February 2024
The Checkout Counter – Issue 16
The Checkout Counter – Issue 16
Film
- Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente), 20151
Drama. An Amazonian shaman is approached by two scientists, across the span of three decades, in search of a sacred and rare plant. - Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d'une chute), 20232
Drama, thriller. A woman is suspected of her husband's murder after his body is found below the open window of their Alpine chalet.
Music
- Parachrism, DIM
Electronic, dungeon synth.
Games
- A Blue flash of light, Felix Lecocq
Bitsy. An interactive poem about an echocardiogram test.
Books
- If on a winter's night a traveler, Italo Calvino (tr. William Weaver)3
Literary, postmodern. An avid reader attempts to read the new novel If on a winter's night a traveler, but soon finds that his copy is defective.
Short fiction
- Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole, Isabel J. Kim
- The Renegade, Shirley Jackson
- Pillar of Salt, Shirley Jackson
Articles & essays
- Forgotten Bonds, Eden El Haddad
- Burnt Offerings, Erik Baker
- The People on Buses and Trains, Morley Musick
- The fury of the rustics, David Forbes
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- embrace of the serpent: what a hypnotic view into the colombian rainforest. the black and white is rich in contrast as the camera moves lazily through the labyrinth of the amazon.
- anatomy of a fall: paints an incredibly realized portrait of a disjointed marriage and its gender dynamics. the trial scenes are slick and showcase how truly insane the french court system is.
great sweaters, great dog acting, phenomenal child acting, a hot lawyer...i love movies! - if on a winter's night a traveler: the incredible start to this book, unfortunately, promised a bit too much—my attention really wavered throughout the last quarter. still a fun read! all the sudden beginnings and ends reminded me of ling ma's bliss montage; just a vignette of other stories and worlds, flashing by before a premature cutoff.