Day: 16 September 2022

Amy Sheppard

Nothing But Wild: Amy Sheppard takes us through her debut EP, Track by Track

As a founding member of the band Sheppard, Amy Sheppard has earnt her stripes over the last decade as part of one of our most successful acts to break through domestically and overseas. Today, Amy has released her keenly anticipated debut record, the fabulous EP Nothing But Wild. This is a singer/songwriter that knows how…

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Clea

New Music Discoveries 16th September: Clea, Joesef, Sloan Peterson and more

A further ten tracks have been added to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including two tracks we exclusively premiered earlier in the week. Our Track of the Week is “Listen Up” from Clea. The multi-hyphenate – songwriter/producer/performer has released a song of clarity and beauty, crisp clear production with an ethereal warmth…

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The Good Nurse adheres to a more refreshing approach when detailing its true crime narrative: TIFF 2022 Review

There’s something incredibly refreshing about The Good Nurse in that its true-crime temperament isn’t marred by overt manipulation – as so many of such adapted tales can be. Jessica Chastain (as typically great and committed as expected) is Amy, the titular good nurse, a single mother who is hiding her own ailment as she dedicates…

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The Son is emotionally manipulative in its interrogation of teenage depression: TIFF 2022 Review

The claustrophobic and emotional resonance Florian Zeller created with 2020’s The Father is unfortunately nowhere to be found in The Son, a prequel of sorts based off another of Zeller’s stage plays. A chamber piece on the subject of dementia that rightfully won Anthony Hopkins his second Best Actor Academy Award, The Father expressed subtlety…

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a playful experience that speaks to Rian Johnson’s ease as an intricate storyteller: TIFF 2022 Review

Rian Johnson had far too much fun paying homage to the works of Agatha Christie in 2019’s star-studded crime comedy Knives Out.  To say he executed it perfectly would be putting it mildly, but whilst a sequel to such a set-up seemed like a given, how anything secondary would be navigated was another mystery in…

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