Counter Arts

Lies and corruption are what the tabloids are founded on. Some things make us realise that quicker than others

On Mike Flanagan’s latest Stephen King adaptation — a most wonderful film of my favorite kind

If you break it down to gesture, form, and value, it’s not as difficult as you might think

Studying the curious case of over-boiled rice

The climate crisis seems overwhelmingly dire. David Attenborough’s new film reshapes our perspective to offer genuine hope.

But it missed adding a few crucial points to that list

A study in excess

A vital relationship

Reflections on postwar femininity in the noir classic

Can video games be art?

Shona Auerbach’s tender debut feature is a beautiful, daring fusion of screwball comedy and realist drama

The independent cinema titan offers some real talk about nostalgia for ’90s indie filmmaking, the theatrical experience today, and why she…

Isabella Kirkland’s artwork follows the philosophy of former president Theodore Roosevelt: “Wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we…

The American writer was a standard-bearer for Black grievances while exposing, as few other writers have, the stark reality of racism, past…

A dirty old gem lost in time

The chaos, contradictions, and creations of the first ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie

“To Truly Return, We Must Belong — Djirna’s Tapak Dara” Exhibition at Mizuma Gallery, Singapore

Though some would prefer to ignore it, now is the perfect time to remember America’s complicated racial history.

A comparative analysis of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ in 1995, 2005 & 2025

He played a moral giant in drag, but the real performance may have been offstage

The stories of ‘Days of Future Past’ and ‘Bloodlines’ are more connected than we ever imagined.

A small-town playhouse offers international productions and shares local history

Rodriguez’s debut feature, made for $7000, is impressive even if flawed

(A short note about Bodhicaryāvatāra by Shāntideva)