Book and Film Globe

Witnessing North Korea

September 10, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Arduous March, Bloomsbury Academic, Book Review, Caritas, diplomacy, East Asia, geopolitics, humanitarian aid, international aid, Jerome Sauvage, Kaesong Industrial Region, Kathi Zellweger, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, memoir, Mike Chinoy, Miss Kathi, North Korea, North Korea books, North Korea famine, Paul French, Post Hill Press, sanctions, South Korea, Witness to North Korea

Two new books offer firsthand explanations for how we got to this point

DOCUMENTARY FILM

‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ Preaches Radical Pessimism at the End of the World

September 9, 2026September 10, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 0 Comments Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, cinema, climate change, cultural criticism, documentary, dystopia, ecology, film review, Greta Thunberg, ideology, Lars Von Trier, Melancholia, philosophy, political philosophy, psychoanalysis, Slavoj Žižek, Sophie Fiennes, Sullivan's Travels, The Pervert's Guide to Utopias, The Prestige, utopia, V for Vendetta, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival

In Venice, Sophie Fiennes’ third collaboration with Zizek sees the 77-year-old at his most political — and earnest

A Spinoza professor undergoes an existential crisis in ‘The Basics of Philosophy’

September 8, 2026September 9, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 0 Comments art house cinema, Baruch Spinoza, Bill Pullman, Calvinism, Daniel Zovatto, drama, Ethics, existentialism, film review, First Reformed, Indie Film, Jack Huston, John Calvin, Karl Glusman, moral philosophy, movie review, Paul Schrader, Paul Schrader films, philosophy, predestination, Psychological Drama, religion, Sofia Boutella, Spinoza, The Basics of Philosophy, Venice Film Festival, Venice Film Festival 2026

At the Venice Film Festival, Paul Schrader Wrestles with Free Will and Determinism

NON-FICTION Streaming TELEVISION

There’s No Need To Hide Your ‘Lion’ Eyes

September 7, 2026September 6, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments African savanna, animal behavior, animal documentary, BBC Studios, comfort TV, coming of age, Disney, Disney documentaries, documentary series, Hans Zimmer, Jon Favreau, Kio, Lion, lions, Mike Gunton, movie review, National Geographic, nature, nature documentary, O.J. Lynch, Streaming, The Lion King, TV review, wildlife, wildlife photography

Jon Favreau brings National Geographic to Disney

Featured Stories FILM

John Malkovich, Werner Herzog, and Danny Boyle Show Up Big in Italy

September 5, 2026September 10, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bucking Fastard, cinema, Danny Boyle, Film festival, film industry, Fleet Street, Guy Pearce, Ink, Jack O'Connell, James Graham, John Malkovich, Kate Mara, Martin McDonagh, movie news, Orlando Bloom, Oscar buzz, Rooney Mara, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Rockwell, The Sun, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Venice Film Festival 2026, Werner Herzog, Wild Horse Nine

Actors and directors bring the goods to the Venice Film Festival 2026

‘The Whisper Man’ Deserves this Review

September 4, 2026September 4, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 12 Comments Adam Scott, Alex North, book adaptation, child abduction, crime thriller, film review, James Ashcroft, Michael Keaton, Michelle Monaghan, movie review, mystery thriller, Netflix, Netflix movies, psychological thriller, Robert De Niro, Rory Kennedy, Serial Killer, streaming movies, The Silence of the Lambs, The Whisper Man, Thrillers, True Detective

Despite Michael Keaton, Robert de Niro and Michelle Monaghan, this film is already spoiled

Featured Stories Podcasts

BFG Podcast #314: Lanterns, Coyotes, Acme Discussions

September 3, 2026September 3, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Aaron Pierre, animation, comic books, Coyote Vs. Acme, DC Comics, DC Studios, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, HBO, HBO Max, James Gunn, John Stewart, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns, live action, Looney Tunes, Neal Pollack, Nick Tangborn, Podcast, Pop Culture, Rob Kutner, Sam Porteous, Sea of Reeds Media, superheroes, The Big Bang Theory, TV podcast, TV review, Warner Bros., Wile E. Coyote

Neal and Rob unpack private equity and falling anvils; Neal and Nick pick over HBO’s new superhero series

Don’t Wait for ‘Busboys’

September 3, 2026August 30, 2026 Robert Dean 2 Comments 2026 films, Bobby Lee, bro comedy, buddy comedy, Bus Boys, Charlotte McKinney, Chris Elliott, comedy films, Cowboy song, David Spade, film review, Hollywood comedies, Hulu, independent film, indie comedy, Jay Pharoah, Jonah Feingold, Kid Rock, movie review, offensive comedy, podcasts, Stand Up Comedy, Step Brothers, Superbad, Theo Von, Tim Dillon, Trevor Wallace

David Spade and Theo Von team up for a dumb buddy comedy

‘Chronovisor’ Presents an Intellectually Grounded Indiana Jones-Type Adventure

September 2, 2026September 2, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments academic research, Anne Laure Sellier, behavioral science, Chronovisor, Columbia University, Cosmic Salon, experimental film, Father François Brune, Film at Lincoln Center, film review, independent film, Jack Auen, Kevin Walker, Pellegrino Ernetti, Peter Krassa, Rotterdam Film Festival, science and religion, time travel, Vatican

Jack Auen and Kevin Walker’s debut feature fashions a mesmerizing conspiracy thriller from academic research

Chloe Benjamin Follows Up ‘The Immortalists’ With ‘Under Story’

September 1, 2026August 24, 2026 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments alternate reality, Antarctica, Book Review, books, Chloe Benjamin, cosmology, family, fiction, fungi, grief, literary fiction, loss, magical realism, McMurdo Station, mycology, nature, novel, parallel universe, parenthood, physics, science fiction, speculative fiction, The Immortalists, Under Story

Loss drives the protagonists to Antarctica and an alternate universe

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

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