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Fifteen Books For a Spectacular September

August 31, 2026August 31, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Ayad Akhtar, book recommendations, books, China Miéville, Chloe Benjamin, Chris Bennett, Del Rey, Emily St. John Mandel, Fantasy, fiction, Forge Books, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Hank Phillippi Ryan, HarperOne, history, Jack Stewart, James Islington, Jared Diamond, Ken Liu, Knopf, literary fiction, Lucy Worsley, Marlon James, most anticipated books, new books, new releases, Nonfiction, Pegasus Books, reading, Riverhead Books, Saga Press, science fiction, September books, Summit Books, Thrillers, Tom Clancy, W.W. Norton

From Emily St. John Mandel to Chloe Benjamin; Ayad Akhtar to Marlon Benjamin; Tom Clancy to Jared Diamond

With ‘Coyote Vs. Acme,’ WB Drops the Anvil

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments animation, Bugs Bunny, Coyote Vs. Acme, Daffy Duck, Dave Green, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, hybrid animation, Ian Frazier, James Gunn, Jeremy Slater, John Cena, Lana Condor, live action, Looney Tunes, movie review, Porky Pig, Road Runner, Samy Burch, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Movie, The New Yorker, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Animation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Wile E. Coyote, Will Forte

A set of cartoon icons gets rescued from the locker

Streaming TELEVISION

Everything That’s Streaming in September 2026

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Different World, Apple TV, Backrooms, BritBox, Brothers, Criterion Channel, Disney, HBO Max, Hulu, Mārama, Mayday, Mobland, movie premieres, Neagley, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Netflix, Paramount, Peacock, Prime Video, September streaming, Shudder, Streaming Guide, streaming movies, Streaming Television, The Mandalorian and Grogu, The Paper, TV Premieres, Unabomber, Youth

The Unabomber and Agatha Christie come to the small screen; Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are reunited.

Streaming TELEVISION

‘Lanterns’ Lights Up HBO

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments Aaron Pierre, Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, DC Comics, DC Studios, Garret Dillahunt, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, HBO, John Stewart, Kelly Macdonald, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns, mystery, Ozark, science fiction, superhero, Tom King, True Detective, Watchmen

Kyle Chandler is the greenest of Green Lanterns

Featured Stories FILM

Ridley Scott Is Back, Flying By the Light of ‘The Dog Stars’

August 28, 2026August 31, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 20th Century Studios, Allison Janney, Benedict Wong, dystopian film, film review, Guy Pearce, Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Mark L. Smith, Peter Heller, post-apocalyptic, Ridley Scott, Sai Bennett, science fiction, survival thriller, The Dog Stars, virus pandemic

Prepper madness meets introspection as Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin chum up the post-apocalypse

CLASSICS Featured Stories FILM

Maybe You Can Go Home Again, Samba Traore

August 27, 2026August 30, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments 4K restoration, Abdoulaye Komboudri, African cinema, art house cinema, Bakary Sangaré, Berlin International Film Festival, Burkina Faso, Crime Drama, Film at Lincoln Center, film restoration, film review, foreign language film, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Irène Tassembedo, Mariam Kaba, Moumouni Campaoré, Samba Traore, Silver Bear, world cinema

Rerelease of Silver Bear winner is an optimistic blast from art house cinema past

DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM

40 Years On, UConn’s Geno Auriemma is Still Butting Heads… and Winning

August 26, 2026August 30, 2026 Jon Hart 0 Comments Apple TV, basketball, Dawn Staley, Diana Taurasi, documentary, Erica Sashin, Geno Auriemma, Matthew Hamachek, NCAA basketball, Paige Bueckers, Pat Summitt, Rebecca Lobo, Sarah Strong, sports documentary, Television Review, The Dynasty: UConn Huskies, UConn, UConn Huskies, women's basketball

In ‘Dynasty,’ Apple covers his remarkable, often tumultuous career

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BFG Podcast #313: Dinosaurs in Suburbia, 24 Hours of Romance, and a Summer of Growing Up

August 25, 2026August 25, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Anthony Bourdain, film criticism, movie podcast, Neal Pollack, Podcast, Pop Culture, Sea of Reeds Media, Stephen Garrett, Tony

Neal, Stephen and Laura discuss summer movies about food, horror, and romance

A Warrior in a Blade Arrives To Confuse a Monk

August 25, 2026August 25, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Book Review, Bookshop.org, Bramble, Clocktaur War, cozy fantasy, Daggerbound, fantasy novels, medieval fantasy, romantasy, Saints of Steel, Swordheart, T Kingfisher, The Clockwork Boys, Ursula Vernon, World of the White Rat

‘Daggerbound’ extends the cast of charming characters in the World of the White Rat

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Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer Are Ready to ‘Ride or Die’

August 24, 2026August 25, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments action comedy, Amazon Prime Video, assassin, buddy comedy, Europe, Friendship, Game Of Thrones, Hannah Waddingham, Jason Statham, Octavia Spencer, Ride or Die, spy comedy, Streaming, Ted Lasso, Television Review, Tessa Coates, The Help, TV review

Women of a certain age showing they can kick ass

The Only Believable ‘Mutiny’ Will Be By Paying Audiences

August 22, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments action film, action review, Adrian Lester, Annabelle Wallis, bangkok, Die Hard, human trafficking, Jason Statham, Jason Statham movies, Jean-François Richet, Mutiny, Ramon Tikaram, revenge, Roland Møller, shipping, thriller

Jason Statham kicks some arse in this generic thriller

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Remember SNL’s Pat?

August 21, 2026August 22, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments androgyny, Christopher Walken, Comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, documentary, gender identity, It's Pat!, Julia Sweeney, Larry David, Matt Foley, nonbinary, Pat, Peacock, Rowan Haber, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, sketch comedy, SNL, Toonces, transgender, We Are Pat

New documentary argues Julia Sweeney’s character was inspiring — and maybe bigoted

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‘The Man Will Burn’ Wonders Whether Burning Man Has Lost Its Roots

August 20, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments art festival, Baker Beach, Black Rock City, Burning Man, Burning Man Project, counterculture, documentary, festival culture, HBO, HBO Max, Jehane Noujaim, Kimbal Musk, Marian Goodell, Nevada, San Francisco, Television Review, The Man Will Burn, Tribeca Festival, Vikram Gandhi

The iconic desert festival grows up, can it survive a decade of mainstream wealth?

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Is ‘Badly in Love’ Terrible Television or Brilliant Satire?

August 19, 2026August 23, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Awich, Badly in Love, Badly in Love Season 2, dating reality show, dating show, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese television, Love, MEGUMI, Nagano, Netflix, Okinawa, reality television, Reality TV, Romance, Television Review, yakuza, yankii

The Japanese reality dating show throws punks together to teach them romantic love

In ‘The Boundless Deep’ We See a Poet’s Struggle With Belief

August 19, 2026 Art Edwards 0 Comments agnosticism, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Arthur Hallam, astronomy, biography, Book Review, Darwin, evolution, faith, geology, In Memoriam, Pantheon, Poetry, religion, Richard Holmes, science, Tennyson, The Boundless Deep, Victorian literature

A young Alfred Lord Tennyson spent decades trying to resolve science and God

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