The 2004 psychological thriller Dead Man’s Shoes is certainly one of director Shane Meadows’ best efforts. It stars Paddy Considine, who also co-wrote the film, and Toby Kebbell, in his film debut, as two siblings, Richard, an ex-British soldier, and Anthony, Richard’s mentally-impaired younger brother. We discover that Anthony has been physically and emotionally abused by a gang […]
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Gender and sexuality have become a key debate of the contemporary culture wars, stoked by disingenuous journalists who know little about the realities of living such oppressed realities. Far too rarely are members of the LGBTQIA+ community given the platform themselves to speak freely about their lived experience away from the cynicism of modern PR […]
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Canadian-American singer-songwriter and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie is retiring from live performances. The ‘Universal Soldier’ singer announced the cancellation of all shows “in the foreseeable future” this week, with health concerns and physical challenges the deciding factors. “I have made the difficult decision to pull out of all scheduled performances in the foreseeable future,” the 82-year-old explained in […]
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While we can appreciate the irony in a multi-millionaire Hollywood actor on the picket line complaining about being “unable to eat” or lamenting the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) rates of over $1,000 a day, there are still hundreds of thousands of people being exploited. Besides, any strikes favouring better employee protection and fairer pay get our support. […]
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The science of when to release an album is strange one. Labels genuinely pore money and resources into this study, and it would seem from the rather slight list of releases this week that the first week in August isn’t deemed a favourable one. Why? Absolutely no idea, but this is the leanest week of the summer […]
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