On their self-titled debut full-length in 2018, Austin’s Exhalants sounded oddly like a Chicago band. Austin noise-rock has a very specific feel: whether we’re talking about the unhinged no wave of the Butthole Surfers, the loose-limbed pummeling of Cherubs, or the deadpan country-fried twang of Spray Paint, it always feels more slippery and acid-laced than […]
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TIFF Review: The Conspirator
J.R. Jones reviews Robert Redford’s Civil War drama The Conspirator, which screened this week at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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My posh or yours?
After 50-plus years of dissing, the “tradition of quality” still knows what Oscar wants.