Its Title Implies
I'll tell you the perfect way to see Double Trouble, one that you can perhaps duplicate in spirit if not actuality: make sure a nine-year-old and twelve-year-old are with you at the time. That's the way I screened it, and... More »
  

Review: ARJUN - THE WARRIOR PRINCE Artfully Straddles Grownup Themes and Disney Sugar
It's hard not to be impressed by Arjun - The Warrior Prince. And I'm not talking about the grand sweep of its story or its breathtaking visuals -- I mean its sheer ambition in terms of "audience and purpose." Yes,... More »
  

Book Review: TALK ABOUT CINEMA by Jean-Baptiste Thoret is Too Fun to be This Smart
In case you didn't notice, there's a big problem with most film books, especially those that purport to provide a handy yet comprehensive overview of the medium's high points and key elements: they're boring.That's not to say that some of... More »
  

THE AVENGERS and the Restoration of Wonder
I took my eldest son to see The Avengers today....and who cares, right?Except that there are two possibly interesting things about this: I can't remember the last time I saw a movie in theaters twice during its opening run. Maybe... More »
  

Hot Docs 2012 Interview: Winnifred Bonjean-Alpart of SEXY BABY
The temptation in the headline above is to say "Winnifred Bonjean-Alpart... the star of Sexy Baby." But aside from the fact that docs don't really have stars, she's also just one of the three subjects of Ronna Gradus and Jill... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Interview: Boris Rodriguez of EDDIE - THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL
Of all the films I've seen this year at Tribeca -- and the tally is starting to add up -- none brings a smile to my face faster than Eddie - The Sleepwalking Cannibal. And I'm guessing I'm not the... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Interview: Justin Benson and Aaron Scott Moorhead of RESOLUTION
I'll tell you what kind of guys Messrs. Benson and Moorhead are, in addition, of course, to being the co-directors of one of Tribeca's breakout hits this year, Resolution. When I met them a couple of days ago in the... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: RESOLUTION
"I think they were searching for monsters... and found each other."This bit of dialogue isn't the tagline for Resolution, and in fact isn't even spoken about the protagonists (the reverse would be closer to the truth), but it does offer... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: UNIT 7
As anyone reading, or writing for, Twitch will probably tell you, there's a fine line between genre conventions and outright clichés. To an outsider, someone who's not a fan of a particular genre, anything that looks somewhat familiar can be... More »
  

Tribeca 2012 Review: EDDIE - THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL
With a title that screams "campy fun ahead," Eddie -The Sleepwalking Cannibal both telegraphs its pleasures and sells them short. Yes, this Danish-Canadian co-production is pure fun from its first moment to its last (and beyond: stay for the credits),... More »
  

Tribeca 2012: Exclusive Image From JACKPOT Nails It
So here we have Arthur Berning, Mads Ousdal, and Kyrre Hellum in a scene from Jackpot, which has its International Premiere in the Cinemania strand at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.From a highly reliable source I've heard Magnus Martens' dark... More »
  

Review: THE ASSAULT (L'ASSAUT) is Handsome and Involving, Yet Less Than Sum of Its Parts
[The Assault opens in limited release in the U.S. tomorrow. The following review was first published when the film screened at the Tribeca Film Festival last year.] Always handsome in its burnished gun-metal and sepia tones, and immediately involving, Julien... More »
  

Series Preview: Nina Menkes Retro at New York's Anthology Film Archives
"It took me a long time to understand my own film." That's writer-director Nina Menkes on what may be her best known work, The Bloody Child (1996). To say that it uses reverse-chronology to tell the based-on-true-events tale of a... More »
  

Series Preview: "Love Will Tear Us Apart" at NY's Japan Society
In view of its topic, one is tempted to say of Japan Society's new series that it's too bad it didn't arrive a couple of weeks ago, around February 14--then again, I don't think Valentine's Day could have withstood the... More »
  

Film Comment Selects 2012 Preview
If you needed any confirmation about the deep-seated fannishness of film critics, all you'd have to do is eavesdrop on their pre-screening chatter as they find their seats or their post-screening blabfests over their beverages of choice. Rather than dazzlingly... More »
  

THE IRON LADY Review
With the success in recent years of films like The Queen, Frost/Nixon, and The King's Speech, it's hard to fault those who greenlit this big screen portrait of former British PM Margaret Thatcher. You've got a dynamic, polarizing figure and... More »
  
 
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