Articles by Rachel Ho

'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...

Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2025

It's not to say 2024 was a bad year for Hollywood, but with the after effects of the pandemic still at play and the delays caused by the...

Take That, Biopics! 'Better Man' Bests the Formula

Directed by Michael Gracey

PUBLISHED Dec 25, 2024

What makes 'Better Man' a distinctive music biopic among the seemingly endless sea of the subgenre is not the fact that director Michael...

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...

'Bird': The Acclaimed Cast and Where You've Seen Them Before

PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2024

After a few years working in the documentary and television space, filmmaker Andrea Arnold returns to her narrative roots and back to the...

'Better Man': The Real-Life Musicians in Robbie Williams's Biopic and the Actors Who Portray Them

PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2024

This Christmas Day, Robbie Williams and Take That fans can rejoice in the theatrical release of the at-times-controversial singer's biopic,...

For James Gunn, Directing 'Superman' Is a Balancing Act

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2024

With the dramas of #ReleaseTheSnyderCut, Batfleck and 'Batgirl' firmly in the rear window, the long-awaited reboot to the DC Extended...

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...