Counter Arts

(And how the unbearable exists because we let it)

In no other civilisation do we value thinness as we do in the West

The anthology show pushes our current realities to horrifying extremes

Sontag’s warning, global metaphors, and why “fighting” illness might miss the point

Deep planning. A skilled team. Perfect discipline. Precision amid the chaos of the world. A heist is a game of the highest moral stakes.

Yet the first brushstroke is often the hardest to make

Viola Davis leads an excellent cast in Steve McQueen’s great Chicago film

The legacy of one of the most influential female writers of the 20th century.

So much of Planet Earth will go unexplored because we can’t afford to see it

Being the daughter of a world-famous wrestler should’ve given her a free ride to fame. Instead, it nearly cost her everything.

Can Art paint a modern-day atrocity?

How Paul Giamatti’s brilliant performance saved the episode

And her steamy romance with Matt

How successful is the latest studio effort to re-energise a horror franchise?

In between making me laugh my ass off, the filmmaker talks stress dreams, eccentric families, and how she’s overcome the challenges of…

The need for films with a classic style is evident in this good story, shot with a steady hand and which vindicates a form of filmmaking…

I was considering this image for my series Postcards from America, and it got me thinking.

Remembering Virat Kohli’s Test legacy

Old friends, bad hotels, and the end of love

A wedding, water, and wine at Cana

Trumpism, AI, and the symbolic collapse that only art can repair

Or, is there life on Mars?

Films like 'Drive' (2011) and 'Baby Driver' (2017) move the focus away from the typical masterminds and crew, placing the getaway driver at…