Book and Film Globe

Minions and Monsters With Movies and Mayhem

July 4, 2026July 3, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Allison Janney, animated film, animation, Bobby Moynihan, Book and Film Globe, Brian Lynch, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Christoph Waltz, Comedy, Cthulhu, Despicable Me, family film, film review, George Lucas, H.P. Lovecraft, Harold Lloyd, Hollywood, Illumination, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Minions, Minions and Monsters, Modern Times, movies, Phil LaMarr, Pierre Coffin, Safety Last, silent films, Steamboat Bill Jr, The Blob, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Trey Parker, Universal Pictures, Zoey Deutch

Is this the nail in the Pierre Coffin series?

America at 250 Is a Clash of ‘Taxi Driver’ vs ‘All the President’s Men’

July 3, 2026July 2, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 1970s cinema, 1976 films, Alan J. Pakula, algorithms, alienation, All the President's Men, America at 250, American cinema, American politics, antihero, Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, cultural criticism, democracy, Dustin Hoffman, Fight Club, film criticism, Hollywood, institutions, Journalism, local journalism, loneliness, loneliness epidemic, manosphere, Martin Scorsese, media consolidation, media trust, movies, news media, newspapers, Paul Schrader, political films, Richard Nixon, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, social media, Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle, Washington Post, Watergate

Travis Bickle is wiping the floor with Woodward and Bernstein

Streaming TELEVISION

‘Star City’ Depicts the Space Race as Run by the Evil Empire

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Agnes O'Casey, alternate history, Anna Maxwell Martin, Apple TV, Chernobyl, Cold War, For All Mankind, Joe Barton, KGB, Leonid Brezhnev, NASA, Rhys Ifans, Richard Nixon, science fiction, Sergei Korolev, Soviet Union, space exploration, space race, spy thriller, Star City, Television, TV review, Venera program, Venus mission, Yuri Gagarin

‘For All Mankind’ Gets the ‘Chernobyl’ Treatment

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Flip Your Wig for ‘Amadeus’

July 1, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 18th century Vienna, adaptation, Amadeus, Antonio Salieri, biographical drama, Black Doves, Bridgerton, classical music, Constanze Mozart, Gabrielle Creevy, Historical drama, Joe Barton, miniseries, Opera, Oscar-winning film, Paul Bettany, period drama, Peter Shaffer, STARZ, Television, The Crown, TV review, Will Sharpe, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Starz has an entirely new take on Peter Shaffer’s composer rivalry

A Reader’s Dozen for July

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Amy Bruni, Ben Reeves, Ben Wikler, book recommendations, Bookshop.org, Colson Whitehead, cookbooks, Crown, Daniel Silva, Dino Martins, Doubleday, Emily Giffin, fiction, Harper, history, July 2026 books, July book releases, Knopf, language, Lauren Collins, literary fiction, memoirs, Michael Cunningham, nature, new books, Nonfiction, Pamela Colloff, Penguin Press, politics, Publishing, Random House, Riverhead Books, science, short stories, Sigrid Nunez, Simon and Schuster, Sophia Smith Galer, summer reading, Thrillers, true crime, W.W. Norton

From parasites to romance, Harlem history to thrillers, hot reads are on their way for summer

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Everything That’s Streaming in July 2026, Now With BritBox!

June 29, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Woman of Substance, André Holland, Anya Taylor-Joy, Apple TV, Batman: Caped Crusader, BritBox, Criterion Channel, Criterion Collection, David Morrissey, Disney, Ed Harris, Elle, Emmy Rossum, Enola Holmes 3, Exit 8, Faces of Death, Furious, Gone, Hannah Waddingham, Harry Dean Stanton, HBO Max, Heartstopper, Henry Cavill, Hulu, Jake Johnson, Jennifer Garner, Jonathan Demme, July 2026, Kevin Sussman, King of the Hill, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Legally Blonde, Little House on the Prairie, Lucky, Mike Judge, Millie Bobby Brown, Netflix, Octavia Spencer, Paramount, Peacock, Prime Video, Quarterback, Ransom Canyon, Ride or Die, Sachharine, Shark Week, Shudder, Silo, Snoopy Presents, Snowpiercer, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Streaming, Streaming Guide, streaming releases, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, The Big Bang Theory, The Dink, The Five Star Weekend, The Hawk, The Prisoner, The Real Wolf of Wall Street, They Fight, Trying, TV preview, Will Ferrell, X-Men 97

