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AC/DC's Rock N Roll Train Shook Vancouver All Night Long on the Highway to Hell

BC Place, April 22

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025

BC Place was alight with wearable flashing devil horns this past Tuesday (April 22) night, as rock gods AC/DC rumbled through Vancouver on...

Florence Road Hatch Fully Formed on "Caterpillar"

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025

Sometimes a side chick ain't even a side chick, it's the beautiful and proud nation of Ireland. Florence Road are a quartet of four...

CUFF 2025: 'Move Ya Body: The Birth of House' Follows the Expected Beats

Directed by Elegance Bratton

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025

The history of house music begins with the death of disco. As is the case with every trend, the synth-y beats of disco showed signs of...

CUFF 2025: 'Eephus' Is a Sweetly Nostalgic Home Run

Directed by Carson Lund

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2025

There's a gentle rhythm to baseball that mirrors a quiet summer evening around a bonfire — it's cooling off but the day's humidity still...

SUMAC and Moor Mother Find Startling Cinematic Symmetry on 'The Film'

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2025

Describing an album as "genreless" or "genre-defying" can be a temptation rooted in cowardice — the fear of identifying something as...

CUFF 2025: 'Shadow of God' Exorcises Trauma with Artful Style

Directed by Michael Peterson

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2025

Led by a strong performance from Mark O'Brien, 'Shadow of God' shifts the balance of the exorcist premise while giving winks and nods to...

'Andor' Season 2 Is the Best 'Star Wars' Has Ever Been (and Probably Will Ever Be)

Created by Tony Gilroy

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2025

It's no secret that Disney has struggled with Star Wars ever since acquiring Lucasfilm back in 2012. Between a hot mess of a sequel trilogy...

'Sinners' Goes Deeper Than Film

Directed by Ryan Coogler

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2025

Sinners is Ryan Coogler's first big studio film not based on any pre-existing IP, and the fact that the film features twin brothers who ret...