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Keira Knightley's Visceral Complexity Makes 'Black Doves' a Spy Classic
Created by Joe Barton
PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2024
Keira Knightley knows her voice, the beasts unleashed and restrained by its pits and zeniths. This knowledge is nowhere more cunningly on...
Yves Jarvis Makes the Moment Precious on "Gold Filigree"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2024
Back in October, Yves Jarvis — the moniker of Montreal-by-way-of-Calgary musician Jean-Sébastien Yves Audet — made his debut release for ...
Yesterday’s Man Make Indie Rock Sound Classic on "Fleetwood mac"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2024
Yesterday's Man describe their sound as "classic indie rock" — and Gal Av-Gay and Alie Lynch surely know a thing or two about classic indie...
'Get Away' Is a Bonkers Bloodbath
Directed by Steffen Haars
PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2024
Throughout horror history characters make mistakes and pay dearly for them, like traveling and staying on a remote island or rural areas...
'Play It Loud: How Toronto Got Soul' Traces the Roots of the Iconic Toronto Sound
Directed by Graeme Mathieson
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024
Collecting tales of the impact and influence Jamaican musicians have had on the Toronto music scene like Thanos collects Infinity Stones...
The Thrilling 'The Girl with the Needle' Jabs Holes in Expectations
Directed by Magnus von Horn
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024
Magnus von Horn's Palme d'Or-nominated 'The Girl with the Needle' is the darkly compelling tale of Karoline (Vic Carmen Sonne), a young...
'Gladiator II' Walks in the Same Sandals as the Original
Directed by Ridley Scott
PUBLISHED Dec 2, 2024
I count myself among the defenders of Ridley Scott's 'Napoleon.' I respected the hell out of Scott's don't-give-a-fuck attitude — he made an...
Goodbye Never Felt So Good at Tokyo Police Club's Joyous Farewell to Toronto
History, November 28
PUBLISHED Nov 29, 2024
In June, Exclaim! posted a feature with Tokyo Police Club. In that interview, bass player and lead vocalist Dave Monks and keyboardist...