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Was Gregg Allman One of the Most Misunderstood Rockers of the 70s?

June 4, 2026June 2, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1970s rock, American music, At Fillmore East, blues rock, Cher, classic rock, classic rock documentaries, documentary reviews, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Gregg Allman, Gregg Allman The Music of My Soul, Hammond organ, Jackie Wilson, Jackson Browne, James Keach, Jimmy Carter, Melissa Etheridge, Midnight Rider, music criticism, music documentaries, music films, Otis Redding, rock documentaries, rock history, rock legends, southern rock, The Allman Brothers Band, Watkins Glen Festival, Whipping Post

‘The Music of My Soul’ documentary shares new views of a rock legend

BFG Podcast #308: ‘Obsession,’ ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ and a Whole Cannes of Worms

June 3, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments 2026 movies, BFG Podcast, Book and Film Globe, Book and Film Globe podcast, Cannes 2026, Cannes coverage, Cannes Film Festival, Dan Friedman, Daniel Aaron, entertainment podcast, Festival Coverage, film festivals, film journalism, Grogu, Hollywood, horror cinema, horror movies, Inde Navarrette, independent film, Jeremy Allen White, Jon Favreau, Neal Pollack, OBSESSION, podcast recommendations, Rotta the Hutt, science fiction films, Star Wars, Star Wars franchise, Stephen Garrett, The Mandalorian and Grogu

Neal Pollack welcomes Daniel Aaron, Stephen Garrett, and Dan Friedman to the Pod Dome

Happy 100th, Allen Ginsberg!

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026 Michael Washburn 0 Comments 1960s America, Allen Ginsberg, American literature, American poetry, Beat Generation, Beat poets, book criticism, Columbia University, counterculture, cultural history, Firing Line, Franz Kafka, Howl, Howl and Other Poems, individual freedom, Jack Kerouac, literary culture, literary history, LSD and creativity, Marilyn Monroe centennial, modern poetry, National Review, poetry books, poetry criticism, San Francisco Renaissance, The Essential Ginsberg, William Blake, William F Buckley Jr, William S. Burroughs, William Wordsworth

One of the best minds of his generation, not quite sidelined by madness

‘Backrooms’ Takes Psychological Horror to the Next Level… Of a Building

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments 2026 movies, A24, A24 films, Backrooms, Chiwetel Ejiofor, creepypasta, cult horror, Curry Barker, David Lynch, film review, Finn Bennett, found footage horror, horror cinema, horror movies, Indie Horror, Internet culture, Kane Parsons, liminal spaces, Lukita Maxwell, Mark Duplass, OBSESSION, psychological horror, Renate Reinsve, science fiction horror, Severance, Smile 2, supernatural horror, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Twin Peaks, X Files, YouTube creators

YouTuber Kane Parsons brings internet creep to Hollywood

Every Book You Need To Read This Summer Is Out in June

June 2, 2026May 30, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Amitav Ghosh, Andrew Sean Greer, Andrew Wilson, Ann Patchett, book recommendations, book roundup, books, Brandon Sanderson, Caroline Kepnes, Deb Haaland, Fantasy, fiction, Harper, historical fiction, horror novels, Isabel J Kim, Jason Kelce, June 2026 books, Knopf, Lisa See, literary fiction, Maggie OFarrell, Marilyn Monroe, Mary H.K. Choi, memoirs, new books, Paul Tremblay, Peter Orullian, romance novels, science fiction, Scribner, Son Bo mi, summer books, summer reading, Tor Books, Travis Kelce

15 new releases you need: from Maggie O’Farrell to Deb Haaland, from Travis Kelce to Marilyn Monroe

Streaming TELEVISION

Everything That’s Streaming in June 2026

June 1, 2026May 30, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments Apple TV Plus, Avatar Fire and Ash, Cape Fear, Criterion Channel, Criterion Collection, Disney Plus, Earth Wind and Fire, HBO Max, House of the Dragon, Hulu, James Bond, June 2026, Larry David, Michael Fassbender, movie recommendations, Netflix, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Prime Video, Questlove, Shudder, Streaming Guide, Streaming Television, Sugar, The Agency, TV recommendations

Pride month brings James Bond, Lin-Manuel Miranda, dragons and J Lo falling in love with Ted Lasso’s angry friend

DOCUMENTARY FILM Politics

No Place for Anything, Least of all, Soccer

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Apple TV, B-67, Brandon Scott Smith, Derek Sullivan, documentary, football, Ilulissat, Nicolai Nielsen, No Place for Football, Noah Mølgaard, Nuuk, Patrick Frederiksen, President Trump, soccer

A new documentary about football in Greenland provokes thoughts about sport and politics

