reviews

TADFF 2023: 'Daniel's Gotta Die' Is Lifeless

Directed by Jeremy LaLonde

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2023

Films that subscribe to the Martin McDonagh School of Violence and Cynicism can only go so far. Like all of McDonagh's films, the story wil...

Ragana Find Light in the Depths with 'Desolation's Flower'

PUBLISHED Oct 26, 2023

Fans of a particular style of heavy music have likely had Ragana — the metal duo of the mononymous Maria and Coley — on their radar for sev...

The Mountain Goats Keep Their Mythology Alive with 'Jenny from Thebes'

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023

As on long-running cable TV, recurring characters are always welcome on Mountain Goats albums. And just like the crowd-pleasing stunt episo...

The Kills Look to Better Days on 'God Games'

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023

It's been a long and winding road to God Games. Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince's pared-down blues-rock was forged in the peppermint wake o...

Anti-Heist Movie 'The Delinquents' Searches for Enlightenment — and Finds It

Directed by Rodrigo Moreno

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2023

"Adonde está la libertad?" ("Where is freedom?") cries the closing song of Rodrigo Moreno's The Delinquents, a strange, puzzling and moving...

'Milli Vanilli' Offers Fresh Insight on a Familiar Controversy

Directed by Luke Korem

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2023

When Milli Vanilli emerged 35 years ago, the pop music landscape changed forever. Their rise and fall may seem trivial to a generation who...

RUSSELL! Steps into His Sweeter Side on "JUST LIKE CANDY"

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2023

Although he burst onto the Toronto music scene as a rapper back in the early 2010s, RUSSELL! has been polishing his vocal chops amidst his...

Lost Girls Find Pop Melodies in the Mire on 'Selvutsletter'

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PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2023

Where 2018's Drive EP and 2021's full-length debut Menneskekollektivet were defined by their unruly, serpentine excursions into Jenny Hval'...