reviews
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: El Michels Affair & Black Thought Are on Some Other Shit with 'Glorious Game'
PUBLISHED May 17, 2023
To witness Black Thought rap is glorious, in and of itself. No, watching the Roots on Fallon doesn't count: one needs to experience it live...
'Master Gardener' Doesn't Reap the Harvest of Its Fertile Soil
Directed by Paul Schrader
PUBLISHED May 17, 2023
Paul Schrader tackles big themes in small rooms, fixating on broken, self-destructive men who find themselves alienated by the modernity th...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: cumgirl8 Seek Subversive Change in the Arms of "cicciolina"
PUBLISHED May 16, 2023
cumgirl8 haven't dulled their sparkle on their first single for 4AD. The New York post-punks pay homage to the Italian politician and porn...
Alex Lahey Is All About Risk on 'The Answer Is Always Yes'
PUBLISHED May 16, 2023
For Alex Lahey, life these days is all about risk. That head-first mindset is apparent from the title of The Answer Is Always Yes, her thir...
'What's Love Got to Do with It?' Sweetly Answers Its Own Question
Directed by Shekhar Kapur
PUBLISHED May 15, 2023
What's Love Got to Do with It? ticks every box of a successful rom-com: wounded cynics who gradually learn the true meaning of love, questi...
'Retrograde' Is Barely a Movie, and It's Great
Directed by Adrian Murray
PUBLISHED May 15, 2023
For his second feature film, Canadian writer and director Adrian Murray tests the boundaries of just how mundane and ordinary a movie plot...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: billy woods Keeps His Hot Streak Going with the Kenny Segal-Assisted 'Maps'
PUBLISHED May 15, 2023
billy woods released two of the best rap albums I heard last year (the spring's Aethiopes and the fall's Church), and he keeps his absolute...
Gumm Shake the Foundation on 'Slogan Machine'
PUBLISHED May 15, 2023
The last two years have been very kind to hardcore bands and their fans. Recently, there's been a barrage of great releases that have seen...