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Counter Arts Book Club 2024
Counter Arts Book Club 2024
The new list is out! **Last Updated November 3rd**
Sadie Seroxcat
Dec 30, 2023
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‘Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom’ on Rebellion Against Complacency
‘Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom’ on Rebellion Against Complacency
Sylvia Plath’s ‘Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom’ depicts a young woman’s struggle against complacency and the inevitability of fate in…
Ophelia Writes
Nov 5
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ (2024)
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ (2024)
The Joker is dead long live The Joker
Marc Barham
Nov 5
A Jar of Hope and Evil
A Jar of Hope and Evil
Rethinking the Pandora myth
Jay M E
Nov 5
How Horror Has Strategically Mastered Fear On-Screen: Part IV
How Horror Has Strategically Mastered Fear On-Screen: Part IV
Teen horrors unbeatable legacy from slashers to fantasy
Aaliyah Humphrey
Nov 5
How To Help Reduce The Rate Of Male Suicide This ‘Movember’
How To Help Reduce The Rate Of Male Suicide This ‘Movember’
In the UK, 3 out of 4 suicides are by men, yet men are less likely to seek help when they’re struggling with their mental health
Lisa Fouweather
Nov 5
The Curious Logic of Superstition — Irrational Believers vs Rational Creeds
The Curious Logic of Superstition — Irrational Believers vs Rational Creeds
A Sensible Guide to the Insensible Reasoning.
T. Cagliari
Nov 5
The Urban Hike as Page Turner
The Urban Hike as Page Turner
A bookstore to bookstore trek across San Francisco
Gary Angel
Nov 4
‘Generation Z’ (2024) by Ben Wheatley
‘Generation Z’ (2024) by Ben Wheatley
Ancient And Justified? A New Type Of Zombie Is Created In 21st Century England
Marc Barham
Nov 4
There Are More Ways to Tell a Screen Story Than Hollywood Wants You to Believe
There Are More Ways to Tell a Screen Story Than Hollywood Wants You to Believe
World cinema provides a broad education in how to challenge, subvert, and innovate American narrative norms
Cole Haddon
Nov 4
Are Witches Real? Why Were So Many Women Were Accused Of Witchcraft?
Are Witches Real? Why Were So Many Women Were Accused Of Witchcraft?
Just another symptom of the patriarchy?
Lisa Fouweather
Nov 4
Do We Really Need To Have It All By 30?
Do We Really Need To Have It All By 30?
Or is it just the fear of missing out?
nrnfn
Nov 4
Review: ‘Anora’ — Sean Baker’s Cinderella Story Goes Wonderfully Awry
Review: ‘Anora’ — Sean Baker’s Cinderella Story Goes Wonderfully Awry
Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner is funny, bleak and excellently made
Reece Beckett
Nov 3
‘Earthlings’ — Sayaka Murata
‘Earthlings’ — Sayaka Murata
A Counter Arts Book Club review
Sadie Seroxcat
Nov 3
A Portrait By The A.I. Artist
A Portrait By The A.I. Artist
Ai-Da and ‘AI God. Portrait of Alan Turing’ (2024)
Marc Barham
Nov 3
Seeing Is Believing: The Competing Realities of Phone Camera Images
Seeing Is Believing: The Competing Realities of Phone Camera Images
On digital class anxiety in the variety of image qualities
Pixel Auteur
Nov 3
Review — ‘Civil War’: Alex Garland Sends in The Clowns
Review — ‘Civil War’: Alex Garland Sends in The Clowns
Though far from perfect, Garland’s visceral epic brings the banality of war home to a divided America
Ben Peasley
Nov 3
Durga Puja in Tripura, A Festive Ode to Womanhood in Northeast India
Durga Puja in Tripura, A Festive Ode to Womanhood in Northeast India
A grand celebration of Womanhood through art and culture
Cee_jita
Nov 3
“A Different Man” (Literally) Strips Away How We Look at Disfigurement
“A Different Man” (Literally) Strips Away How We Look at Disfigurement
He’s played Tommy Lee and Trump. Now Sebastian Stan tackles a new tortured soul: a disfigured man who gets a tantalising second chance.
good.film
Nov 3
Swimming Against The Current: On Getting Better, Mentally
Swimming Against The Current: On Getting Better, Mentally
Managing mental health is living in the paradox of swimming upwards while flowing with the current.
Jess the Avocado
Nov 2
‘Waiting for Godot’: Beckett’s Blank Canvas at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
‘Waiting for Godot’: Beckett’s Blank Canvas at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Director James Macdonald strips away the details, letting the characters speak for themselves
Owen Schaefer
Nov 2
Is Riley Gay?
Is Riley Gay?
Queer coding in ‘Inside Out 2’
Tom Barrett
Nov 2
Is it Horror? “The Batman” (2022)
Is it Horror? “The Batman” (2022)
Fear is a tool in Matt Reeves’ dark reimagining
Eric Winick
Nov 2
Little Tommy Tucker
Little Tommy Tucker
A nursery rhyme of hunger and belonging
Sheridan Walter
Nov 2
Review: Clint Eastwood Crafts a Morally Minded Courtroom Drama With ‘Juror #2’
Review: Clint Eastwood Crafts a Morally Minded Courtroom Drama With ‘Juror #2’
Clint Eastwood’s supposedly final film delves deep into the concepts of truth and justice
Reece Beckett
Nov 1
Sex, Romance, and Love in ‘The Lost Boys’
Sex, Romance, and Love in ‘The Lost Boys’
A cult classic vampire film’s surprisingly deep, philosophical argument
Amanda Melheim
Nov 1
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