Stephen Garrett, Author at Book and Film Globe

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Sound of Metal

On Deaf Ears

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments

In the deeply empathetic ‘Sound of Metal,’ a heavy-metal drummer suddenly loses his hearing

Freaky

Not That ‘Freaky’

November 14, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments

A John Hughes-style slasher film with an LGBTQ twist

Fatman

Fat Santa

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Fatman, Marianne Jean Baptiste, Mel Gibson, Santa Claus, Walton Goggins

‘Fatman,’ Mel Gibson’s sour Christmas action satire

The Witches

Witchy Woman

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Anne Hathaway, Kenya Barris, Nicolas Roeg, Octavia Spencer, Robert Zemeckis, The Witches

Robert Zemeckis’s ‘The Witches’ is freakish, not in the best way

American Utopia

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Makes Sense

October 19, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments American Utopia, David Byrne, Jonathan Demme, Spike Lee, Stop Making Sense

Spike Lee directs David Byrne in the concert film ‘American Utopia’

Time

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Doing ‘Time’

October 16, 2020October 17, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Garrett Bradley, Time

A Louisiana family faces the injustices of the prison system in this spare, lyrical documentary

On the Rocks

Love ‘On the Rocks’

October 2, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bill Murray, Marlon Wayans, On the Rocks, Rashida Jones, Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola’s new film is smart about philandering, but clueless about privilege

TIFF

The Virtual TIFF Previews the Virtual Oscars

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chloe Grace Moretz, François Ozon, Mads Mikkelsen, MLK/FBI, One Night In Miami, Regina King, Shadow in the Cloud, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Big woke awards contenders and Midnight Madness close out Toronto

TIFF

TIFF Goes Virtual

September 16, 2020September 16, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chloé Zhao, David Byrne, Frances McDormand, Michel Franco, New Order, Night of the Kings, Nomadland, Phillipe Lacôte, Spike Lee, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

Binge-watching the Toronto International Film Festival from home

Mulan

‘Mulan’: New and Improved

September 5, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Crouching Tiger, Disney, Donnie Yen, Gong Li, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, Jet Li, Liu Yifei, Mulan, Zhang Yimou

Disney’s Wuxia moment feels like a fresh start

Bill and Ted

‘Bill and Ted Face the Music’: Neither Excellent Nor Bogus

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alex Winter, Anthony Carrigan, Bill and Ted, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Face the Music, George Carlin, Keanu Reeves, Kristen Schaal, Samara Weaving, William Sadler

Deeply stupid, deeply heartfelt

American Pickle

Man Out of Brine

August 7, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments An American Pickle, Brandon Trost, Sarah Snook, Seth Rogen

In ‘An American Pickle,’ Seth Rogen Struggles With Jewish Identity, and With Seth Rogen

Homemade

The Good Old Days of Quarantine

July 17, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Homemade, Kristen Stewart, Ladj Ly, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Paolo Sorrentino, Peter Sarsgaard, Rachel Morrison

The pandemic short-film collection ‘Homemade’ will make you nostalgic for mid-April

Greyhound

Run Silent, Not Too Deep

July 11, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Greyhound, Tom Hanks

‘Greyhound’: Submarine Captain Tom Hanks’ latest tribute to The Greatest Generation

You Should Have Left

One Degree of Kevin Bacon

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Amanda Seyfriend, Blumhouse, Kevin Bacon, You Should Have Left

‘You Should Have Left’ is a thinly-constructed haunted-house movie from Blumhouse

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