How to Readjust your Leisure after ParenthoodOne of the great challenges of our generation is the struggle between our background as people with hobbies and the responsibility of…22h ago22h ago
Published inCounter Arts‘Ripley’ — The Vintage Taste of Good CinemaOne of the great Netflix series of 2024 proves that classic cinema still packs a punch, that black and white is still rapturous, and that a…2d ago22d ago2
Published inCounter Arts‘Monstrous’: Yes, but NoFramed between the horror and drama genres, the film starring Christina Ricci falls short of being a good movie because of a few small…4d ago4d ago
Published inCounter Arts‘Orbital’: A Fascinating Geography LessonThe novel that won the 2024 Booker Prize is a skilful exercise in existentialism mixed with a cruder experimentation of descriptive…5d ago5d ago
A Big Attractor Called ‘Tsundoku’‘Tsundoku’ (積ん読) is the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one’s home without reading them. The term is…Jan 29Jan 29
Published inCounter ArtsThe Book Review — ‘Private Property’Costumbrism story that portrays the upper middle class French society.Jan 29Jan 29
Published inCounter Arts‘Alien: Romulus’ — The Glue that Binds its Entire Cinematic Universe TogetherFede Alvarez directs a new installment of the saga, becoming one of the most interesting and manages to combine the original films with the…Jan 27Jan 27
Published inCounter ArtsThe Book Review — Miss Kim Knows (and Other Stories)Korean literature is in top form, and Cho Nam-Joo proves it with a powerful collection of stories that speak of the role of women in the…Jan 241Jan 241
Return to the Analog WorldGlobal society is facing one of today’s great technological challenges: the role of freedom in all of this.Jan 22Jan 22
Published inCounter Arts‘Paradise’: The Umpteenth Pharmaceutical PerversionThe European industry proves that it can make high-budget products with special effects, while not abandoning its critical spirit and…Jan 171Jan 171