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The Counter Arts Book Club List for 2025
The Counter Arts Book Club List for 2025
Another twelve books for a new set of twelve months
Sadie Seroxcat
Dec 19, 2024
So You Want to Write For Counter Arts?
Sadie Seroxcat
Announcements & Reminders
Sadie Seroxcat
Housekeeping
Sadie Seroxcat
Onwards and Upwards
Sadie Seroxcat
Counter Arts’ Film Prompt: Pride 2025
Reece Beckett
The ‘Featured’ List: Counter Arts Dec’24-March’25
Sadie Seroxcat
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‘Ocean’ is David Attenborough’s Most Important Parting Gift
‘Ocean’ is David Attenborough’s Most Important Parting Gift
The climate crisis seems overwhelmingly dire. David Attenborough’s new film reshapes our perspective to offer genuine hope.
good.film
Jun 23
America Issued a Travel Warning for Women Traveling Solo to India
America Issued a Travel Warning for Women Traveling Solo to India
But it missed adding a few crucial points to that list
Pallabi Dey Purkayastha
Jun 23
‘Babylon’ (2022)
‘Babylon’ (2022)
A study in excess
Marc Barham
Jun 23
Leading and Listening
Leading and Listening
A vital relationship
Jason Craige Harris
Jun 23
Film Diary: Orson Welles’ ‘The Stranger’ (1946)
Film Diary: Orson Welles’ ‘The Stranger’ (1946)
Reflections on postwar femininity in the noir classic
Steven Brooks
Jun 23
The Art Form of Video Games
The Art Form of Video Games
Can video games be art?
Laura Westford
Jun 23
The Best of British Cinema: ‘Dear Frankie’ (2004)
The Best of British Cinema: ‘Dear Frankie’ (2004)
Shona Auerbach’s tender debut feature is a beautiful, daring fusion of screwball comedy and realist drama
Reece Beckett
Jun 22
Q&A: Producer Christine Vachon Doesn’t Have Dark Nights of the Soul
Q&A: Producer Christine Vachon Doesn’t Have Dark Nights of the Soul
The independent cinema titan offers some real talk about nostalgia for ’90s indie filmmaking, the theatrical experience today, and why she…
Cole Haddon
Jun 22
Isabella Kirkland’s Fusion of Art and Ecology
Isabella Kirkland’s Fusion of Art and Ecology
Isabella Kirkland’s artwork follows the philosophy of former president Theodore Roosevelt: “Wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we…
Vivian Rachelle
Jun 22
The Importance of Toni Morrison
The Importance of Toni Morrison
The American writer was a standard-bearer for Black grievances while exposing, as few other writers have, the stark reality of racism, past…
Alejandro Orradre
Jun 22
Neil Young’s American Stars ‘N Bars
Neil Young’s American Stars ‘N Bars
A dirty old gem lost in time
Terry Barr
Jun 22
Nothing is Written
Nothing is Written
The chaos, contradictions, and creations of the first ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie
Vikram Venkat
Jun 22
Only Good Local Vibes? Tapak Dara and the Hope Rooting in Bali
Only Good Local Vibes? Tapak Dara and the Hope Rooting in Bali
“To Truly Return, We Must Belong — Djirna’s Tapak Dara” Exhibition at Mizuma Gallery, Singapore
Luda Zueva
Jun 22
The Untold Truth about the ‘Slave Mistress’ Ancestor of Civil Rights Legend Julian Bond
The Untold Truth about the ‘Slave Mistress’ Ancestor of Civil Rights Legend Julian Bond
Though some would prefer to ignore it, now is the perfect time to remember America’s complicated racial history.
Andrew Jazprose Hill
Jun 21
Pride And Prejudice (1995), (2005) & (2025)
Pride And Prejudice (1995), (2005) & (2025)
Jane Austen: A 20th and 250th Anniversary
Marc Barham
Jun 21
Meet the Monsters: Did Tyler Perry’s Name Just Get Added to the Credits?
Meet the Monsters: Did Tyler Perry’s Name Just Get Added to the Credits?
He played a moral giant in drag, but the real performance may have been offstage
Oliver Wilson Ottley III
Jun 21
The Elasticity of Destiny: Parallels Between the Universes of ‘X-Men’ and ‘Final Destination’
The Elasticity of Destiny: Parallels Between the Universes of ‘X-Men’ and ‘Final Destination’
The stories of ‘Days of Future Past’ and ‘Bloodlines’ are more connected than we ever imagined.
Sukron Tajudin
Jun 21
Community Theater Reflects Its People and Its Place
Community Theater Reflects Its People and Its Place
A small-town playhouse offers international productions and shares local history
Heather M. Edwards
Jun 21
Review: ‘El Mariachi’ — Robert Rodriguez’s Low Budget Action Classic
Review: ‘El Mariachi’ — Robert Rodriguez’s Low Budget Action Classic
Rodriguez’s debut feature, made for $7000, is impressive even if flawed
Reece Beckett
Jun 20
A Wake-Up Call For Activism
A Wake-Up Call For Activism
(A short note about Bodhicaryāvatāra by Shāntideva)
Francis Laleman
Jun 20
How Aliens Make Kids Better Humans
How Aliens Make Kids Better Humans
How to use the latest research in storytelling to raise intelligent and empathetic children
Gabriel Quintero
Jun 20
A Love Letter to ‘Fleabag’: For The Show That Saw Me Before I Saw Myself
A Love Letter to ‘Fleabag’: For The Show That Saw Me Before I Saw Myself
Reflections on Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s perfectly imperfect character
Ashika R
Jun 20
Her Life Was a Mess
Her Life Was a Mess
But Sally Bowles was still a fascinating role model
Jenna Zark
Jun 20
In Praise of Slow Everything
In Praise of Slow Everything
Grow and digest: why hurry when you can rest?
Jess the Avocado
Jun 20
Remember Kosovo?
Remember Kosovo?
Finding new relevance in a long-ago photo project
Bill Crandall
Jun 19
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