Interview

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  '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...

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  Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos Reflects on the "Exotica" of Toronto and His Family's Roots in the City

  PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025

  Franz Ferdinand may be one of Glasgow's most famous exports, but, as it happens, frontman Alex Kapranos also has a familial tie to Canada's...

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  JUNO-Nominated Designer James Mejia Assesses Exclaim!'s Worst LP Covers of 2024, Shares the Secrets of Great Album Art

  PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2025

  As well as being the co-founder of Toronto indie institution Hand Drawn Dracula, James Mejia is a graphic designer who has been nominated...

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  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...

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  Adrien Brody on the Timeliness of 'The Brutalist' and America's Enduring "Harshness"

  PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

  To understand the American Dream is to understand the changing tides of the 20th century's most powerful nation. Writer James Truslow Adams...

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  Menno Versteeg on Hollerado's Mistakes and Getting Choked Out by Paul McCartney's Bodyguard

  PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2024

  When Exclaim! catches up with Menno Versteeg in the office at Royal Mountain Records, the Toronto label that the singer-guitarist co-founder...

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  The Weather Station Sounds the Alarm: "I Wish I Could Just Be Brat and Have Fun"

  PUBLISHED Nov 26, 2024

  Screaming cars, snarling fluorescent advertisements and the thunder of construction batter the senses. The November sun sinks its teeth...

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  The Many Hats of Lubalin, Canada's Next Pop Music Savant

  PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2024

  Viral TikTok sensation. JUNO-nominated producer and songwriter. Frequent Charlotte Cardin collaborator. Solo artist supreme. These are a...