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A Middling Middle Ages #MeToo

October 15, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Ben Affleck, Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott, The Last Duel

In ‘The Last Duel,’ believe all medieval women

Michael Myers Just Keeps Coming

October 15, 2021October 17, 2021 Kristin Clifford 1 Comment Anthony Michael Hall, David Gordon Green, Halloween, Halloween Kills, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers

‘Halloween Kills’ brings the thrills

‘C’mon C’mon,’ ‘Parallel Mothers,’ and ‘Memoria’

October 14, 2021October 15, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Apichatpong Weerasethakul, C'mon C'mon, Joaquin Phoenix, Memoria, Mike Mills, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz, Tilda Swinton

Family concerns dominate the last week of the NYFF

Politics Writers

Sally Rooney Versus the State of Israel

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Dan Friedman 1 Comment Beautiful World Where Are You, Ireland, Israel, Modan, Sally Rooney

‘The first great millennial novelist’ refuses to allow Israeli publisher to put out her new book

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South Korean Dramas: It’s Not Just Squid Game

October 13, 2021October 14, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Devil Judge, Flix Patrol, Gong Yoo, Hellbound, Hwang Dong-hyuk, Parasite, South Korea, Squid Game, Train To Busan, Vincenzo, Yeon Sang-ho

Other notable shows from the world’s trendiest entertainment market

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Chappelle Goes There

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 Michael Patrick Welch 0 Comments DaBaby, Daphne Dorman, Dave Chappelle, Netflix, The Closer

Is ‘The Closer’ bigoted against trans people, just voicing an unspoken truth, neither, or both?

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Kneel Before Fauci

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 Matt Brown 3 Comments Disney, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Fauci

Disney+ lionizes the good doctor in a ludicrous hagiography

FICTION Young Adult

Evison, Pérez Speak Out Against Censorship

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ashley Hope Perez, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Out of Darkness

Authors deal with a rise of school book bans across the country

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I DARE you to read TikTok’s ‘hottest/kinkiest/forbidden novel’

October 11, 2021October 13, 2021 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Harley LaRoux, The Dare

Warning: this review is hardcore

TELEVISION

Maid To Be Alone

October 11, 2021October 15, 2021 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Andie MacDowell, Maid, Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Rylea Nevaeh Whittet

The system conspires against our heroine in the brilliant Netflix series ‘Maid’

TELEVISION

‘Outlander’ Gets Intimate With Its Fans at NYCC

October 11, 2021October 12, 2021 Rebecca Kurson 0 Comments Caitroina Balfe, Diana Gabaldon, John Bell, Lauren Lyle, Maril Davis, Sam Heughan

Comic Con attendees fancy-mask for a season 6 preview

Book and Film Globe Podcasts

BFG Week In Review Podcast #024: ‘No Time To Die,’ ‘The Many Saints of Newark,’ and ‘Squid Game’

October 10, 2021October 12, 2021 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Booker Prize, James Bond, No Time To Die, Squid Game, The Many Saints of Newark

Our editor and writers break down the week in culture

FILM

Mutton For Punishment

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Pablo Gallaga 0 Comments A24, Lamb, Noomi Rapace, Valdimar Jóhannsson

A24 whiffs with ‘Lamb,’ not the Icelandic livestock baby horror movie we wanted

FILM

James Bond Has All The Feels

October 7, 2021October 15, 2021 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ana de Armas, Ben Whishaw, Christoph Walz, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Lashana Lynch, Léa Seydoux, Naomie Harris, No Time To Die, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek

Study up if you want to understand the well-crafted and very long ‘No Time To Die’

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Mob Mentality

October 7, 2021October 11, 2021 Matt Hanson 1 Comment Alessandro Nivola, David Chase, The Many Saints of Newark, The Sopranos

‘The Many Saints of Newark’ lacks that old Sopranos bada-bing

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