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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Sponge

April 28, 2026April 16, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments

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

Netflix NON-FICTION Sports Uncategorized

Was ‘Ronaldinho: The One and Only’?

April 27, 2026April 26, 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

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

‘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 0 Comments 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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BFG Podcast #304: Diagnosing ‘The Pitt’ Season 2

April 21, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments ensemble cast, Gerran Howell, healthcare drama, hot doctor trope, ICE storyline, Isa Briones, Katherine LaNasa, Max TV series, medical drama, Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, political TV, Prestige Television, Shawn Hatosy, Taylor Dearden, The Pitt, The Pitt Season 2, TV review

Neal Pollack, Jessica Babbit, Dan Friedman run the differentials

Trouble Comes to New Mexico in ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’

April 20, 2026April 20, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Billie Roy, Brendan Fraser, Egypt, Hayat Kamille, Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Lee Cronin, May Calamawy, May Elghety, Natalie Grace, Seven., Shylo Molina, Silence of the Lambs, Stephen Sommer, The Exorcist, The mummy, The Omen, Verónica Falcón

Tutankhamun meets ‘The Exorcist’ in this latest installment of the franchise

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‘IF’: Imaginary Friends and Real Ryan Reynoldses

April 19, 2026April 19, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments

John Krasinski’s 2024 bomb hits Netflix and explodes into life

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‘The Pitt’ Season 2: A Postmortem

April 17, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments ensemble cast, Gerran Howell, healthcare drama, hot doctor trope, ICE storyline, Isa Briones, Katherine LaNasa, Max TV series, medical drama, Noah Wyle, Patrick Ball, political TV, Prestige Television, Shawn Hatosy, Taylor Dearden, The Pitt, The Pitt Season 2, TV review

Taking stock of Noah Wyle and HBO Max’s hot docs

BOOKS Graphic novels

Noir and Forgotten History Unite in ‘Death to Pachuco’

April 17, 2026April 15, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments civil rights history, comic book review, crime comics, Death to Pachuco, graphic novel, Henry Barajas, historical comics, Image Comics, indie comics, Latino representation, los angeles history, Mexican American history, noir comics, Pachuco culture, Rachel Merrill, racism in America, Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial, Spanglish dialogue, World War II home front, Zoot Suit Riots

Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill tell a wartime story of Mexicans in Los Angeles

‘City Wide Fever’ Is a Love Letter to Giallo

April 16, 2026April 16, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Alamo Drafthouse, analog film, arthouse cinema, auteur cinema, City Wide Fever, cult film, Dario Argento, Diletta Guglielmi, experimental film, film review, giallo, giallo films, horror movies, Ian Fidance, independent film, Indie Horror, Italian horror, Josh Heaps, Mario Bava, midnight movie, surreal cinema

A unique homage to Italian horror hits theater screens

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‘The Testaments’ Brings Us Back to Gilead

April 15, 2026April 27, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments book adaptation, Bruce Miller, Chase McKenzie, dystopian fiction, Elisabeth Moss, feminist dystopia, Gilead, Hulu, Lucy Halliday, Margaret Atwood, Mayday, political drama, prestige TV, series sequel, streaming TV, Television Review, The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments, TV criticism

In the sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ Margaret Atwood and Bruce Miller take us to finishing school

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