Counter Arts

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…

Short of winning the Booker Prize, ‘Stone Yard Devotional’ is a book like few others

Want to see Nic Cage attack a rat and drink a puddle? See this! Want to see a balanced, mature film? Don’t!

Trust me, I’m not an astrophysicist

You fancy me mad

Governments call it fraud. Scientists call it superstition. So why do millions still find solace in the cards and stars?

All of us are artists with our own unique challenges to overcome

What can Korean drama tell us about sexism

Spicy and perfectly prepared, ‘La Cocina’ has a red-hot message — if this were a dish, it’d earn a Michelin star.

Masud’s terrestrial memoir excavates the land beneath us to reveal the spatial politics within — eerily chiming with the neocolonial…

Life, Homeric heroes, virtual reality, and free will

Awaiting publication in English, the Spanish writer’s new work is a new declaration of love for the rural world, an environment that is…

How a tiny Lebanese café and a Monet exhibit made for the perfect day

A road from trauma to triumph

The world could use more positive masculinity right now

Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland aim to recreate reality through cinema. But is such a thing possible?

Or, the art of sustaining craft traditions