Stephen Garrett, Author at Book and Film Globe

‘Wild Horse Nine’ Is Full of Hysterical but Horrible Remorse

November 6, 2026November 6, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 1970s period films, 1973 Chilean coup, absurdist humor, American foreign policy, Augusto Pinochet, Bay of Pigs, betrayal, black comedy, character driven drama, Chile, CIA, CIA history, Cold War, Cold War espionage, Congo, covert operations, Cuba, dark comedy, Easter Island, espionage films, existential comedy, film criticism, Friendship, gallows humor, government corruption, Guatemala, guilt and regret, historical fiction, In Bruges, Indonesia, intelligence agencies, John F. Kennedy assassination, John Malkovich, loyalty, Martin McDonagh, Martin McDonagh films, melancholic comedy, mercy killing, misanthropy, Moai statues, moral ambiguity, moral responsibility, mortality, movie reviews, Parker Posey, Patrice Lumumba, political assassinations, political satire, political thriller, Rapa Nui, redemption, Salvador Allende, Sam Rockwell, Santiago, spy movies, Steve Buscemi, terminal illness, The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Tom Waits, US interventionism, Wild Horse Nine, Wild Horse Nine review

John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell take Martin McDonagh’s jaded Cold War warriors and turn them into Big Heads on Easter Island

‘Wicker’ Provides a Rom-Com Interlaced With Substance

November 1, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments absurdist comedy, Alex Huston Fischer, Alexander Skarsgard, body autonomy, Brothers Grimm, class and society, dark comedy, Eleanor Wilson, Elizabeth Debicki, erotic comedy, fairy tale adaptations, fairy tales, fantasy comedy, fantasy film, female sexuality, feminist cinema, feminist comedy, feminist fable, film adaptation, film criticism, folk fantasy, folk horror, folklore, gallows humor, gender roles, gossip, independent cinema, jealousy, love and devotion, magical craftsmanship, magical realism, marriage, medieval fantasy, movie reviews, Olivia Colman, ostracism, outsiders, patriarchal society, patriarchy, Peter Dinklage, Richard E. Grant, romantic comedy, romantic fantasy, satire, sexual desire, sexual repression, small-town prejudice, social conformity, social satire, The Wicker Husband, unconventional romance, Ursula Wills, Wicker, Wicker film review, wicker man, Wicker movie

Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård tentpole this offbeat drama from Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson

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Paweł Pawlikowski Drives Us Through a Decimated ‘Fatherland’

October 24, 2026October 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments arthouse cinema, August Diehl, Bayreuth Festival, black and white cinematography, Cold War, cultural memory, denazification, East Germany, Erika Mann, European cinema, exile, family relationships, father-daughter relationships, Fatherland, film criticism, Frankfurt, German cinema, German history, German literature, grief, Hanns Zischler, Historical drama, international cinema, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Klaus Mann, mourning, movie reviews, National identity, nationalism, Nazi Germany, Paweł Pawlikowski, political drama, postwar Germany, Richard Wagner, Sandra Hüller, Thomas Mann, W.H. Auden, Weimar, West Germany, World War II

Postwar Germany views itself through the monochromatic portrait of the Mann family

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You Can See Everything, Except the Truth

October 18, 2026October 22, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Abbott and Costello, AI, artificial intelligence, authenticity, Billy Evans, corporate fraud, deepfakes, documentary ethics, documentary film, documentary review, Edison blood-testing device, Elizabeth Holmes, Enron, Errol Morris, experimental documentary, film criticism, Frederick Wiseman, investigative documentary, Lance Oppenheim, media manipulation, mockumentary, movie reviews, Nathan Fielder, Nathan For You, reality and illusion, Silicon Valley, tech startups, The Rehearsal, Theranos, Theranos scandal, true crime documentary, truth and deception, Werner Herzog, white collar crime, Who's on First, You Can See Everything

Feel free to mix Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans but that’s no recipe for non-fiction

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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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

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

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

Venice Crowns ‘Woman Unknown’

