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Nothing Succeeds like ‘Succession’

November 29, 2021 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Armando Iannucci, Brian Cox, Jesse Armstrong, Michael Douglas, Succession, Veep, Wall Street

The best show on TV has no likable characters, and yet we’re still watching

Book and Film Globe Podcasts

BFG Podcast #031: Gary Shteyngart, ‘House of Gucci,’ ‘Licorice Pizza,’ and ‘The Wheel of Time’

November 29, 2021November 29, 2021 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Anton Chekhov, Gary Shteyngart, House of Gucci, Licorice Pizza, Our Country Friends, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ridley Scott, The Wheel of Time

Editor Neal Pollack and our site’s writers break down the week in culture

Paul Thomas Anderson Gets Personal with ‘Licorice Pizza’

November 26, 2021November 29, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Alana Haim, Boogie Nights, Bradley Cooper, Christine Ebersole, Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits

A beautifully nostalgic young-love story set in the 1970s San Fernando Valley

FILM

Gucci Gucci Goo

November 24, 2021November 26, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Al Pacino, House of Gucci, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, lady gaga, Ridley Scott

‘House of Gucci,’ a knock-off luxury handbag of a movie from Ridley Scott

FILM

Barely Noticeable

November 24, 2021November 29, 2021 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Red Notice, Ryan Reynolds

‘Red Notice’, coasting along the money train

Big Wheel Keeps On Turnin’

November 23, 2021November 24, 2021 Paula Shaffer 2 Comments Daniel Henney, Game Of Thrones, George RR Martin, Robert Jordan, Rosamund Pike, The Wheel of Time

Amazon’s ‘Wheel of Time’ adaptation, lush and a little self-serious

FICTION

Escaped From New York

November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments Anton Chekhov, Gary Shteyngart, Our Country Friends

Gary Shteyngart lampoons bougie pandemic habits in ‘Our Country Friends’

TELEVISION

Marvel’s ‘Hit-Monkey’ Hits the Mark

November 22, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Hit-Monkey, Jason Sudeikis, Ken Kobayashi, Marvel, Olivia Munn

A solid comic-book adaptation, relatively respectful of Japanese culture

Honor Thy Tennis Father

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments King Richard, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Will Smith

‘King Richard,’ a hagiography of Venus and Serena Williams’s dad

Book and Film Globe Podcasts

Book and Film Globe Podcast #030: Dave Eggers, Kurt Vonnegut, and ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’

November 22, 2021 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Dave Eggers, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Kurt Vonnegut, Neal Pollack, The Every

Our editor and writers break down the week in culture

FILM

Don’t Call Us

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bill Murray, Carrie Coon, Celeste O’Connor, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Finn Wolfhard, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Harold Ramis, Jason Reitman, Logan Kim, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ is more like half-life

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Attacks on Student Access to Books Ramping up Nationwide

November 18, 2021November 25, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments All Boys Aren't Blue, Ashley Hope Perez, Gabrielle Union, George M. Johnson, Last Night At The Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, PEN America, Separate Is Never Equal

An unprecedented wave of censorship attempts

FILM TELEVISION

Why Do We Hate the ’80s Now?

November 18, 2021November 23, 2021 William Schwartz 4 Comments 1980s, 80s, Dennis Hopper, Family Guy, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Inside Job, Linda Manz, Out of the Blue

The reality was much grittier than the pop culture we’re mocking

adblock Politics

It’s Not Porn

November 17, 2021November 22, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Gender Queer, Greg Abbott, Jack of Hearts, Judy Blume, Maya Kobabe

Texas governor Greg Abbott’s actions are all about politics, not protecting kids

DOCUMENTARY FILM

So It Goes

November 17, 2021November 23, 2021 Ayun Halliday 1 Comment Breakfast Of Champions, Don Argott, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Weide, Slaughterhouse-Five, Unstuck In Time

Director Robert Weide leaves us wanting more Kurt Vonnegut in an amazing documentary

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