reviews
Anti-Heist Movie 'The Delinquents' Searches for Enlightenment — and Finds It
Directed by Rodrigo Moreno
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023
"Adonde está la libertad?" ("Where is freedom?") cries the closing song of Rodrigo Moreno's The Delinquents, a strange, puzzling and moving...
'Milli Vanilli' Offers Fresh Insight on a Familiar Controversy
Directed by Luke Korem
PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2023
When Milli Vanilli emerged 35 years ago, the pop music landscape changed forever. Their rise and fall may seem trivial to a generation who...
RUSSELL! Steps into His Sweeter Side on "JUST LIKE CANDY"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2023
Although he burst onto the Toronto music scene as a rapper back in the early 2010s, RUSSELL! has been polishing his vocal chops amidst his...
Lost Girls Find Pop Melodies in the Mire on 'Selvutsletter'
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PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2023
Where 2018's Drive EP and 2021's full-length debut Menneskekollektivet were defined by their unruly, serpentine excursions into Jenny Hval'...
Bell Witch Put on a Mesmerizing Endurance Test in Toronto
Trinity-St. Paul's United Church, October 22
PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2023
Heading to church for Sunday service isn't usually worthy of reporting; millions of people around the world perform this ritual every week....
Bad Bunny Outshone Bad Writing on 'Saturday Night Live'
October 21, 2023
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2023
On double-duty, Bad Bunny did a fine job as host and musical guest, and while he outshone some lazy writing, anyone would've had trouble st...
Mali Velasquez Embarks on a Series of Beginnings with 'I'm Green'
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PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2023
"I drive you to the ER / But don't feel old enough," Mali Velasquez observes on "Turn Red," the kind of meditation-in-an-emergency Frank O'...
'Old Dads' Yells at Cloud
Directed by Bill Burr
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2023
In the 1996 episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homerpalooza," Abe Simpson tells a teenage Homer, "I used to be with 'it,' but then they chan...
