Counter Arts

How Gardening Rewilded My Understanding of Home

Some experiences and emotions can’t be renewed or improved. Leave them be.

When our habits surprise us

And what we miss out on if we forget his legacy.

David Mackenzie’s gritty prison drama doubles as a poignant study of masculinity

Every month, 5AM StoryTalk explores a different song about our struggle to lead good and meaningful lives in a confusing, increasingly grim…

An Epic Journey Of Ten Years In A Single Day?

Ending the generational curse of believing my era sounded better

The surprise box office vampire hit is smashing expectations and bringing back big cinema

Words and howls in the rain

The death of Pope Francis stirs memories of growing up Black and Catholic in the Deep South during segregation — and an old-school bar joke.

Yer favorite Republican hoods have been making headlines following their message of solidarity with Palestine at Coachella

Kangana Ranaut’s slice-of-life film empowered a whole generation of Indian women in more ways than one

Like for like, rich for rich: wealth inequality exists everywhere — you realise it when you travel

Ryan Coogler’s latest is a didactic vampire musical destined for cult status

‘The Last of Us’ S2 E2: ‘The Perfect Storm’

Based on my personal experiences

Playing with fire on film, and the decline of reality

Bringing my series to a close with Tilman Singer’s deliciously deranged horror mystery that caws its way inside your head

My experience seeing the viral comic on his reassuring “Flowers Tour”

This taut thriller can be a perfect case study about how to make a near perfect movie while maintaining political correctness

In all aspects of art, know your message

As is often the case, this Woody Allen comedy spends as much time being annoying as it does being funny

From the feminist fairytale to the sci-fi dystopia, both films explore the fight to be more than what the world allows — whether it’s…