Articles by Matt Bobkin

Steph Tolev, Nick Reynoldson and Daniel Woodrow Ring In the New Year at the Comedy Records/Exclaim! Standup Showcase

PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2018

With the new year fast approaching, many people are locking in their new year's resolutions. If your resolution is to "see more comedy," th...

Watch the First Trailer for Jordan Peele's New Horror Film 'Us'

PUBLISHED Dec 25, 2018

After the runaway success of his 2017 directorial debut Get Out, Jordan Peele is back in the director's chair. The first trailer for his se...

Watch Thom Yorke's Seamless "Silent Night" and "Reckoner" Mashup

PUBLISHED Dec 24, 2018

Christmas is fast approaching, and even Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is getting into the holiday spirit. During his solo show at the Chels...

​Trevante Rhodes Talks About Keeping Things Hopeful in Netflix Horror Flick 'Bird Box'

PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2018

Horror film Bird Box, which drops on Netflix today (December 21), is pretty bleak in its depiction of a post-apocalyptic world in which hum...

'Bird Box' Offers Post-Apocalyptic Tension That Feels Familiar

Directed by Susanne Bier

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2018

This year's best horror films challenged tropes (Annihilation), tactics (Hereditary) and the conventions of cinema itself (A Quiet Place)....

Toronto Venue UNIUN Nightclub to Close

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2018

Continuing the string of recent venue closures in Toronto, EDM haven UNIUN Nightclub will be closing its doors at the end of the month. Th...

'If Beale Street Could Talk' Promotes Hope in Challenging Times

Directed by Barry Jenkins

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2018

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins is about to break our hearts all over again with another gripping tale of black love. Adapting James Baldw...

'Aquaman' Villain Patrick Wilson Uses His Horror Film Past to Bring Out the Theatricality of the DC Universe

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2018

There may be no jump scares or exorcisms in Aquaman, but horror is firmly embedded in the film's DNA. Director James Wan is best known for...