Beneficial Shock #11 - Unconventional Cinematic Adventures

"Call it". 
So instructs bob-cutted, psychopathic hitman Anton Chigurh to those unfortunate enough to cross his path in the Coen Brothers' 2007 film No Country for Old Men. A sadistic game used to offer a semblance of hope to his victims, Chigurh views the coin toss not as random luck, but as an inevitable meeting point of choice and destiny. It represents a twisted code of moral accountability, where he acts as a blunt instrument of a cold, indifferent universe, stripping his victims of control over their mortality and leaving the outcome in the hands of fate.

It's this more philosophical area of fate that is explored in our latest issue, as we lurch this way and that, accompanying winners and losers from across the cinematic spectrum; from politicians and gamers to boxers and soldiers, outcasts, hustlers and humble office workers... all riding the rollercoaster of kismet hoping for more ups than downs. 

Cover art by Daniel Gomez Vega