William Schwartz, Author at Book and Film Globe

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In a Vigilante Tale, ‘Furious’ Has No Perfect Victims

August 12, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Crime Drama, Elizabeth Meriwether, Emmy Rossum, FBI, Furious, Hulu, Jake Lacy, Lola Petticrew, Medusa, mythology, Promising Young Woman, psychological horror, psychological thriller, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Scott McNairy, Serial Killer, sex trafficking, sex work, Steve Way, Streaming Television, TV review, vigilante

Hulu describes this Epstein-adjacent mythic psychological horror as a crime drama

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Kevin Sorbo Lost Hollywood. Kelsey Grammer Learned How to Beat It.

July 28, 2026August 1, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Angel Studios, anti-woke, Athena, Avengers Doomsday, Ben Shapiro, box office, cancel culture, celebrities, Christian films, Christopher Nolan, conservative media, Donald Trump, Eden's Choice, Elon Musk, faith-based films, film industry, Fox News, Hercules The Legendary Journeys, Hollywood, JC Films, Jesus Revolution, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, movie criticism, Night at the Museum of the Bible, Pickleball Pete, Supergirl, Tea Party, The Marvels, The Odyssey, Xena, Young Washington, Zendaya

Two conservative actors took very different paths after falling out of the Hollywood consensus

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The Kurtzman Era of Star Trek Boldly Goes Into the Trashcan

July 23, 2026July 28, 2026 William Schwartz 6 Comments Alex Kurtzman, Captain Kirk, Captain Pike, Deep Space Nine, Enterprise, episodic television, fandom, franchise filmmaking, Jeri Ryan, Klingons, media criticism, Michael Burnham, Mirror Universe, Paramount, Paramount Pictures, Patrick Stewart, Robert Picardo, science fiction, Section 31, serial storytelling, Spock, Star Trek, Star Trek Picard, Star Trek Prodigy, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Starfleet Academy, Streaming Television, Television, The Next Generation, TV criticism, Voyager, William Shatner

How to understand the demise of NuTrek

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‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ With the Revolutionary Guard

July 8, 2026July 10, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments

Azar Nafisi’s memoir finally hits the big screen

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‘Star City’ Depicts the Space Race as Run by the Evil Empire

July 2, 2026July 2, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Agnes O'Casey, alternate history, Anna Maxwell Martin, Apple TV, Chernobyl, Cold War, For All Mankind, Joe Barton, KGB, Leonid Brezhnev, NASA, Rhys Ifans, Richard Nixon, science fiction, Sergei Korolev, Soviet Union, space exploration, space race, spy thriller, Star City, Television, TV review, Venera program, Venus mission, Yuri Gagarin

‘For All Mankind’ Gets the ‘Chernobyl’ Treatment

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The Cruelty of Nice Minnesota Folks

June 26, 2026July 1, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments African American history, American history, American politics, autoethnography, Black Lives Matter, book criticism, Book Review, civil rights, contemporary nonfiction, George Floyd, George Floyd protests, Harper, health care inequality, housing discrimination, Hubert Humphrey, Justin Ellis, Ku Klux Klan, memoir, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Nice, nonfiction books, police brutality, political history, public policy, race relations, redlining, segregation, social commentary, social justice, structural racism, systemic racism, The Atlantic, The Cruelty of Nice Folks, The Great Migration, Tim Walz, U.S. history, urban history

Justin Ellis explains why Minneapolis was America’s raw racial nerve

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E. Jean Carroll Tells Her Story

June 23, 2026June 29, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments #metoo, 2026 films, advice columnists, American culture, Ask E. Jean, cable television, contemporary politics, court cases, documentary films, documentary review, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, Elle magazine, feminism, film criticism, gonzo journalism, Ivy Meeropol, media criticism, nonfiction film, political documentaries, Roger Ailes, sexual assault, sexual harassment, television history, Trump era, women and media, women's rights

‘Ask E. Jean’ prompts questions it doesn’t answer

‘The Yahoo Boys’ and the Clumsy Art of the Romance Scam

June 19, 2026June 19, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments AI and fraud, artificial intelligence, book criticism, Book Review, Carlos Barragán, catfishing, crime writing, cybercrime, digital culture, economic inequality, Farrar Straus and Giroux, financial fraud, gift card scams, globalization, internet scams, investigative journalism, John Oliver, loneliness epidemic, Mary Worth, Nigeria, Nigerian society, nonfiction books, online dating, online fraud, pig butchering scams, romance scams, scam culture, social psychology, The Yahoo Boys, Yahoo Boys

