The Soundsphere Magazine Podcast

Early in the six-episode comedy-drama series Bait, a once-rising star must now auction off the award he’d won at a film festival so he can get by, a metaphor for the parts of himself he’s had to relinquish over the years in order to fit in. Ever conscious of his public image, Pakistani Muslim actor Shah Latif (Riz Ahmed) now considers scrubbing his old “political” music off the internet and refuses to be pictured with decolonization protestors once he unexpectedly becomes a serious contender for the coveted role of British Secret Service agent James Bond. As the chasm between performer and the person grows — Shah’s spike in public visibility brings with it the existential questions of what he wants to use his platform for — his life begins to resemble the spy thriller he’s auditioning for, replete with a sequence in which he’s pursued through the subway.  For more visit: https://www.soundspheremag.com/

American disability rights activist Judy Heumann was a force to be reckoned with. Known as the “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement,” she was a lifelong civil rights advocate for people with disabilities. It’s no wonder then her memoir, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist, attracted the attention of director Siân Heder, (known for her Oscar-winning film, Coda). For more visit: https://www.soundspheremag.com/spotlight/actor-ruth-madeley-and-director-sian-heder-discuss-disability-and-inclusion-in-being-heumann/

On La Grande Mort Or Silence Of God, the life behind King 810’s interconnected world, and why success has never depended on anyone else’s approval. For more visit: https://www.soundspheremag.com/news/king-810s-david-gunn-talks-la-grande-mort-or-silence-of-god-the-bands-history/

Known for his chilling contributions to the horror genre, such as 2008's Eden Lake, 2012's The Woman in Black and the 2024 English-language remake of Speak No Evil, director James Watkins has now released possibly his most ambitious piece: Clayface, starring Tom Rhys Harries in the titular role. This is the latest horror flick based on the DC character of the same name, appearing front and centre in DC's first horror film and in an intriguing shake-up between the horror and comic book genres as it charts the story of an actor pushed to the edge after a mob attack leaves him facially disfigured and out of work. After he undergoes an experimental scientific procedure promising to repair skin and tissue, Harries' Matt Hagen finds his identity slipping when his skin becomes transformable clay. The third film in Warner Bros.'s new DCU (led by James Gunn and Peter Safran), Clayface also offers a spectacle and a feast of visual and messaging influence from numerous other films and cinema movements, which Watkins shared exclusively with Soundsphere's Ros Tibbs, a lover of horror and DC herself. For more visit: https://www.soundspheremag.com/

The WWE star has spent years playing the games. Now, with his own character arriving via the Ringside Pass, he can share the experience with his kids—and bring The 946’s ambitions to players everywhere. For more visit: https://www.soundspheremag.com/news/wwes-royce-keys-comments-on-the-future-of-the-946-playing-2k26-with-his-kids-and-his-legacy/