Articles by Rachel Ho

RaMell Ross Seeks "a Sort of Realism" in 'Nickel Boys' and Its POV Perspective of the South

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025

Midway through a conversation with director and writer RaMell Ross, he recommends Scott L. Matthews's book...

'Young Werther' Puts a Fresh Toronto Twist on a Classic

Directed by José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025

Based on the 1774 novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Young Werther' follows the time-honoured tradition of...

'Young Werther' Celebrates 2000s Toronto Through a "Haze of Nostalgia"

PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2025

"There's this idea that only films set in New York, Chicago or Paris will play," says Young Werther director José Avelino Gilles Corbett...

'North of North' Is Celebrating Inuk Joy, as Its Creators Take Control of Their Own Stories

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2025

In discussing the steps forward Indigenous cinema has taken in Canada in recent years, Inuk actor Anna Lambe states her desire for "soverei...

Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2025

It's not to say 2024 was a bad year for Hollywood, but with the after effects of the pandemic still at play and the delays caused by the...

Take That, Biopics! 'Better Man' Bests the Formula

Directed by Michael Gracey

PUBLISHED Dec 25, 2024

What makes 'Better Man' a distinctive music biopic among the seemingly endless sea of the subgenre is not the fact that director Michael...

Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp Bring "Very Human" Fears to the Blood-Sucking Monster of 'Nosferatu'

PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2024

For all the grief critics and cinephiles give to the film industry for constantly remaking and rebooting the same properties over and over...

'Bird': The Acclaimed Cast and Where You've Seen Them Before

PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2024

After a few years working in the documentary and television space, filmmaker Andrea Arnold returns to her narrative roots and back to the...