Pinnedgood.filminCounter Arts‘Origin’ Reshapes How We See Each Other. It’s a Game Changer.It mightn’t have the buzz (or budget) of Barbenheimer, but no film in recent memory hits harder about what really connects us. In telling…9 min read·Apr 9, 2024--2--2
Pinnedgood.filmSudden Impact: How Stories Are Changing Our World For Good. — good.filmImpact. It’s a forceful word, no? It almost has an onomatopoeic quality — like ‘bang’ or ‘slap’. It implies you’ve been hit with something…8 min read·Nov 20, 2022--1--1
good.filminCounter ArtsNone of Us Know the Future. ‘The Beast’ Taps Into that FearIt’s not the first film to probe the uneasy relationship between humanity and tech, but it could be the most poetic and mysterious.9 min read·4 days ago----
good.filminCounter ArtsHow “Her” Was a Decade Ahead of its TimeAs the AI debate gets white hot, Spike Jonze’s gorgeous and heartbreaking Oscar-winner is increasingly — and eerily — topical.3 min read·Jun 7, 2024--3--3
good.filminCounter Arts‘Radical’ Blows Up the Classroom… and Rewrites How to Inspire UsVamos! We’ve seen “tear up the rulebook” teacher movies before, but never quite like this.8 min read·May 30, 2024--1--1
good.filminCounter ArtsIs “IF” the Warm Hug We All Kinda Need Right Now?With its whimsical characters and gentle soul, it’s undoubtedly a family flick. Yet “IF” might have more on offer for adults that you first…8 min read·May 24, 2024--11--11
good.filminCounter ArtsHow to Feel Reborn: Unpacking the Gentle Mysteries of ‘Monster’It’s a layered look at growing up — quite literally. Japanese master director Hirokazu Kore-eda uses three points of view to weave his…9 min read·May 19, 2024--1--1
good.filminCounter ArtsHow Does ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Play on our Fears About the Truth?This award-winning German film uses a simple school setting to ask: when everyone has their own version of the truth, who do we believe?8 min read·May 10, 2024--14--14
good.filminCounter ArtsWhat’s the Truth Behind Netflix’s Stunning ‘Baby Reindeer’?The title alone is an attention grabber. The New York Times called it “mesmerising.” It’s a show nearly ten years in the making. And it’s…3 min read·May 5, 2024--2--2
good.filminCounter ArtsDoes ‘Challengers’ Have Substance Under its Sexy Surface?Italian director Luca Guadagnino changed how we look at peaches forever in his modern queer classic ‘Call Me By Your Name’. Can he do the…9 min read·Apr 26, 2024----