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BFG Podcast #306: Michael Jackson, Ian McKellen, Anne Hathaway, Their Films and More

May 6, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments art world satire, back in black, BFG Podcast, blockbuster season, Bohemian Rhapsody, Book and Film Globe, british acting, celebrity biopics, cinema discussion, Colman Domingo, cultural criticism, Emily Blunt, entertainment journalism, entertainment podcast, fashion industry satire, fashion movies, film criticism, film criticism podcast, gillian gaar, Hollywood sequels, Ian McKellen, Indie Film, Jackson 5, jeff bezos parody, Justin Theroux, london art world, Meryl Streep, Michael Jackson, michael jackson biopic, michael movie, Michaela Coel, movie industry commentary, movie podcast, movie reviews, music biopics, music podcast, Neal Pollack, pop culture podcast, pop music movies, prestige cinema, sequel fatigue, Stephen Garrett, Steven Soderbergh, summer movie season, The Christophers, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Drama, victory tour

Neal Pollack, Gillian Gaar, and Stephen Garrett discuss biopics, drama, and people who oughtta retire

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Sponge

May 5, 2026May 6, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1960s music scene, Andy Warhol, ascap deems taylor award, big joe turner, brian cullman, british folk, classic rock, counterculture, cultural criticism, danny fields, doc pomus, dr john, edie sedgwick, folk music, Greenwich Village, holy modal rounders, how to prepare for the past, Jim Morrison, jimi zhivago, john martyn, Leonard Cohen, lester bangs, lilian roxon, literary memoirs, literary nonfiction, lucinda williams, mark knopfler, memoir review, music biography, music journalism, music memoir, music writers, new york music scene, nick drake, nico, Paul Bowles, peter stampfel, poetic prose, rock and roll history, rock criticism, Sam Shepard, sandy denny, tangier, ze books

‘How to Prepare for the Past’ reflects on lessons learned from rock stars and literary legends

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A School of Magic That Does Not Patronize the Viewers

May 4, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments anime 2026, anime worldbuilding, Coco Witch Hat Atelier, coming of age anime, dark fantasy anime, ethical themes in fantasy, fantasy anime, Harry Potter comparisons, J.K. Rowling, Japanese animation, Kamome Shirahama, magic school genre, manga adaptations, Qifrey character

‘Witch Hat Atelier’ represents an evolution for a genre mired in Harry Potter

The Devil Barely Cares About Prada

May 1, 2026May 1, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Aline Brosh McKenna, Anne Hathaway, Cucinelli, David Frankel, Emily Blunt, fashion industry films, Fendi, Heidi Klum, Kara Swisher, luxury fashion culture, Madonna, media industry decline, Meryl Streep, print journalism crisis, Runway magazine, sequel films 2026, Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada 2, Tina Brown, Vogue, workplace dramas

The crew is all back for this 20th anniversary sequel, but the world has moved on

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Robots, Soccer, King Arthur and More : 10 Books To Read in May

May 1, 2026May 5, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments AI and society, Ann Leckie, Arthurian literature, Backtalker, business and psychology books, creativity and constraints, David Epstein, Elizabeth Strout, Galahad and the Grail, Geoffrey Cain, I Am Not a Robot, imperial Radch, Inside the Box, Joanna Stern, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Leander Schaerlaeckens, literary fiction 2026, Malcolm Guite, new books May 2026, nonfiction books 2026, Radiant Star, Relegated, science fiction books, Silicon Valley history, soccer books, Steve Jobs in Exile, The Long Game, The Things We Never Say, Todd Smith, World Cup reading

Steve Jobs, Joanna Stern, Kimberlé Crenshaw, the USMNT and more on new covers this month

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Everything That’s Streaming in May 2026

April 30, 2026May 5, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments Good Omens season 3, May 2026 streaming, new on Apple TV Plus May 2026, new on Disney Plus May 2026, new on HBO Max May 2026, new on Hulu May 2026, new on Netflix May 2026, new on Peacock May 2026, new on Prime Video May 2026, new on Shudder May 2026, Remarkably Bright Creatures adaptation, Spider Noir Nicolas Cage, Tales from the Crypt streaming, The Punisher One Last Kill, Yellowstone spinoff Dutton Ranch

Nic Cage, Sally Field, Taylor Sheridan, and the whole USMNT are coming to a small screen near you

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Boodled by the Art and Artists of ‘The Christophers’

April 29, 2026May 4, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments art world films, British actors, contemporary cinema, Ed Solomon, film review, Ian McKellen, indie cinema 2026, James Corden, Jessica Gunning, Michaela Coel, Steven Soderbergh, The Christophers

Steven Soderbergh comes out of retirement yet again to direct Sir Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel

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BFG Podcast #305: Spring Film Roundup

April 29, 2026April 27, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Hoppers, Neal Pollack, Project Hail Mary, Stephen Garrett, Super Mario Bros, The AI Doc, The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist, The Drama

Neal Pollack and Stephen Garrett chew over some of the drama from spring 2006

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Was ‘Ronaldinho: The One and Only’?

