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We Finally Get To See Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu’s Decade-Long Project, ‘Digger’

October 2, 2026October 2, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alejandro González Iñárritu, climate change, Digger, disaster movie, Dr. Strangelove, environmental thriller, Francis Ford Coppola, global warming, Jesse Plemons, John Goodman, Megalopolis, Michael Stuhlbarg, movie review, oil industry, political satire, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, satire, science fiction, Tom Cruise, VistaVision

Tom Cruise fully invests in his role alongside Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg. and Jesse Plemons

Readers’ 14: October Books We’re Excited To Read

October 2, 2026October 2, 2026 Art McPhail 0 Comments Adam Grant, Annalee Newitz, Audrey Niffenegger, Barbara Kingsolver, Bonnie Garmus, Book Preview, books, Broadleaf Books, Chad Harbach, Custom House, Doubleday, Ecco, Farrar Straus and Giroux, Franny Choi, Hanover Square Press, Harper, James Marriott, Julie Orringer, Knopf, literary fiction, Little Brown, Matthew D. Taylor, Meghan O’Gieblyn, memoir, Michael Lewis, most anticipated books, Nonfiction, October Books, Sarah Perry, science fiction, Scribner, Tor Books, Viking, W.W. Norton, Yiyun Li

Barbara Kingsolver returns, Chad Harbach finally publishes his long-awaited second novel, Michael Lewis investigates DOGE, Bonnie Garmus heads to 1980s publishing, Adam Grant explores loneliness and more

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Everything That’s Streaming in October 2026

October 1, 2026October 1, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments Apple TV, Avatar Seven Havens, Ben Affleck, Carrie, Criterion Channel, Crystal Lake, Disney, East of Eden, Florence Pugh, Halloween, HBO Max, horror, Hulu, John Cena, Matchbox The Movie, Mike Flanagan, movies, Netflix, October 2026, October streaming, Paramount, Paul Bettany, Peacock, Prime Video, Shudder, Stephen King, Streaming, Streaming Guide, Television, tv, VisionQuest

AI drama, ‘Carrie’ returns, a Kazan helms ‘East of Eden,’ horror for Halloween, and more

Your Mother

September 30, 2026September 29, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Abubakr Ali, action thriller, Adia, Bassam Tariq, crime thriller, faith, Family Drama, fatherhood, Giancarlo Esposito, hitman, Houston, independent film, Islam, Jahleel Kamara, John Cho, Kill Bill, Laith Nakli, Lone Wolf and Cub, Mahershala Ali, martial arts, Muslim representation, Religious Cinema, revenge film, Tiffany Boone, Tramell Tillman, Witness, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

Your mother, your mother

Can Ayad Akhtar Find Out the Identity of Ayad Akhtar from ‘The Radiance’?

September 29, 2026August 23, 2026 Elaine Margolin 0 Comments American Dervish, autofiction, Ayad Akhtar, Book Review, brain injury, consciousness, Disgraced, Homeland Elegies, identity, literary fiction, Lucie Neroponte, Pakistani American writers, psychological fiction, The Radiance, Trauma

Pulitzer prize-winner’s new novel continues his auto-fictional exploration

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‘Primetime’ Is Ready for Prime Time, But Maybe That’s About All

September 28, 2026October 1, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments A24, Ajon Singh, Alex Winter, Anna Faris, Bill Conradt, Chris Hansen, Creed Bratton, Crime Drama, Dateline NBC, documentary filmmaking, investigative journalism, Jeff Zucker, Jonathan Lipnicki, Lance Oppenheim, media ethics, Merritt Wever, NBC, Perverted-Justice, Phoebe Bridgers, Primetime, Rent, Robert Pattinson, Seasons of Love, Skyler Gisondo, Spermworld, Television, To Catch a Predator, true crime, Xavier Von Erck, You Can See Everything

Robert Pattinson stars in Lance Oppenheim’s debut fiction feature

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Will America Find Japan’s Bestselling Novelist Through ‘Stray Dogs’?

September 27, 2026October 1, 2026 J. Barnes 1 Comment anime, autofiction, Bungo Stray Dogs, Christianity, coming of age, depression, diary novel, Donald Keene, Japanese literature, Justice with a Smile, Kabuki, Kafka Asagiri, literary fiction, manga, Michael Day, No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai, suicide, The Final Years, The Real Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun, translated fiction, Tuttle Publishing, Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

A new translation of Osamu Dazai’s ‘Justice with a Smile’ is part of a wave of his work appearing in the West

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Men or Snakes? Who Are the ‘Monsters of God’?

