Articles by Marko Djurdjić

‘Paddington in Peru’ Fails to Live Up to Its Predecessors

Directed by Dougal Wilson

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2025

Threequels, ugh. Sometimes, they become timeless classics — much beloved and endlessly rewatchable — others serve as the black sheep of the...

Horsegirl Make Their Own Enduring Consonance with 'Phonetics On and On'

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2025

Horsegirl have deftly bridged the wide gulfs between archetypal and ingenious by making music that, while indebted to the sound of decades...

Squid Bravely Face a Burning World on 'Cowards'

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2025

Before their second album was even released, Squid had already finished writing and recording their third. In fact, the band finished...

'Blue Rodeo: Lost Together' Pays Tribute to the "Sound of Canada"

Directed by Dale Heslip

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2025

Blue Rodeo are a Canadian institution. Their songs have soundtracked the lives of Canadians for over four decades, and yet their story has...

'A Complete Unknown' Offers the Same Old Side of Bob Dylan

Directed by James Mangold

PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2025

Biopics, particularly music biopics, often follow a hollow recipe that, in recent years, has begun to sour, with a slew of derivative...

'Kraven the Hunter' Is Cravin' to Be Put Out of Its Misery

Directed by J.C. Chandor

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024

Sony's Spider-Man Villain Spin-Off Universe (or as Sony likes to call it, "Sony's Spider-Man Universe") has been a disaster, a series of ba...

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...

Modest Mouse Shared Some Good News in Toronto

History, November 17

PUBLISHED Nov 18, 2024

Let's just get this out of the way right now: at their show last night at History, Modest Mouse played "Float On." It's usually a concert...