April 27, 2026April 30, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments 2002 World Cup, ac milan, atletico mineiro, barcelona fc, brazil national team, brazilian football, club football politics, cristiano ronaldo, david seaman goal, el clasico, flamengo vs santos 2011, football culture, football documentaries, football history, football legacy, goat debate, joao mendes, jogo bonito, lionel messi, luis ara series, neymar jr, paraguay prison scandal, paris saint germain, player lifestyle controversy, porto alegre, real madrid, roberto de assis moreira, ronaldinho, ronaldo de assis moreira, ronaldo nazario, skill and flair, soccer biography

Mini-series about the Brazilian soccer star is designed to whet our World Cup whistle

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‘Just Sing’ Hits the High Notes of College A Cappella

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments a cappella music, Abraham Troen, Angelique Molina, arts education, college a cappella, college life, competitive singing, documentary film, Gen Z culture, High School Musical, ICCA, International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, Just Sing, Music Documentary, music theory, musical theater culture, Pitch Perfect, SoCal VoCals, student performers

Documentary trades satire for sincerity as it follows the SoCal VoCals into competition

‘The Stranger’ Turns Existentialism Into Something Dangerous

April 26, 2026 Neal Pollack 2 Comments absurdism, Albert Camus, Algiers 1930s, arthouse cinema, Benjamin Voisin, best films 2026, black and white film, book adaptation, Camus adaptation, classic literature, colonial history, colonialism, culture criticism, existential philosophy, existentialism, film adaptation, film criticism, film reviews, foreign film, François Ozon, French Algeria, French cinema, French New Wave, Italian neorealism, Jean-Paul Sartre, media analysis, Meursault, movie reviews, Orson Welles adaptation, philosophy in film, Pierre Lottin, postcolonial themes, race and identity, Rebecca Marder, The Cure Killing an Arab, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Stranger, violence and morality

François Ozon’s elegant Camus adaptation finds new urgency in colonial Algiers

The ‘Michael’ Biopic Won’t Show the King of Pop in a ‘Bad’ Light

April 24, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1980s pop culture, Antoine Fuqua, artist exploitation, Billie Jean, biographical film, brand management, Bubbles chimp, celebrity biopic, celebrity image, celebrity legacy, child stardom, Colman Domingo, controversial figures, culture criticism, entertainment industry, estate control, fame and isolation, film criticism, film reviews, hagiography, Hollywood biopics, Jaafar Jackson, Jackson 5, Jackson family, John Branca, John McClain, Joseph Jackson, Katherine Jackson, King of Pop, Lionsgate, Lionsgate films, media analysis, Michael Jackson, Michael movie 2026, moonwalk, Motown 25, movie reviews, music biopic, music history, music video era, Neverland Ranch, Nia Long, Off the Wall, Pepsi commercial accident, pop music, Prince Jackson, race and identity, Thriller album, Thriller video

The ‘man in the mirror’ proves surprisingly bland

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‘Power to the People’: John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s NYC Rent Party on the Big Screen

April 24, 2026April 27, 2026 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1970s music, Allen Ginsberg, anti war music, archival film, audience participation, avant-garde music, benefit concerts, Come Together song, concert documentary, concert films, counterculture, culture criticism, David Peel, Elephants Memory, experimental music, film criticism, Geraldo Rivera, Give Peace a Chance, glam rock, hippie era, Imagine song, Instant Karma song, John Lennon, live albums, live performance, Madison Square Garden, Melanie, Music Documentary, music performance review, New York City Music, One to One concert, Phil Spector, Plastic Ono Band, political music, post Beatles era, Power to the People, primal scream therapy, punk precursors, restored footage, Roberta Flack, rock history, Sean Lennon, Sha Na Na, Simon Hilton, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Vietnam War protest, Willowbrook State School, Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono art

Expanded footage of a historic benefit show is manna for Beatlemaniacs

‘Animal Farm’ Gets the Super Mario Bros. Treatment

April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments 1984 comparison, Andy Serkis, Angel Studios, Animal Farm, Animal Farm themes, animated films, Big Brother, book adaptations, Boxer character, Cold War themes, culture criticism, film adaptation, film criticism, Gaten Matarazzo, George Orwell, Glenn Close, Hollywood animation, independent film, Jim Parsons, Kieran Culkin, media analysis, modern satire, Napoleon character, Nicholas Stoller, Orwellian, political satire, Seth Rogen, Sound of Freedom, Soviet Union history, Stalin allegory, Steve Buscemi, streaming and film industry, totalitarianism, voice acting, Woody Harrelson

A surprisingly faithful adaptation of George Orwell’s classic can’t escape its context

For Whom Is America the ‘Chosen Land’?

April 22, 2026April 22, 2026 Gordon Haber 0 Comments America, American Christianity, American history, Billy Graham, Black church history, Book Review, Catholicism in America, Chosen Land, Christ, Christian nationalism, Christian right, church and state, Deism, evangelicalism, Founding Fathers, George Whitefield, Jesus, liberation theology, mainline Protestantism, Matthew Sutton, nonfiction books, political religion, Protestantism in America, religion and politics, religious pluralism, separation of church and state, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Supreme Court

Matthew Sutton looks at the Christian roots and legacy of the United States project

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