Book and Film Globe

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Wu-Tang Babies

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Alton Sanders, Method Man, Raekwon, RZA, Shameik Moore, Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang: An American Saga

The Wu-Tang Origin Story on Hulu Ain’t Nothin’ to Fuck With

NON-FICTION

To Thine Own Self Be True

September 17, 2019 Jake Harris 0 Comments Jia Tolentino, Trick Mirror

Digital Navel-Gazing in Jia Tolentino’s ‘Trick Mirror’

FILM

Joker’s to the Right

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Anthony Hopkins, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel, Joaquin Phoenix, Jojo Rabbit, Josh and Benny Safdie, Marielle Heller, Mr. Rogers, Noah Baumbach, Rian Johnson, Scarlett Johanssen, Taika Waititi, Todd Phillips, Tom Hanks

Hope and Despair at the Toronto International Film Festival

NON-FICTION

Fun With the Multiverse

September 16, 2019 Michael Giltz 1 Comment Sean Carroll, Something Deeply Hidden

A Renowned Theoretical Physicist Throws Down the Gauntlet on Quantum Mechanics

FILM

The Goldflinch

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Ansel Elgort, Donna Tartt, Finn Wolfhard, Jeffrey Wright, Luke Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, The Goldfinch

A Weird Non-Linear Film Adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Modern Classic

FILM

Bootylicious

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Cardi B, Constance Wu, Hustlers, Jennifer Lopez, Lizzo, Lorene Scafaria

‘Hustlers’: Flashy, Trashy, and Mildly Subversive

Netflix TELEVISION

Slow Bake

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Anneke Garcia 0 Comments Great British Baking Show, Mary Berry, Noel Fielding, Paul Hollywood

Collection 7 of The Great British Baking Show, Presented to Savor, not Binge-Eat

Netflix TELEVISION

‘Money Heist’ Makes the World Go ‘Round

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 Elijah Pollack 0 Comments La Casa De Papel, Money Heist

The Absurd Appeal of the World’s Most Popular Soap Opera

FICTION

Shoot First, Ask Questions Later

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 0 Comments Bloomland, Collette Fellous, John Englehardt, This Tilting World

Two Books, Two Very Different Approaches to Writing About Mass Shootings

TELEVISION

13 Reasons WTF

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Kristin Clifford 2 Comments 13 Reasons Why, Dylan Minnette, Ross Butler

Third Season of Teen Soap is a Sad Disaster

NON-FICTION

He’s Dying Out There

September 11, 2019September 13, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Jeff Abraham, The Show Won't Go On

A Book About Performers Who Died While Performing

TELEVISION

McBride of Christ

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Jake Harris 0 Comments Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, John Goodman, The Righteous Gemstones, Walton Goggins

‘The Righteous Gemstones,’ on HBO

Memoir NON-FICTION

Red Lake County is the Place to Be

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Shari Simpson 0 Comments Christopher Ingraham, If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now, Washington Post

In ”If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home By Now,’ A Blue Check Mark Moves to Red America

TELEVISION

My Heroines

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Batwoman, Katy Keene, Nancy Drew, Ruby Rose, Scott Wolf, the CW

The Future (and Present) is Female at the CW

Theater

Welles on the March

September 9, 2019September 8, 2019 Lani Gonzalez 0 Comments Marching Song, Orson Welles, Roger Hill, Todd Tarbox

A Newly-Published Play Enriches the Legacy of an American Genius

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