Articles by Rachel Ho

'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...

'Blink Twice': The Stacked Cast and Where You’ve Seen Them Before

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2024

Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut, 'Blink Twice,' brings audiences to a lavish private island owned by tech billionaire Slater King....

Joan Chen on Progress Hollywood Made to Get to 'Dìdi (弟弟)'

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2024

When Joan Chen moved to California from Shanghai, she had just won Best Actress at the Hundred Flowers Awards (at the time considered to be...

Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in August 2024

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2024

In the blink of an eye, summer begins its wind down and autumn is right around the corner. As we gear up for pumpkin spice lattes and flann...

'Alien: Romulus' Director Fede Álvarez Is Sick of Hollywood's Obsession with Opening Weekends

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2024

"The [focus on] opening weekend is more based on the fact that most movies are terrible and they think you can hopefully fool people into...