The history of Hip Hop is one of the most diverse, multi-faceted and layered musical histories in the modern world. You could write fifty articles on it and still not touch the impact, policing, cultural significance and battles that went into solidifying it as one of the most important genres […]
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Hip-Hop: An Origin Short Story (1)
It is no secret that arguably Hip-Hop is one of America’s greatest exports. Born out of the block parties in the Bronx. Hip-Hop was born out of other genres as most are, but we may be able to pinpoint the exact date the brave, often uncompromising genre first blasted through […]
New Religion (Slamdance 2023) (Review)
Here we are, our concluding look at Slamdance 2023 with a movie that made a splash with the most adventurous viewers at last year’s Frightfest. Before that, though, the grand jury decided who is to be awarded the top honours. Narrative Feature: “Waiting for the Light to Change” (Dir. Linh […]
The Oscars vs Horror: NOPE will last
I returned home from work leaving a pile of project papers and funding applications, to meet a pile of films, plays and exhibition concepts that are yet to be born. This is the life of a producer, writer and curator and I wouldn’t have it any other way. To be […]
Punk Rock Vegan Movie (Slamdance 2023)
We return to Slamdance for our penultimate day of coverage. Kicking the week off with Mad Cats, then onto The Underbug, Starring Jerry as Himself, The Mad Writer and Stars in the Ordinary Universe, which brings us to one of the festival’s headline films, from Moby – the say what […]
Stars in the Ordinary Universe & The Mad Writer (Slamdance 2023)(Review)
Following Mad Cats, Starring Jerry as Himself and the Underbug, we return to Slamdance for more coverage of a film festival that celebrates new, emerging and alternative voices within the world of art, film and beyond. Thus far, I have been trying to theme my articles and failing miserably because […]
Lockwood & Co – Episodes 1-3 Advance Review
This website has given me a chance to discuss a lot of films and TV, but I’ve never had the chance to watch something entirely new before it comes out. That changes today, as I recently got a chance to watch the new Netflix series Lockwood & Co before its […]
The Underbug & Starring Jerry as Himself (Slamdance 2023) (Review)
We are dropping in on the Slamdance film festival in Utah every day – yesterday we had Mad Cats, and today we have the Underbug & Starring Jerry as Himself. Starting with a punchy Indian horror movie from Shujaat Saudagar called the Underbug. Punchy as it’s only 68 minutes. On […]
MAD CATS (2023) Review (Slamdance Film Festival)
Sometimes things go unnoticed for years until someone draws attention to them. Case in point, in the press kit for Reiki Tsuno’s Mad Cats – he remarks that most Independent Japanese films are “so sad, serious, and depressing most of the time… Budgets for indie movies in Japan are actually […]
Rob’s Music of 2022 (feat. Denzel Curry, Soul Glo, Chat Pile and Witch Fever)
We aren’t a music website, never have been never will be. But that doesn’t mean we can’t dabble when it’s appropriate and right now, at the end of the year, when every website under the sun is doing its 2022 articles and coverage makes it appropriate. Some of the bands […]