Film (&TV)

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A brief update on Counter Arts Film for the month of April!

A short guide on formatting for Counter Arts’ film section specifically

A Story With No Centre, That Can’t Figure Out What It Wants Its Male Characters To Be

Meet the star of the horror flick, Trim Season — a multitalented powerhouse making her name in Neo Soul and redefining what a ‘final girl’…

With Inside Out 2, Pixar might just be back

Adam Rehmeier’s teen dramedy is frequently very funny, touchingly romantic and, sometimes, outright heartbreaking

The 1987 thriller demonized Borderline Personality Disorder patients for decades — with disastrous consequences

A review of the film directed by Matthew Vaughn

It’s not the first film to probe the uneasy relationship between humanity and tech, but it could be the most poetic and mysterious.

Taika Waititi shows signs of recovering from his recent streak of truly awful films

The Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller explores the idea of paths not taken

When animation becomes a boys’ club.

A 1996 queer drama set against the backdrop of Indian patriarchy.

Nancy Savoca enhances a comedic script with great direction, strong performances and powerful anti-war sentiment

Or: How the proliferation of ‘content’ on our TV screens has helped turn our reality into a lonely, anxiety-inducing multiverse of shit

Review of Kingdom of the Planet of The Apes (2024)

The director of ‘12 Angry Men’ and ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ creates an oppressive, grim film about corruption within law

A Journey To The Apocalyptic Abyss

There are universes within the mundane, and no one knows that better than Torres.

The fall and rise and fall and rise of Mad Max

Mike Leigh’s comedic drama is fuelled by great performances and character writing

Ghibli’s gift for explaining complex issues through simplicity is again demonstrated in this film, an ode to the restorative nature of our…

Review of In a Violent Nature (2024)

Richard Linklater’s latest is disappointingly by-the-book, despite two great performances and a good enough script

How Many Representations Are Still Problematic and What We Can Do to Fix Them

As the AI debate gets white hot, Spike Jonze’s gorgeous and heartbreaking Oscar-winner is increasingly — and eerily — topical.