Book and Film Globe

BFG Podcast #316: Boomer Hollywood Twilight

October 12, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Aaron Sorkin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Boomer Hollywood, Chris Hansen, cinema, Digger, Facebook, film criticism, Hollywood, Lance Oppenheim, Mikey Madison, movie podcast, Neal Pollack, Podcast, podcast episode, Primetime, Robert Pattinson, Stephen Garrett, Streaming, The Social Network, The Social Reckoning, To Catch a Predator, Tom Cruise

Neal and Stephen chat about Aaron Sorkin, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson and more

FILM

Facebook Is on Trial Again in ‘The Social Reckoning’

October 11, 2026October 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments **CSV tag list:** Aaron Sorkin, AI, algorithms, Artificial, Betty Gilpin, Bill Burr, Billy Magnussen, Capitol attack, David Fincher, extremism, Facebook, Frances Haugen, investigative journalism, January 6, Jeff Horwitz, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Luca Guadagnino, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Mikey Madison, misinformation, movie review, Sam Altman, Silicon Valley, social media, tech industry, The Social Network, The Social Reckoning, Wunmi Mosaku

Aaron Sorkin’s new film crackles with dialogue, but can he justify reopening a 2021 case?

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Somebody Give ‘La Bola Negra’ the Nobel Prize Already

October 9, 2026October 9, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Federico Garcia Lorca, foreign films, Glenn Close, Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, La Bola Negra, LGBTQ films, Los Javis, movie review, Oscar contender, Penelope Cruz, queer cinema, Spanish cinema, Spanish Civil War, The Black Ball

Los Javis have created a piece of living poetry that transcends language and time

BOOKS BUSINESS

L’Affaire Nora Pours Acid Into France’s Fissures

October 8, 2026 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Boualem Sansal, Censorship, Éditions Grasset, Editis, France, free speech, French literature, French politics, French publishing, Hachette, intellectual freedom, Jordan Bardella, Le Monde, Livres Hebdo, Michel Houellebecq, Olivier Nora, publishing industry, Régis Debray, Vincent Bolloré

A high-profile publisher’s latest move occurs against a backdrop of deep divisions in contemporary France

BOOKS

‘Defying Tyrants’ Asks What is Christian Nationalism Anyway?

October 8, 2026October 7, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments #MAGA, anti-Caesar, antichrist, antichrists, Broadleaf Books, Christian history, Christian nationalism, Christianity, church and state, Constantine, Defying Tyrants, Donald Trump, Jesus, John Calvin, Martin Luther, Matthew D. Taylor, politics, religion, Roman Empire, theology

Matthew D. Taylor’s new book blames the antichrists (sic)

DOCUMENTARY FILM Music MUSIC

Is ‘Mountains of the Moon’ Our Generation’s ‘Koyaanisqatsi’?

October 7, 2026October 8, 2026 Adam Hirschfelder 0 Comments adventure sports, Amazon Prime Video, Bill Walton, Chris Benchetler, David Lemieux, Deadheads, documentary, Fire on the Mountain, Furthur bus, Grahame Lesh, Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead music, Human Be-In, Jerry Garcia, Ken Kesey, Mickey Hart, Mountains on the Moon, outdoor films, Paul Stamets, Phil Lesh, psychedelic art, San Francisco, skiing, snowboarding, Terrapin Family Band

Chris Benchetler’s new movie is a meditation on the inter-connectedness of action sports, Grateful Dead music, and all living things that surround us and bind us together.

BOOKS

Do You Have the ‘Will and Attention’ To Escape the Bottle?

October 6, 2026October 7, 2026 Art Edwards 0 Comments addiction memoir, AI, alcoholism, Arthur Schopenhauer, artificial intelligence, attention, Catholicism, Christianity, Dante, Dodge in Hell, Doubleday, evangelicalism, faith, Fall; or, God Human Animal Machine, Gravity and Grace, Meghan O’Gieblyn, memoir, Neal Stephenson, philosophy, recovery, relapse, religion, René Descartes, Simone Weil, Singularity, Søren Kierkegaard, Spirituality, technology, Will and Attention, willpower

Meghan O’Gieblyn’s new memoir faces up to faith, addiction, and techno-skepticism armed mainly with a spiritual World War II philosopher

FILM

On Bond Day We Ask, Should James Bond Still Exist Today?

October 5, 2026October 4, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment 007, action films, Amazon MGM Studios, Aston Martin, British cinema, Casino Royale, Cold War, Daniel Aaron, Daniel Craig, Dr. No, espionage, film criticism, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, James Bond, James Bond Day, masculinity, Moonraker, movie history, Pop Culture, Sean Connery, spy films, The Spy Who Loved Me

Will we still love 007 now he’s 64?

CLASSICS Featured Stories FILM

‘Colossus’ the Film that Foretold the AI War

October 4, 2026October 7, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments 1970 films, AI, AI safety, Apollo 13, artificial intelligence, classic cinema, Cold War, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Control Data Corporation, D.F. Jones, dystopian films, Eric Braeden, Gordon Pinsent, James Bridges, Lawrence Hall of Science, movie review, sci-fi films, science fiction, supercomputers, Susan Clark, The China Syndrome, Will Schallert

A prophetic all-star team from 1970 has been overlooked

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

October 2, 2026October 7, 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

BOOKS Featured Stories

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

October 2, 2026October 5, 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