Articles by Rachel Ho

'Relay' Drops the Baton Between Plot Twists

Directed by David Mackenzie

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024

'Relay' begins on a high note and rides that wave for at least a third of its runtime. Unfortunately any goodwill accumulated becomes ...

'Bring Them Down' Will Bring You Down — in the Best Way

Directed by Christopher Andrews

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024

Some people go to the movies to be whisked away by romance, others for laughter, many for an adrenaline rush. Me though, I like having my...

'The Mother and the Bear' Warms a Winnipeg Winter

Directed by Johnny Ma

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024

On a cold Winnipeg evening, a rustling behind a dumpster in an alleyway startles a young woman, Sumi (Leere Park), who slips and falls on...

'Young Werther' Puts a Fresh Toronto Twist on a Classic

Directed by José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024

Based on the 1774 novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Young Werther' follows the time-honoured tradition of...

'Shook' Tells a Different Sort of Scarborough Story

Directed by Amar Wala

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2024

Movies set in Scarborough tend to show the beauty of the area through its grit and the trauma that follows. While there's certainly a need...

'Presence' Is an Unexpected Fake-Out

Directed by Steven Soderbergh

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2024

More often than not, Steven Soderbergh's career is spoken of as this kind of Soderbergh movie or that kind of Soderbergh movie. His...

Zia Anger Redeems Past Mistakes with 'My First Film': "I Had a Lot of Delusions of Grandeur"

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2024

Zia Anger prefers the term "autofiction" when describing 'My First Film,' her project that tells the story of her journey as a first-time...

Exclaim!'s 10 Most Anticipated Films of TIFF 2024

PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2024

The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off on September 5, taking over the city for 11 days with premiere...