Counter Arts

The movement based on the use of light was one of the most important of the Baroque and significantly influenced later periods.

How to torch your own reputation

Sly Stone and America’s Eternal Civil War

How the new installment respects and reinvents its franchise

Originally set to star Meryl Streep, this deeply felt drama gives Jessica Lange a luminous role that will speak to anyone who’s felt the…

A brief discussion of the metamodernism in ‘The Odyssey’ by Homer

The strange steps of romance

Pent up creative energy can be a blessing in disguise, but learning to appreciate the down time is difficult

Plato’s antidotes to tyranny and difficult times

The (maybe?) grand finale to the greatest blockbuster franchise of this generation neatly summarises the best and worst that its series has…

There’s no legacy when change is the only law

I first saw Frances Ha in my early twenties — and she resonated with me in a way I didn’t fully understand at the time. Over the years, I…

What can Korean drama tell us about bad people

Awakening myself to the work of a master storyteller

The actor’s revival of ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ failed to understand why a CNN live cast was bound to miss the mark.

The unfolding of India’s LGBT movement

‘When you force people into the shadows, don’t be surprised when they go fucking dark.’

A personal analysis of a powerfully enlightening quote from Ernest Hemingway

The child isn’t the customer — they’re the product placement

I changed the Cookie Monster’s diet, or so I thought.

So that the mundane doesn’t tear us apart

Stephen Frears’ mis-marketed thriller/immigrant melodrama balances thrilling immersion with humanity and tenderness

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