PinnedAn Interview with: Khalik AllahThe New York photographer/filmmaker discusses spirituality, future plans, meeting Nas and more. Please note: for those who prefer audio, this interview is also on Bandcamp, free of charge: https://reecebeckett.bandcamp.com/track/an-interview-with-khalik-allah I felt it would be a loss to only have this in text, as I have always found Khalik to be…Interview24 min read
Published in Counter Arts·14 hours agoTenet: Feeling over Understanding in the films of Robert Bresson and Christopher NolanApplying Bresson’s stoic cinema ideologies to Christopher Nolan’s recent output. — For a mechanical cinema to replace a poetical one. Filipe Furtado, in his review for Tenet. Around twenty minutes into Christopher Nolan’s largely misunderstood 2020 film Tenet, a scientist tells our nameless protagonist to prioritise feeling over understanding whilst explaining the circumstances of the film to him. The protagonist, played…Christopher Nolan9 min read
Published in Counter Arts·1 day agoComic Book Movies Are NOT Killing CinemaBut market specialisation is… — Anyone who keeps up with film by now must be exhausted from hearing their favourite directors quizzed in every interview regarding their opinions on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and other comic book films. It is true, maybe even undeniable, that currently mainstream cinema is heavily saturated with comic book adaptations…Comic Book Movies4 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·2 days agoWake Up/DiggingA poem. Struggling to wake up Since the Tectonics plates Have been shaken up. I feel more like I’m falling back Than pushing forwards. You try to tell me that it’ll be okay But all I feel is doubt, As if I know better. Words like lies, I don’t trust as easy these…Scuzzbucket2 min read
Published in Rainbow Salad·2 days agoBloodied StreetsA poem. — I thrust my hand Into her blood. Another body Breathes down the back Of my creased neck. Illegitimate thoughts I wish that I could exorcise. Bastards. Heathens. Can’t they see What is happening in this world we stand in? Mirror images. Demons. An endlessly upset stomach. Is there not enough…Rainbow Salad2 min read
Published in Counter Arts·4 days agoNo One Belongs Here More Than YouA look at the short story collection by independent filmmaker Miranda July. — I remember first coming across the work of Miranda July a few years ago — of course, with film being my primary focus in art (and life generally, if we’re being honest), I came across her work within film before her…Review4 min read
Published in Rainbow Salad·6 days agoSleepA poem. Lately I can’t seem to sleep Or breathe Or scheme Or dream. Greatly, I grieve the loss of faded parts of myself. To most, I’m just a brain behind a screen, No body, bodiless— or perhaps Nothing but my typed words, A tiny percentage of my thoughts. A…Poetry2 min read
Published in Counter Arts·May 18On The Card Counter: A Bressonian Consideration of 21st Century AmericaAn essay on Paul Schrader’s underrated 2021 film. Mild spoilers are ahead. It may be needless to say, but Paul Schrader has proven his artistic and intellectual worth for quite some time within the realm of film. Not only have his screenplays been made into some of the most important…Art4 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·May 17Once In SyncA poem. A world once in sync Now lies still, With broken, opened links. We are all in orbit whilst the world Has frozen, still. Knew it as the truth when My books Fell From My Windowsill. My open wounds may weep some, And my hands can’t change the world But my…Scuzzbucket2 min read
Published in Rainbow Salad·May 17PhobiaA poem. Agoraphobia for years now, Afraid to go outside Doesn’t matter if it’s to a local store Or travelling worldwide. The fear is paralysing, Mesmerising, Open eyes suddenly blinded, No pairs of ears left to confide in When your body’s stuck inside Weak, shaking, hiding. Looking for a cave some place away That I can climb…Rainbow Salad2 min read
