reviews
CUFF Review: 'Mister Organ' Exposes Everyday Sociopathy
Directed by David Farrier
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2023
David Farrier can't seem to stay away from the disturbing. The New Zealand journalist and documentarian is perhaps best known outside his h...
'Evil Dead Rise' Reanimates the Franchise with Gory Glory
Directed by Lee Cronin
PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2023
Folk horror has always had its thorny roots turning and winding around the sharp fear that ancient beliefs are, actually, well-founded. Wha...
ALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT are Time Travellers on 'Darling the Dawn'
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2023
While the Internet's proclivity for describing spaces as 'liminal' has reached its stultifying peak, "Darling the Dawn" — the debut long pl...
Bestfriend Leave It All Behind on 'places i've left'
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2023
It seems like 2023 is the year of the anxious and angsty millennial (and Gen Z cusp?) album. From Paramore's This Is Why to boygenius' the...
'Dead Ringers' Doesn't Resemble David Cronenberg's Original — and It's Worse for It
Created by Alice Birch
PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2023
David Cronenberg's 1988 film Dead Ringers has held up incredibly well over the years. More than 30 years later, it continues to turn up on...
Little Richard Documentary 'I Am Everything' Doesn't Tell Viewers Everything
Directed by Lisa Cortés
PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2023
Documentarians have a choice to make before they hit record: do we make a film that simply collates information and presents it as is, leav...
Caroline Polachek Welcomed Toronto to Her Island
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, April 17
PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2023
Shoulders back and head straight, Caroline Polachek strode across the volcanic stage set at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre like it was a runwa...
William Prince Sounds Larger Than Life on 'Stand in the Joy'
PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2023
The perfected sonic palette on William Prince's latest record, Stand in the Joy, rests in the careful mix of his deep, gentle baritone with...