Marilyn Monroe on Her 100th Birthday

May 30, 2026May 24, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment American icons, Andrew Wilson, celebrity biography, celebrity culture, classic Hollywood, film history, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Golden Age Hollywood, hollywood history, I Wanna Be Loved By You, Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy, Kim Kardashian, Marilyn Monroe, Norman Mailer, Playboy, Pop Culture, Robert Kennedy, Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch

Andrew Wilson discusses his new biography of the ultimate 20th century icon

Putting ‘Pressure’ on the Weathermen of World War II

May 29, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Allied invasion, Andrew Scott, Anthony Maras, Brendan Fraser, British cinema, Chris Messina, D Day, Damian Lewis, Dwight Eisenhower, film review, Historical drama, historical films, James Stagg, Kerry Condon, military history, military strategy, movie review, Normandy invasion, Pressure, The Longest Day, war films, war movie criticism, weather forecasting, World War II, WWII cinema

Brendan Fraser is Eisenhower deciding on which day will be D-Day

Featured Stories FILM

‘I Love Boosters’ Is a Likable Mess With Lots to Say

May 28, 2026June 1, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments 2026 movies, American cinema, anti capitalism, Boots Riley, cult cinema, Demi Moore, dialectical materialism, Don Cheadle, Eiza Gonzalez, Eric Andre, fashion industry satire, film criticism, heist comedy, I Love Boosters, Keke Palmer, Lakeith Stanfield, movie review, Naomi Ackie, Poppy Liu, satire, science fiction comedy, shoplifting comedy, Sorry To Bother You, Spike Lee, stylized filmmaking, Taylour Paige, The Coup, visual storytelling, Will Poulter

Boots Riley presents Keke Palmer, Don Cheadle, Demi Moore and others in a movie he’d love you to steal

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Documentaries, Biopics, and Other Promotional Material

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments A Complete Unknown, Amanda Knox, Amy Winehouse, Better Man, biopics, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, celebrity culture, cinema and commerce, documentaries, documentary filmmaking, Elton John, Elvis Presley, film criticism, film industry, Gregg Allman, Hollywood, intellectual property, IP filmmaking, Jiminy Glick, Martin Scorsese, Martin Short, Marty Life Is Short, Melania Trump, michael movie, music biopics, Netflix, Patrick Spikes, Robbie Williams, Rocketman, Simran Hans, Streaming Television, The Guardian, Whitney Houston

How far are fact-based movies just access journalism in cinematic form?

Streaming TELEVISION

‘Unconditional’ Shows How Social Media Won’t Save Us

May 25, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Apple originals, Apple TV, Apple TV Plus, espionage drama, foreign policy drama, Hugh Laurie, international television, Israel and Russia, Israeli media, Israeli television, Liraz Chamami, Middle East politics, political television, political thrillers, Putin Russia, Russian thrillers, social media culture, streaming culture, Streaming Television, Talia Lynne Ronn, Tehran, Television Criticism, Television Drama, TV reviews, Unconditional

Whether from Russia, Israel, or America, online mobs obscure the truth

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Winners and Losers of Cannes 2026

May 24, 2026May 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Andrey Zvyagintsev, art house cinema, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu, European film, Federico Garcia Lorca, Film Awards, Fjord, Glenn Close, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Los Javis, Miles Teller, Minotaur, Neon, Netflix, Oscar buzz, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Park Chan-Wook, Paweł Pawlikowski, Penelope Cruz, Rami Malek, Renata Reinsve, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, The Black Ball, world cinema

A jury including Park Chan-wook, Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, and Stellen Skarsgård choose a worthy slate

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‘Obsession’ Is Everything You Might Wish For — And More

May 22, 2026May 26, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments Andy Richter, Barbarian, Cooper Tomlinson, creepy movies, Curry Barker, Faustian bargains, film review, Goosebumps, horror comedy, horror fans, horror movies, horror tropes, Inde Navarrette, Indie Horror, Megan Lawless, Michael Johnston, Misery, monkeys paw stories, monster movies, movie review, OBSESSION, psychological horror, Smile, supernatural horror, teen horror, Twilight Zone influences, Weapons

Curry Barker plays with classic trope that won’t ever die — unlike many victims

Podcasts TELEVISION

BFG Podcast #307: ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Margot’s Got Money Troubles’

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Apple originals, Apple TV, Apple TV Plus, comedy drama, David E. Kelley, Elle Fanning, Greg Kinnear, horror comedy, Kate OFlynn, Katie Dippold, Marcia Gay Harden, Margot's Got Money Troubles, Matthew Rhys, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman, Nicole Kidman, Northern Exposure, OnlyFans stories, Parks and Recreation, rufi thorpe, Stephen Root, Streaming Television, supernatural television, television podcasts, TV creators, TV criticism, TV reviews, Twin Peaks, Widow's Bay, X Files

Neal Pollack and Omar Gallaga discuss Apple TV shows

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