Counter Arts

On making peace with the beast

Dispatches from the before-times in the US

An experimental film that plays with the viewer’s patience, especially in an ending that may disappoint many but is honest to the very…

Poetry From the Ground to the Sky

Love, death, and bad neighbors in Julia Armfield’s profoundly upsetting undersea gothic romance

‘Oedipus Rex’, ‘King Lear’, and ‘Death of a Salesman’: lies, myths and Aristotelian inversions

But it doesn’t have to be

The birth of a new theme in post-COVID television

Turning into the cynical Asian-American writer

The 2001 drama is powerful, stylish and very well told

What happens when the producer behind the John Wick universe and the Best Picture Oscar winner for ‘Spotlight’ meet for the first time? You…

Lots of us are smaller, quieter and more muddled than we need to be

Guarding your privacy in the shifting sands of personal tech

…and a macro observation about the ‘Anora’ director’s career, from independent vérité to studio neorealism to Best Picture

Progressions of design tell tales of trends and of a world that once was

Vibrant colors of life

A story is more than ink on a page — it’s an idea taking root, altering perception, and bending truth itself

L. Frank Baum’s thoughtful parables formed my sense of right and wrong

Little did he know

Dan Reed’s brisk, concise follow-up to his sensational 2019 feature about lurid sex abuse accusations against Michael Jackson made for a…

How colored pencils bring out the inner child in us

A life of concerts, cameras, and music

Tilman Singer’s second feature is a massive slog despite its genre-blending efforts

Photography is like magic. It captures moments and tells stories without words. In this photo essay, we explore nature, wildlife, and…