Matt Hanson, Author at Book and Film Globe

Music NON-FICTION

Downbeat

November 29, 2022 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Dangerous Rhythms, English, Frank Sinatra, jazz, Louis Armstrong, T.J

‘Dangerous Rhythms’, a new book about jazz and the underworld, spends too much time with familiar names

FILM

No One Escapes the Gaze of ‘Le Corbeau’

October 19, 2022 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Henri-George Clouzot, Le Corbeau, Quentin Tarantino

Criterion re-releases a long out-of-print Clouzot classic made under Nazi occupation

FILM

Let Us Now Praise ‘Miller’s Crossing’

July 11, 2022July 14, 2022 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Albert Finney, Fargo, Frances McDormand, Gabriel Byrne, Jeff Bridges, John Turturro, Joseph McBride, Miller's Crossing, The Big Lebowski, The Coen Brothers, The Whole Durn Human Comedy

A handsome Criterion re-release gives new life to the masterful third film from the Coen Brothers

TELEVISION

‘Barry’ Sheds its Underdog Status

May 18, 2022May 23, 2022 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Barry, Bill Hader, Henry Winkler, Stephen Root

In Season 3, an endearing underdog is morphing into a tragic freak

FILM TELEVISION

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

FILM

Aren’t You Glad You Didn’t Go to Woodstock 99?

July 27, 2021March 16, 2022 Matt Hanson 1 Comment Bill Clinton, David Derosia, Fred Durst, Jewel, Kid Rock, Limp Biskit, Limp Bizkit, Monica Lewinsky, Rob Sheffield, Woodstock 99

HBO documentary recalls the horrors of a disastrous music festival

Theater

Waiting for a Better Godot

June 17, 2021March 15, 2022 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Robin Williams, Samuel Beckett, Steve Martin, Tariq Trotter, Waiting for Godot, Wallace Shawn

A wacky all-star online Zoom version of the play brings some laughs, but loses Beckett’s dark poetry

FILM

Summer Movies for Summer Moviegoers

May 31, 2021 Matt Hanson 1 Comment Bull Durham, Christopher Meloni, David Gordon Green, Dazed and Confused, Do The Right Thing, George Washington, Jurassic Park, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Rudd, Richard Linklater, River Phoenix, Samuel L. Jackson, Stand By Me, Steven Spielberg, Summer, Summertime, Wet Hot American Summer

Great films about being outside for people who want to stay inside

FICTION FILM

Dorian Gray On Instagram

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Dorian Gray, Fionn Whitehead, Instagram, the Picture of Dorian Gray, YouTube

New adaptation of Oscar Wilde classic is a flat, shallow exploration of the corrupting influence of social media

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

The Poetry of Biggie Smalls

March 9, 2021March 12, 2021 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Biggie Smalls, I Got A Story To Tell, Jean-Paul Sartre, Kurt Vonnegut, MTV, Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die

Netflix’s Notorious B.I.G. documentary is a great origin story, but doesn’t talk enough about Biggie’s lyrics

FILM

Eating Out at the Movies

February 25, 2021 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Andre Gregory, Babette's Feast, Barry Levinson, Bill Murray, Coffee & Cigarrettes, COVID-19, Diner, Five Easy Pieces, Groundhog Day, Jack Nicholson, Jack White, Jim Jarmusch, Meg White, My Dinner With Andre, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, The Trip, Wallace Shawn

With many restaurants and bars closed permanently, let’s live our day vicariously through these classic scenes

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Hanging on the Telephone

February 5, 2021February 9, 2021 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Adam Sandler, Black Christmas, Dr. Strangelove, Glengarry Glen Ross, Jack Lemmon, Joe Pesci, Jon Favreau, Lakeith Stanfield, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Sellers, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Punch-Drunk Love, Robert DeNiro, Sorry To Bother You, Swingers, Taxi Driver

The most memorable bad phone calls in movie history

FICTION

Inside Martin Amis

November 16, 2020November 19, 2020 Matt Hanson 1 Comment Christopher Hitchens, Inside Story, Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, Saul Bellow, The New Statesman

In his latest “novel”, the writer dishes on Christopher Hitchens, Philip Larkin, and Saul Bellow, among others

FILM Politics Uncategorized

Seven Movies About Living Under Political Conflict

September 21, 2020September 24, 2020 Matt Hanson 0 Comments Black Girl, David Straithairn, Edward R. Murrow, George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck, Howard Zinn, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Stewart, John Carpenter, John Ford, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Ousmane Sembene, Roberto Rossellini, Rome: Open City, Rowdy Roddy Piper, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The People Speak, They Live, Yves Montand, Z

Nothing we’re going through is new

DOCUMENTARY FILM Politics TELEVISION

Eight Must-Watch Candidates

July 24, 2020 Matt Hanson 0 Comments A Face in the Crowd, A Perfect Candidate, documentaries, HBO, movies, Nashville, Street Fight, The Contender, The Manchurian Candidate, The Wire, Wag the Dog

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