PinnedEmil HallqvistinCounter Arts‘Poor Things’: Freedom, Chains and Societal Liberation‘Poor Things’ does many good things. It is well-written, supremely acted and masterfully directed. But it is also a film with much nuance…·9 min read·Mar 8, 2024--10--10
Emil HallqvistinCounter ArtsSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Weaving a Perfect SequelSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse hit theatres a little less than a year ago, but due to its intensely nuanced and thematic story, it has…·14 min read·Apr 19, 2024--9--9
Emil HallqvistinCounter ArtsDune Part II: a Film, a Saga, and the Future in our PastThis year’s most anticipated sequel Dune: Part Two is a monumental achievement in filmmaking and deserves much praise. How does it match…·21 min read·Apr 2, 2024--1--1
Emil HallqvistinCounter Arts‘Oppenheimer’: a (not too) Late ReviewAlthough Cristopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer hit theatres many months past, it is yet uncertain if the Oscar Academy will award it its golden…·6 min read·Feb 22, 2024----
Emil HallqvistinCounter Arts‘Chicken Run’: A Cruel Dawn‘Chicken Run’ exposes humanity’s hypocritical morality through entertaining and brilliant stop-motion.·10 min read·Feb 10, 2024--2--2
Emil HallqvistinNew Writers WelcomeThe Gig Economy: Apocalyptic ProfitRagnarök. Its apocalyptic fist struck the economy in 2008. It crashed and plummeted, leaving people unemployed, homeless and miserable.·7 min read·Feb 3, 2024----
Emil HallqvistinThe Taoist OnlineIn What Should We Believe?Finding guidance in an uncertain world·4 min read·Jan 25, 2024--2--2
Emil HallqvistinNew Writers WelcomeEthics Vs EthicsOr how we learn to live morally·3 min read·Jan 21, 2024----
Emil HallqvistBread, Bagels & Baked LoveOr a Swede’s first (revelatory) bagel experience2 min read·Jan 16, 2024----