Industry begins with Harper, a raw American upstart from a non-target school, interviewing for a coveted placement at Pierpoint & Co. an investment bank where she is taken under the wing of Eric, a grizzled veteran who appreciates her bravado and glibly justifies the hurdles inherent to keeping her around, saying “every successful business is full of people who spent money nurturing...
The Blues win the FIFA Club World Cup to complete their already bursting trophy cabinet When Australian referee Christopher Beath blew the whistle on 2022 FIFA Club World Cup, several Chelsea players collapsed to the Abu Dhabi pitch of both exhaustion and joy. For Thiago Silva and Cesar Azpilicueta, playing one hundred and twenty minutes of football in stifling heat at 37 and 32 years-old...
In a bid to wrestle with burnout, I hit the road As I neared the end of last term, searching deep within the cavernous depths of my being for a morsel of urgency in catching up on the Public International Law class I had let slip for a slew of reasons, I came to a conclusion. It wasn’t so much that I lacked an interest in what was an interesting topic (as poorly as it may have been taught,) but...
Could Chelsea’s response to the Belgian striker’s interview signify the end of player power at the club? In the midst of a run of matches in which he missed out on playing time owing both to being stricken with COVID and not having fully recovered enough to play the full ninety when he became available, Romelu Lukaku gave an interview to Sky Italia. For any other player in the Chelsea side, this...
“It is better, however, to get no return than to confer no benefits. Even after a poor crop one should sow again; for often losses due to continued barrenness of an unproductive soil have been made good by one year’s fertility. In order to discover one grateful person, it is worthwhile to make trial of many ungrateful ones.” In his eighty-first letter to Lucilius above, Seneca touches upon the...
Heading into TIFF Lightbox last week for the first time in what felt like a century, I was excited to see Spencer, owing to what little I knew about the film being completely polarizing. Tales of the lengthy Cannes ovation had filtered down to me, but so too had tweets that likened the film to an overlong, anxiety-inducing Chanel ad. While I had high hopes for Pablo Larraín’s first feature since...
With Sex and The City bound for a return to TV, we consider the age-old conundrum of Carrie’s romantic choices Humanity’s future beyond earth. What is dark matter. When is my package arriving. Big or Aidan. These are some of the most pressing questions of our time, but none more so than the latter. Sex and The City (SATC) will have the issue top of mind for its fans and armchair pop culture...
The Lewisham Ballack is finally threatening to return back to his best for Chelsea after years of injury kept him from fulfilling his ridiculous potential Football is a cruel sport that moves on quickly from past glory days, just ask Arsenal. After having threatened to move on from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, the player opted for a decidedly non-North London response and rose from the ashes. In 2019...
Of the myriad of sports that saw an increase in uptake over the course of the pandemic, tennis was perhaps the most noticeable. With social distancing restrictions limiting other sports that require closer contact from the menu, standing seventy-eight feet away from one’s adversary while thwacking a fluorescent ball back and forth became both one of the few options on the cards, as well as a good...
A certified lover boy once titled an album “nothing was the same.” If I were to look for a phrase to dub what life at Osgoode has felt like since March 2020, I might reach for that one. While no doubt a pithy problem in comparison to larger ones the pandemic has presented, the loss of the Osgoode community my 3L peers came to know in our time on campus has been a tough pill to swallow...
In a familiar crypto conundrum, a disruptor runs up against regulations Most fintech companies have had Big Banking in their crosshairs since their inception, and Coinbase is no exception. The American cryptocurrency company has risen to prominence in recent years—with its accolade as being the first major crypto company to get US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval to go public on...
Daniil Medvedev’s reenactment of the “dead fish” forces us to reflect on the most infuriating celebrations in the video game Daniil Medvedev won the US Open in Flushing Meadows, Queens this past weekend, in a match that had tennis fans riveted to their screens. The rangy Russian thwarted Novak Djokovic in his bid to become the second man ever, after Rod Laver, to win a calendar Grand Slam...
The city’s film festival always boasts formidable options, and this year is no exception Every September, the brightest stars in film descend upon Toronto for the annual rendition of the city’s famous film festival. While last year’s iteration was a more muted affair given the state of the pandemic, this year sees a welcome return to theatres, where folks like Christopher Nolan would argue that...
With transfers occurring left and right after clubs loosened their purse strings, this season in the English top flight will prove to be exciting Last year’s Premier League season saw Manchester City win the league title with a few games to spare with a relatively paltry sum of eighty-six points. Although their devilish city neighbour’s form saw them only mathematically win their third league...
When Thomas Tuchel first joined up with a struggling Chelsea squad, he vowed to make them into a team that no one enjoyed playing against. Given their dire form at the time, most probably wrote off this task as one that would have to wait until the following season when Tuchel had come to grips with the rollercoaster nature of Premier League life. However, the rangy German has proved himself to...
Chelsea and United’s scoreless draw highlights the lack of fizzle in recent years As Chelsea gritted their way to a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge that saw them share the points with a visiting Manchester United, I was left a little deflated. As a Blues fan myself, I wasn’t happy that we had once again failed to win at home against United— a recurring trend since 2017. The post-match...
Thomas Tuchel’s mid-season appointment comes as no surprise at Stamford Bridge When Frank Lampard began his second full season in charge of Chelsea FC, many supporters assumed that he would be allowed at least the full season to show signs of progress before the board sought a replacement. However, given the massive expenditure that the club underwent this summer to bring in Timo Werner, Kai...
Steven Soderbergh’s latest flatters to deceive With a cast as star-studded as it commands, Let Them All Talk should be great. However, the film ends up leaving one as cold as the Atlantic Ocean much of it is set on. Released December 10th, 2020 through HBO Max, Let Them All Talk (LTAT) sees Steven Soderbergh tap some of the most decorated talents in his bursting rolodex. The pieces should add up...
Decades into her decorated career as a director, Sofia Coppola has little left to prove and it’s this assuredness and lack of insecurity that shines through in her latest full-length feature, On The Rocks. Tapping the likes of Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans, and an ever-disarming Bill Murray, Coppola follows up 2017’s The Beguiled with a more everyday subject matter: a marriage. Released...
With new talent in tow,, the Blues appear poised to mount a title challenge In a Premier League offseason in which business as usual was severely dampened by COVID’s impact on normally bursting club coffers, Chelsea had a transfer window for the ages. While financial juggernauts like Manchester City tightened their purse strings, tinpot clubs like Liverpool furloughed staff, and Arsenal players...
In veering away from her normal documentary fare, Kitty Green presents a vital distillation of the troubles that have plagued #MeToo Kitty Green’s latest feature-length, following 2017’s Casting JonBenet, is a slow burn that will certainly find its detractors, but its fans might outvoice them. The message is a much needed one in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, bringing attention to the...