September 25, 2026September 30, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Anson Wong, Chimp Crazy, CITES, conservation, Eric Goode, exotic animals, Florida, Hank Molt, HBO, HBO documentary, illegal wildlife trade, lizards, Monsters of God, nature documentary, reptile trade, reptiles, snakes, Tiger King, Tommy Crutchfield, true crime documentary, United Nations, wildlife trafficking

New HBO series from Eric Goode documents the world of exotic-reptile collecting

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Carla Baratta: The BFG Interview

September 24, 2026September 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Adelita, Book and Film Globe, Carla Baratta, Carlos Moreno, Colombian television, Fernanda del Carpio, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, interview, Latin American cinema, Laura Mora, Laura Taylor, Macondo, magical realism, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Mayans M.C., Netflix, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Sons of Anarchy, Venezuelan actress

The Venezuelan model turned star of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ talks Macondo

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Check Out Boeing in ‘Freefall’

September 23, 2026September 28, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 737 MAX, 737 MAX 9, Airbus, aircraft manufacturing, Alaska Airlines, aviation, aviation safety, Boeing, capitalism, commercial aviation, corporate accountability, corporate culture, documentary, documentary films, engineering, film review, Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing, John Barnett, movie review, Netflix, Netflix documentary, plane crashes, quality control, Rory Kennedy, safety, whistleblowers

New documentary show crashes don’t come from just one lil’ engineering failure

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Hasta La Vista, Toronto, You Ended Strong

September 22, 2026September 28, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Ah Girl, Arthur Harari, Canadian cinema, coming of age, documentary, French cinema, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ian Bawa, Iranian cinema, Japanese cinema, La Gradiva, Léa Seydoux, Look Back, Mandeep Sodhi, Marine Atlan, Niels Schneider, Ong Xuan Jing, Pegah Ahangarani, psychological thriller, Rehearsals for a Revolution, Singapore cinema, Strong Son, The Unknown, TIFF 2026, Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF 2026’s final set of films include Marine Atlan’s stunning ‘La Gradiva’ to daring works from Iran, France, Japan, and Singapore

Featured Stories FILM Horror

No Need for Monster Logic in ‘Resident Evil’

September 22, 2026September 25, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Austin Abrams, Barbarian, body horror, Capcom, creature feature, first-person shooter, horror, Kali Reis, Paul W.S. Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Raccoon City, Resident Evil, Sam Raimi, Shay Hatten, survival horror, Umbrella Corporation, video game adaptation, Weapons, Zach Cherry, Zach Cregger, zombie movie

Zach Cregger reboots the iconic horror series and revels in its visceral pageantry

There’s Nothing ‘Normal’ About Bob Odenkirk

September 21, 2026September 14, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments action comedy, action film, Ben Wheatley, Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Odenkirk movies, Brendan Fletcher, crime thriller, Derek Kolstad, Henry Winkler, independent film, Jess McLeod, John Wick, John Wick creator, Lena Headey, movie review, Nobody, Normal, Peter Shinkoda, yakuza

‘Nobody’ and ‘John Wick’ creator Derek Kolstad throws up a Minnesotan action comedy

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BFG Podcast #315: Venice, Oasis and Hope

September 20, 2026September 25, 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, hong jin na, Hope, James Gunn, John Stewart, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns, live action, Looney Tunes, Neal Pollack, Nick Tangborn, Oasis, Podcast, Pop Culture, Rob Kutner, Sam Porteous, Sea of Reeds Media, superheroes, The Big Bang Theory, TV podcast, TV review, venice, Warner Bros., Wile E. Coyote

Neal and Stephen chat about Danny Boyle, Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich and more

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Throw a Champagne Supernova on the Wonderwall

September 19, 2026September 22, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Britpop, Cardiff, concert documentary, Don't Look Back in Anger, Dylan Southern, film review, Liam Gallagher, Live '25 Tour, Manchester, Music Documentary, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Oasis reunion, Oasis reunion tour, rock documentary, rock music, Steven Knight, Will Lovelace, Wonderwall

The Gallagher Brothers ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’

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