reviews
Seth Rogen's 'Platonic' Is a Welcome Return to the Friendship Comedies of the 2000s
Created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller
PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2023
When rom-com titan Nicholas Stoller makes a show called Platonic starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne — who have previously played a married...
Toronto's New Friends Fest 2023 Celebrated the Subversive Force of Community
PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2023
Started in 2017, New Friends Fest — Toronto's preeminent (post)hardcore, punk and screamo festival — held its fourth, devastatingly loud i...
Season 3 of 'Only Murders in the Building' Isn't Quite the Perfect Crime — but It's Still a Lot of Fun
Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman
PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2023
With each new season, Only Murders in the Building lets us dive into the sleuthing trio's past. In Season 1, we learned all about Mabel's (...
'Satan Wants You' Shows How the Satanic Panic of the '80s Still Resonates
Directed by Sean Horlor and Steve J. Adams
PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2023
Since watching Satan Wants You, I've been pondering what Michelle Smith and her therapist, Lawrence Pazder, wanted from their book, Michell...
'Shortcomings' Cuts Self-Congratulatory Representation Down to Size
Directed by Randall Park
PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2023
When Crazy Rich Asians first came out, I was called a "bad Asian" for not going out to watch the film on opening weekend. While I've apprec...
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem' Captures the Youthful Spirit of Its Half-Shell Heroes
Directed by Jeff Rowe
PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2023
It feels like it's been a minute since we saw a movie or TV show worthy of the Turtles. A mainstay of the children's cartoon rotation in th...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Sheer Mag Are (Thankfully) Still Themselves on "All Lined Up"
PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2023
Sheer Mag do one thing. In regard to most bands, that would sound like an insult, but Sheer Mag do that one thing so well — so (seemingly)...
Aphex Twin's 'Blackbox Life Recorder 21f / in a Room7 F760' Is Solid Tungsten
PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2023
There's always some giddy excitement around an Aphex Twin release, and not just for us, the listeners; you can easily picture everyone at W...