A new book on the teen scammers of Nigeria gets to the humans, but not the politics

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We’re All Players in the ‘Amazing Digital Circus’

June 8, 2026June 9, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments AI in fiction, animated films, animated series, animation fandom, animation industry, artificial intelligence, Batman: The Animated Series, Caine, cartoon reviews, Clayface, cult fandom, digital culture, existentialism, Family Guy, Fathom Events, Gen Z culture, Glitch Studios, Gooseworx, Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, independent animation, Jean-Paul Sartre, Mr. Freeze, online culture, Paw Patrol, Pomni, pop culture criticism, Severance, streaming culture, The Amazing Digital Circus, The Amazing Digital Circus The Final Act, The Truman Show, young adult media, YouTube animation, YouTube creators

Glitch and Gooseworx may be following ‘Obsession’ and ‘Backrooms’ from YouTube to box office success

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‘Unconditional’ Shows How Social Media Won’t Save Us

May 25, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Apple originals, Apple TV, Apple TV Plus, espionage drama, foreign policy drama, Hugh Laurie, international television, Israel and Russia, Israeli media, Israeli television, Liraz Chamami, Middle East politics, political television, political thrillers, Putin Russia, Russian thrillers, social media culture, streaming culture, Streaming Television, Talia Lynne Ronn, Tehran, Television Criticism, Television Drama, TV reviews, Unconditional

Whether from Russia, Israel, or America, online mobs obscure the truth

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‘Diamonds’ Are a Costume Shop’s Best Friend

May 18, 2026May 20, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments 1970s fashion, art house cinema, cinema craft, costume design, costume designers, Diamonds, dressmaking, ensemble cast, European cinema, fashion in film, Ferzan Ozpetek, film industry, foreign films, Italian cinema, Italian movies, Jasmine Trinca, Luisa Ranieri, movie reviews, period dramas, Stefano Accorsi, tailoring, women at work, women filmmakers, workplace drama

Surprise hit from Italy depicts women in the ’70s making movie dresses

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‘Stolen Kingdom’: The Movie Disney Doesn’t Want You To See

May 17, 2026May 19, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Big Sky Film Festival, Buzzy animatronic, Cranium Command, Disney, Disney collectors, Disney fandom, Disney nostalgia, documentary films, Epcot, Five Nights At Freddy's, Joshua Bailey, police interrogations, pop culture preservation, Slamdance Film Festival, Stolen Kingdom, theme parks, true crime documentaries, urban exploration, Walt Disney World, YouTube culture

In his ode to nostalgia, Joshua Bailey shows the entertainment giant’s neglect and abuse

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A School of Magic That Does Not Patronize the Viewers

May 4, 2026May 11, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments anime 2026, anime worldbuilding, Coco Witch Hat Atelier, coming of age anime, dark fantasy anime, ethical themes in fantasy, fantasy anime, Harry Potter comparisons, J.K. Rowling, Japanese animation, Kamome Shirahama, magic school genre, manga adaptations, Qifrey character

‘Witch Hat Atelier’ represents an evolution for a genre mired in Harry Potter

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‘Just Sing’ Hits the High Notes of College A Cappella

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments a cappella music, Abraham Troen, Angelique Molina, arts education, college a cappella, college life, competitive singing, documentary film, Gen Z culture, High School Musical, ICCA, International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, Just Sing, Music Documentary, music theory, musical theater culture, Pitch Perfect, SoCal VoCals, student performers

Documentary trades satire for sincerity as it follows the SoCal VoCals into competition

‘Animal Farm’ Gets the Super Mario Bros. Treatment

April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments 1984 comparison, Andy Serkis, Angel Studios, Animal Farm, Animal Farm themes, animated films, Big Brother, book adaptations, Boxer character, Cold War themes, culture criticism, film adaptation, film criticism, Gaten Matarazzo, George Orwell, Glenn Close, Hollywood animation, independent film, Jim Parsons, Kieran Culkin, media analysis, modern satire, Napoleon character, Nicholas Stoller, Orwellian, political satire, Seth Rogen, Sound of Freedom, Soviet Union history, Stalin allegory, Steve Buscemi, streaming and film industry, totalitarianism, voice acting, Woody Harrelson

A surprisingly faithful adaptation of George Orwell’s classic can’t escape its context

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