Articles by Marko Djurdjić

Jlin's 'Akoma' Is a Mind-Scrambling Masterpiece

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2024

When Jlin released 'Black Origami' in 2017, the Gary, Indiana producer must have known what she had on her hands...

Uranium Club Are Ambitious as Ever on 'Infants Under the Bulb'

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2024

Uranium Club’s music can best be described as warped, or maybe wiry. Or perhaps groovy is best. Or… unsettling? It’s very difficult to pinp...

Five Must-See Acts at Toronto Metal Fest Prepare the Ground 2024

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2024

This year, Toronto will be hosting the inaugural Prepare the Ground festival, a three-day celebration of all things heavy. Organized by...

'Imaginary' Isn't Real Scary

Directed by Jeff Wadlow

PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2024

The imagination can be a hell of a scary place, where the worst fears — about the world, about others and about the self — can manifest and...

Ethan Coen’s 'Drive-Away Dolls' Needs His Co-Driver

Directed by Ethan Coen

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2024

Few writer-directors — or in this case, writer-director duos — have a voice as distinct as Joel and Ethan Coen, a.k.a. the Coen Brothers...

'Lovely, Dark, and Deep' Is Worth Getting Lost In

Directed by Teresa Sutherland

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2024

In cinema, forests are often used as a metaphor for the mind — a labyrinth of traps impossible to understand, orient ourselves in or escape...

On 'PHASOR,' Softness Is Helado Negro's Greatest Strength

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024

'PHASOR'’s softness is its greatest strength, extolling the virtues of patience, silence, touch and exploration...

'Lisa Frankenstein' Needs a Jolt to Come Alive

Directed by Zelda Williams

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2024

Diablo Cody's work has always had an aw-shucks-but-make-it-dark quality to it. Her writing is chock-full of what can only be described as...