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Marla Mase Opens The Midnight Show With a Dark, Cinematic EP Out 20 November Marla Mase Press Shot

Marla Mase Opens The Midnight Show With a Dark, Cinematic EP Out 20 November

Occhi November 11, 2026

Brooklyn singer-songwriter Marla Mase releases The Midnight Show, Act I via True Groove Records,...

Summers Sons and C.Tappin Build Lightworks From Eight Years of Family, Community and Perseverance

Occhi November 10, 2026

South London hip-hop duo Summers Sons and producer and pianist C.Tappin release their second...

Tom Emlyn Chants Back at Greed on “Rich Man’s Robin Hood” Tom Emlyn billy stillman photography

Tom Emlyn Chants Back at Greed on “Rich Man’s Robin Hood”

Erica Hall November 6, 2026

Welsh songwriter Tom Emlyn makes honest, swirling songs: tall tales laced with dark jokes,...

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Channels the Spirit of Coltrane

Erica Hall November 2, 2026

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, conductor, band leader, arranger, and educator, and...

Sessions Confronts Britain’s Sesh Culture and the Silent Crisis Behind It Sessions..jordan-smith-photos-69

Sessions Confronts Britain’s Sesh Culture and the Silent Crisis Behind It

Occhi October 27, 2026

Daniel O’Reilly co-writes and stars in a psychological thriller about addiction, shame, and the...

Featured Artist: Crys Matthews Delivers a Bold, Soulful Take on “Feeling Good”

Occhi October 22, 2026

Nashville-based, award-winning singer-songwriter Crys Matthews returns with a soulful, bold new reimagining of “Feeling...

The Pen Is in Their Hands: Bre Kennedy and Tenille Townes Rewrite the Next Chapter

Occhi October 13, 2026

Bre Kennedy has always written like someone trying to save a light before it...

Desperately Seeking Commitment — A Light-Hearted Comedy with a Sharp Edge

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Desperately Seeking Commitment — A Light-Hearted Comedy with a Sharp Edge

Richard 'The Bugs' Bugden October 12, 2026

Finise Avery’s Desperately Seeking Commitment is the kind of short film you can slip...

Canadian Folk Artist Irish Millie Shares ‘Can You See Me?’ Featuring Single “Boy At My Funeral” MILLIE

Canadian Folk Artist Irish Millie Shares ‘Can You See Me?’ Featuring Single “Boy At My Funeral”

Erica Hall September 15, 2026

Irish Millie, the Peterborough, Ontario singer-songwriter and fiddler, has always written from instinct—following feeling...

10 Kilos Gets A North American Theater Release 10 Kilos as featured on Occhi Magazine

10 Kilos Gets A North American Theater Release

Richard 'The Bugs' Bugden August 13, 2026

10 Kilos doesn’t arrive as a glossy crime caper or a stylised underworld fantasy....

OCCHI SPECIAL FEATURE

Chris Vallone is an award-winning independent filmmaker, writer, director, and editor with more than 25 years of experience in visual storytelling. Raised on traditional cinema, he puts character, atmosphere, and emotion at the heart of his work.

This Sunday, 15 November 2026, at 8:00 PM Eastern (1:00 AM Monday, 16 November in London), his latest film, Shinel: Voices of the Stolen, premieres on YouTube. It is a dark psychological thriller about revenge, justice, survival, and the fight against trafficking. We caught up to discuss the project, which you can also watch via the link in our special feature.

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