Interview

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  Practical Effects Are an Endangered Species, but 'The Legend of Ochi' Brings Them Back to Life

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2025

  The best part of 'The Legend of Ochi' isn't Willem Dafoe slurping stew as it runs down his chin, or the layer of dirt and grime that covers...

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  Ghost's Tobias Forge on Life After Lore and the Band's "Very Strong Tie to Canada"

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2025

  A Ghost album starts as a solitary endeavour for bandleader and frontman Tobias Forge. Though his band has become known for its elaborate...

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  Finn Wolfhard Says Acting, Music and Directing Are "All the Same Train Station with All Different Tracks"

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2025

  "I'm just a 22-year-old guy who's going through the same weird stuff that people who are in their early 20s go through, just in a different...

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  How Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva Made Windsor the Second Home of Detroit Techno

  PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2025

  Before streaming or music television, underground music spread at a glacial pace. In the late 20th century, it took years for some of the...

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  Djo's Music Is Anything but Basic: "If Somebody Can Find Themselves in It, Then Mission Accomplished"

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2025

  "I kind of do this selfishly, just for myself." Joe Keery's craft comes from an insular place. Once best known for his role as the charming...

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  It Took a Village to Create 'Village Keeper': "This Film Was Very Much a Labour of Love"

  PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025

  "Mothers, they do so many things and most of which we don't see," says filmmaker Karen Chapman, "and so many times they do this by...

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  Lucy Dacus on Making Toronto Magic Despite a Concussion, Possibly Moving to Canada, and Her Love of Charlotte Cornfield and BSS

  PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2025

  Despite having effectively gone on hiatus since sweeping the 2023 Grammy Awards, a lot of people are still thinking about boygenius. Lucy...

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  Destroyer Boogies in Unexpected Directions: "I Thought the Bombast Was Behind Me"

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2025

  Gearing up for the release of his latest full-length album, Destroyer's Dan Bejar treated fans to four solo acoustic shows across Nova...