September 16, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 1900, A Good Little Soldier, Alba Rohrwacher, Alex Gibney, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernardo Bertolucci, Boatbuilders, Bunker, Burgundy, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinema, documentary, Elon Musk, Film festival, Florian Zeller, Gaza, Golden Lion, Gregory Kershaw, Israel, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Jeon Do-yeon, John Malkovich, Joie de Vivre, Julia Loktev, Last Tango In Paris, Lee Chang-dong, Luca Guadagnino, Luke Lorentzen, Martin McDonagh, Mathilde Arcel, May El-Toukhy, Michael Dweck, Musk documentary, My Undesirable Friends, NAZA, Paul Dano, Penelope Cruz, Possible Love, Primetime, Rachel Szor, Robert Pattinson, Stéphane Brizé, Stephen Graham, Sul Kyung-gu, The Conformist, The Guardian, The Last Emperor, The Spiral, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Wild Horse Nine, Woman Unknown, Yuval Abraham, Zo In-sung

May El-Toukhy takes the Golden Lion as class, power and inequality dominate the festival

Venice 2026: The Rich, the Powerful, and the Cost of Looking Away

September 12, 2026September 10, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alex Gibney, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bunker, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinema, documentary, Elon Musk, Film festival, Florian Zeller, Gaza, Israel, Javier Bardem, Jeon Do-yeon, Julia Loktev, Lee Chang-dong, Musk documentary, My Undesirable Friends, NAZA, Paul Dano, Penelope Cruz, Possible Love, Rachel Szor, Stephen Graham, Sul Kyung-gu, The Guardian, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Yuval Abraham, Zo In-sung

Standout films on Musk, Gaza, and class conflict turn power and moral failure into gripping cinema

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John Malkovich, Werner Herzog, and Danny Boyle Show Up Big in Italy

September 5, 2026September 10, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bucking Fastard, cinema, Danny Boyle, Film festival, film industry, Fleet Street, Guy Pearce, Ink, Jack O'Connell, James Graham, John Malkovich, Kate Mara, Martin McDonagh, movie news, Orlando Bloom, Oscar buzz, Rooney Mara, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Rockwell, The Sun, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Venice Film Festival 2026, Werner Herzog, Wild Horse Nine

Actors and directors bring the goods to the Venice Film Festival 2026

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Ridley Scott Is Back, Flying By the Light of ‘The Dog Stars’

August 28, 2026August 31, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 20th Century Studios, Allison Janney, Benedict Wong, dystopian film, film review, Guy Pearce, Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Mark L. Smith, Peter Heller, post-apocalyptic, Ridley Scott, Sai Bennett, science fiction, survival thriller, The Dog Stars, virus pandemic

Prepper madness meets introspection as Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin chum up the post-apocalypse

The Only Believable ‘Mutiny’ Will Be By Paying Audiences

August 22, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments action film, action review, Adrian Lester, Annabelle Wallis, bangkok, Die Hard, human trafficking, Jason Statham, Jason Statham movies, Jean-François Richet, Mutiny, Ramon Tikaram, revenge, Roland Møller, shipping, thriller

Jason Statham kicks some arse in this generic thriller

Featured Stories FILM SF

Smoking Hot Prudes Rock for ‘One Night Only’

August 9, 2026August 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ben Marshall, Callum Turner, Comedy, dystopian fiction, Julia Fox, King Princess, LeVar Burton, Logan's Run, Maya Hawke, Molly Ringwald, Monica Barbaro, movie review, One Night Only, rom-com, romantic comedy, satire, science fiction, sex comedy, The Purge, Will Gluck

Authoritarian science fiction never looked so sexy

Spider Man Is Back and More Emo Than Ever

July 30, 2026August 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Avengers Doomsday, Bruce Banner, Chris McKenna, comic book movies, Destin Daniel Cretton, Empire State University, Erik Sommers, Florence Pugh, Hulk, Jacob Batalon, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios, MCU, Michael Mando, movie review, New York City, Peter Parker, Queens, Sadie Sink, Scorpion, Sony Pictures, Spider-Man, Spider-Man Brand New Day, superhero movies, The Hand, The Punisher, Tom Holland, X-Men, Yelena Belova, Zendaya

Can the web-slinging superhero save the world and also have friends?

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