Rachel Ho
Featured Critic
Rachel Ho is the Film Editor for Exclaim!, a regular contributor for POV Magazine and That Shelf, and can be heard on Contra Zoom Pod. She is also a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association and received their 2021 Emerging Critic Award. In 2022, Rachel served as a jury member for the Lavazza IncluCity Festival and Festival du nouveau cinéma.Articles by Rachel Ho:
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June 11, 2022
Interview: Director Mark O’Brien on The RighteousCanadian Mark O’Brien talks to us about his feature directorial debut The Righteous and how his home province of Newfoundland influenced his film.
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May 12, 2022
Patricia Rozema Interview: On Belonging, Identity, and Ignoring the NoiseIconic Canadian director Patricia Rozema speaks with That Shelf about her films, identity, and embracing who she is.
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April 2, 2022
Nightride Review: One Shot at Redemption.Nightride is a one-shot real time thriller that follows a drug dealer on his last job before going straight.
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April 2, 2022
Cyrano Review: Rewriting a ClassicPeter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, and Kelvin Henderson, Jr. star in Joe Wright’s adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac.
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February 20, 2022
Edoardo Vitaletti Talks The Last Thing Mary Saw“The story is about, figuratively speaking, silencing people,” says The Last Thing Mary Saw director Edoardo Vitaletti.
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February 7, 2022
Sundance 2022: Hallelujah ReviewIf we’re lucky, we’ll see the feature-length version of Hallelujah premiere at a future edition of Sundance.
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February 7, 2022
Sundance 2022: The Panola Project ReviewThe pandemic has been exhausting for everyone. In the last two years, not a day has gone by without a reminder of how the world has been crippled by this virus. This is why films like The Panola Project are necessary.
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February 1, 2022
Sundance 2022: Watcher ReviewWatcher is a slow-burn horror about a woman tormented by the pressure of unseen eyes.
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February 1, 2022
Sundance 2022: Interview with Speak No Evil Director Christian TafdrupSpeak No Evil’s director, Christian Tafdrup, on political correctness and the evolution of horror.
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January 31, 2022
Sundance 2022: Framing Agnes ReviewFraming Agnes invites a cast of trans actors to rewrite trans history.
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January 27, 2022
Sundance 2022: FRESH ReviewSebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar-Jones star in Mimi Cave’s FRESH, premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
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January 27, 2022
Sundance 2022: Good Luck To You, Leo Grande ReviewGood Luck To You, Leo Grande stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack in a heartfelt drama about sex, life, and love.
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January 25, 2022
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes ReviewInventive, clever, and hilarious, this Japanese sci-fi comedy is a one-take wonder that takes the time loop trope to another level.
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film
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TV
Gary Oldman Follows His Nose with Slow Horses
An interview with Gary Oldman about diving into his dishevelled spy Jackson Lamb on season six of Slow Horses and learning the character as the series evolves.
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music
Comparing CSN – Crosby, Stills and Nash on Rhino High Fidelity Vinyl
Editor-in-Chief Jason Gorber compares multiple copies of Crosby, Stills & Nash's self titled recording related to the latest Rhino High Fidelity release
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podcasts
Contra Zoom Pod Episode 346: 2026 VIFF Wrap Up
The Vancouver International Film Festival just finished, and Contra Zoom Pod talks about some of their favourite films that were screened.
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