From Big Bang spinoffs to a Harry Dean Stanton celebration, plus Shark Week, Enola Holmes and more

Featured Stories FILM Humor

The Last Jackass Claims To Be Their Best

June 27, 2026July 1, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, Adam Ray, American comedy, Bad Grandpa, Bam Margera, Book and Film Globe, Brad Pitt, Busby Berkeley, Buster Keaton, Chris Pontius, comedy films, Corona song, Danger Ehren, Dark Shark, Dave England, Dickhouse Productions, documentary films, film criticism, Jackass, Jackass Best and Last, Jackass Forever, Jasper Dolphin, Jeff Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, Looney Tunes, Minutemen, movie review, MTV, nostalgia, Oscar Stunt Design, Paramount Pictures, physical comedy, Poopies, Pop Culture, prank movies, Preston Lacy, Rachel Wolfson, Ryan Dunn, skate culture, Steve O, stunt comedy, Wee Man

Johnny Knoxville and crew in a butt-stuffing swansong

BOOKS Featured Stories

The Cruelty of Nice Minnesota Folks

June 26, 2026July 1, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments African American history, American history, American politics, autoethnography, Black Lives Matter, book criticism, Book Review, civil rights, contemporary nonfiction, George Floyd, George Floyd protests, Harper, health care inequality, housing discrimination, Hubert Humphrey, Justin Ellis, Ku Klux Klan, memoir, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Nice, nonfiction books, police brutality, political history, public policy, race relations, redlining, segregation, social commentary, social justice, structural racism, systemic racism, The Atlantic, The Cruelty of Nice Folks, The Great Migration, Tim Walz, U.S. history, urban history

Justin Ellis explains why Minneapolis was America’s raw racial nerve

Featured Stories FILM Poetry

Run, Don’t Walk To See a One-Man, Three-Hour Biopic of French Poet Arthur Rimbaud, Really

June 25, 2026June 29, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment 2026 films, A Bread Factory, A Rimbaud, A Season in Hell, Amy Williams, art house cinema, arthouse movies, Arthur Rimbaud, avant garde film, biographical films, Blake Draper, cinematic experimentation, cinematography, Dan Schlosberg, experimental cinema, film criticism, Frank Barrera, French poetry, In the Family, independent cinema, independent film, indie filmmaking, literary adaptations, microbudget filmmaking, New York film scene, Patrick Wang, Paul Verlaine, poet biopics, poetry and film, psychological portrait, Roger Ebert, Roxy Cinema, self distribution, The Drunken Boat, The Grief of Others, Tribeca, world cinema

If you’re into risk-taking, boundary-pushing cinema, find and see Patrick Wang’s latest film.

BOOKS Featured Stories

Thrilling, Funny, and Sad Tales of Modern Manhood

June 25, 2026June 29, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments American Fiction, American South, book criticism, Book Review, comedy writing, contemporary fiction, cultural satire, Danny McBride, dark comedy, Divorce, Eastbound and Down, fatherhood, Fight Club, genre fiction, Halloween, humor books, June 2026 books, Kenny Powers, literary fiction, masculinity, mens fiction, midlife crisis, modern manhood, Pop Culture, Random House, satire, short stories, short story collection, Southern literature, Stephen King, television creators, The Exorcist, The Righteous Gemstones, Thrilling Tales of Modern Men, Vice Principals

Danny McBride wonders: Are the men OK?

