Counter Arts

One for the angels and demons, and real-life morality.

While commonly confused, ‘asocial’ reflects solitary tendencies, whereas ‘antisocial’ manifests as deliberate opposition to societal norms.

(Spoiler Alert!!) How the coming-of-age story of a Norwegian woman resonates with me

Feeling burned out? Make time for self-care with this simple activity

Moving through empty landscapes, naming complex trauma

“I was raped and left to die on the side of the road”

How Han Kang’s masterpiece challenges Patriarchy through a woman’s quiet defiance

It’s a certified Broadway smash that’s stepped up to the big screen, but not everyone’s on board. If you bump into a hater, here’s a cheat…

Norman Jewison’s ’60s pop culture classic certainly looks the part, but it lacks narrative power

Gladiator II is a lazy, cash-grabbing disaster that swaps epic spectacle for cheap CGI and washed-out TV visuals. Ridley Scott must have…

Koans and true enlightenment

A parody of a hit song by Sonny & Cher

Before she won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature, I’d never heard of South Korean writer Han Kang. Now I feel indebted to her.

‘Wicked’ has no gravity — and no, that’s not a good thing

A review of Lord of the Flies by William Golding

We watched, we raged. But will we change things?

One of the best graphic novels of recent years becomes an addictive window into the normality of a mature life, a vital time in which what…

The 1983 adaptation of Stephen King’s novel is dark, eerie and surprisingly thoughtful

Turning personal struggles into transformative action

Love it or hate it, this film is not what most people thought it was.

Enforce consequences in the creative groups that you control.

Revisiting One of the Forgotten Spider-man Movies of All Time

A work of immersive theatre that takes you into the maze behind its protagonist’s walls

How the film does things the stage version cannot