Featured Stories FILM

Tribeca 2026: The Year of Going to the Cinema

June 24, 2026June 29, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Al Pacino, Alicia Vikander, American independent film, Billie Lourd, cinema culture, documentary films, documentary review, Elizabeth Cutler, emerging filmmakers, Festival Coverage, festival favorites, Fidel Castro, film criticism, film festivals, Flywheel, Harvey Guillén, independent film, indie cinema, Japanese cinema, Josh Brener, Julie Rice, Killing Castro, Memorizu, mental health, Miiku Sakanishi, motherhood, movie reviews, New York City, Peloton, political thrillers, postpartum depression, relationships, Romantic Drama, Ruth Zuckerman, Seven OClock Breakfast Club from the Brokenhearted, SoulCycle, Spin Wars, streaming movies, That Friend, The Last Day, Tribeca 2026, Tribeca Festival, Tribeca reviews, Victoria Pedretti, world cinema

Subjects ranging from rural Japan to New York spin studios to Cold War Cuba showcased the festival’s eclectic range

DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM

E. Jean Carroll Tells Her Story

June 23, 2026June 29, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments #metoo, 2026 films, advice columnists, American culture, Ask E. Jean, cable television, contemporary politics, court cases, documentary films, documentary review, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, Elle magazine, feminism, film criticism, gonzo journalism, Ivy Meeropol, media criticism, nonfiction film, political documentaries, Roger Ailes, sexual assault, sexual harassment, television history, Trump era, women and media, women's rights

‘Ask E. Jean’ prompts questions it doesn’t answer

BOOKS Featured Stories MUSIC

He Managed The Beatles and They Couldn’t Manage Without Him

June 22, 2026June 29, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1960s music, Allen Klein, Antisemitism, Apple Corps, Beatlemania, Beatles books, Beatles manager, book criticism, Brian Epstein, British Invasion, celebrity biographies, Da Capo Books, Derek Taylor, George Harrison, George Harrison biography, George Martin, homophobia in Britain, Jane Asher, Jewish history, John Lennon, John Lennon biography, LGBTQ history, Liverpool, London music scene, Mr Moonlight, music biographies, music industry, music journalism, Neil Aspinall, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney biography, Peter Brown, Philip Norman, Philip Norman interview, pop music history, Reggie Kray, rock and roll history, rock history, Shout The Beatles in Their Generation, Swinging London, The Beatles, The Beatles legacy

Q&A with Philip Norman, biographer of Beatles manager Brian Epstein

Let ‘Swell’ Expand Your Reality

June 21, 2026June 21, 2026 Katie Smith 0 Comments A Table for Six, Asian literature, Blanket, Blimp, book criticism, Book Review, contemporary authors, contemporary literature, experimental fiction, family relationships, fiction collections, genre bending fiction, Give Them the Lindy Hop, grief and loss, independent publishing, international fiction, Janet Hong, Janet Hong translation, Korean literature, literary culture, literary fiction, literary translation, magical realism, marriage and infidelity, modern short stories, multiverse stories, Son Bo mi, South Korean fiction, speculative fiction, Swell, The Love of a Scientist, translated literature, Two Lines Press, Two Lines Press books, UFO fiction, unreliable narrators, world literature

A new collection of Son Bo-Mi’s stories arrives in English

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Was Peter Asher Pop Music’s Zelig or Svengali? ‘Everywhere Man’ Offers Answers

June 20, 2026June 19, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 000 Maniacs, 10, 1960s music, 1970s music, Apple Records, Billy Joel, Bonnie Raitt, British Invasion, Carnaby Street, Carole King, Cher, classic rock, Dan Geller, Danny Kortchmar, Dayna Goldfine, Diana Ross, documentary review, Elton John, Eric Idle, Everywhere Man, folk rock, George Martin, Gordon Waller, Immediate Family, James Taylor, Jane Asher, Lee Sklar, Linda Ronstadt, los angeles music scene, Lyle Lovett, music criticism, music documentaries, music history, music managers, Natalie Merchant, Paul McCartney, Peter and Gordon, Peter Asher, pop music, Randy Newman, record producers, Robin Williams, rock and roll history, rock documentaries, Russ Kunkel, singer songwriters, Steve Martin, Swinging London, The Beatles, The Section, Twiggy, Waddy Wachtel

The documentary follows Asher from Swingin’ London to laid-back L.A… and beyond.

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