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Will America Find Japan’s Bestselling Novelist Through ‘Stray Dogs’?

September 27, 2026October 1, 2026 J. Barnes 1 Comment anime, autofiction, Bungo Stray Dogs, Christianity, coming of age, depression, diary novel, Donald Keene, Japanese literature, Justice with a Smile, Kabuki, Kafka Asagiri, literary fiction, manga, Michael Day, No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai, suicide, The Final Years, The Real Osamu Dazai, The Setting Sun, translated fiction, Tuttle Publishing, Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

A new translation of Osamu Dazai’s ‘Justice with a Smile’ is part of a wave of his work appearing in the West

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Men or Snakes? Who Are the ‘Monsters of God’?

September 25, 2026September 30, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments Anson Wong, Chimp Crazy, CITES, conservation, Eric Goode, exotic animals, Florida, Hank Molt, HBO, HBO documentary, illegal wildlife trade, lizards, Monsters of God, nature documentary, reptile trade, reptiles, snakes, Tiger King, Tommy Crutchfield, true crime documentary, United Nations, wildlife trafficking

New HBO series from Eric Goode documents the world of exotic-reptile collecting

BOOKS Featured Stories FILM

Carla Baratta: The BFG Interview

September 24, 2026September 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Adelita, Book and Film Globe, Carla Baratta, Carlos Moreno, Colombian television, Fernanda del Carpio, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, interview, Latin American cinema, Laura Mora, Laura Taylor, Macondo, magical realism, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Mayans M.C., Netflix, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Sons of Anarchy, Venezuelan actress

The Venezuelan model turned star of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ talks Macondo

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Check Out Boeing in ‘Freefall’

September 23, 2026September 28, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 737 MAX, 737 MAX 9, Airbus, aircraft manufacturing, Alaska Airlines, aviation, aviation safety, Boeing, capitalism, commercial aviation, corporate accountability, corporate culture, documentary, documentary films, engineering, film review, Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing, John Barnett, movie review, Netflix, Netflix documentary, plane crashes, quality control, Rory Kennedy, safety, whistleblowers

New documentary show crashes don’t come from just one lil’ engineering failure

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Hasta La Vista, Toronto, You Ended Strong

September 22, 2026September 28, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Ah Girl, Arthur Harari, Canadian cinema, coming of age, documentary, French cinema, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ian Bawa, Iranian cinema, Japanese cinema, La Gradiva, Léa Seydoux, Look Back, Mandeep Sodhi, Marine Atlan, Niels Schneider, Ong Xuan Jing, Pegah Ahangarani, psychological thriller, Rehearsals for a Revolution, Singapore cinema, Strong Son, The Unknown, TIFF 2026, Toronto International Film Festival

TIFF 2026’s final set of films include Marine Atlan’s stunning ‘La Gradiva’ to daring works from Iran, France, Japan, and Singapore

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

Featured Stories Podcasts

BFG Podcast #315: Venice, Oasis and Hope

September 20, 2026September 25, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Aaron Pierre, animation, comic books, Coyote Vs. Acme, DC Comics, DC Studios, Green Lantern, Hal Jordan, HBO, HBO Max, hong jin na, Hope, James Gunn, John Stewart, Kyle Chandler, Lanterns, live action, Looney Tunes, Neal Pollack, Nick Tangborn, Oasis, Podcast, Pop Culture, Rob Kutner, Sam Porteous, Sea of Reeds Media, superheroes, The Big Bang Theory, TV podcast, TV review, venice, Warner Bros., Wile E. Coyote

Neal and Stephen chat about Danny Boyle, Martin McDonagh, John Malkovich and more

DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM MUSIC

Throw a Champagne Supernova on the Wonderwall

September 19, 2026September 22, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Britpop, Cardiff, concert documentary, Don't Look Back in Anger, Dylan Southern, film review, Liam Gallagher, Live '25 Tour, Manchester, Music Documentary, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Oasis reunion, Oasis reunion tour, rock documentary, rock music, Steven Knight, Will Lovelace, Wonderwall

The Gallagher Brothers ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’

BOOKS Featured Stories SF

‘Exit Party’ Provides Parties but Surprisingly Little Exit

September 18, 2026September 22, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments alternate reality, Canadian fiction, dystopian fiction, Emily St. John Mandel, Exit Party, literary fiction, Lucas Alkaitis, multiverse, parallel worlds, post-apocalyptic fiction, Sea of Tranquility, speculative fiction, Station Eleven, The Swan Dive

Emily St. John Mandel is back with a novel of parallel worlds

Featured Stories FILM SF

Korea’s Most Expensive Movie Ever Opens a Pandora’s Box

September 17, 2026September 22, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments action thriller, Alicia Vikander, Alien Invasion, Avatar, CGI, creature feature, Hope, Hoyeon, Hwang Jung-min, Korean film, Michael Fassbender, monster movie, Na Hong-jin, Predator, Quentin Tarantino, sci-fi horror, science fiction, South Korean cinema, Troma Entertainment

Prepare to be thrilled and bewildered by ‘Hope,’ Na Hong-jin’s latest SF action thriller

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The BFG Raygun Interview

September 11, 2026September 14, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Australia, Book and Film Globe, breakdancing, breaking, Chapman Way, dance, documentary, hip hop culture, Internet culture, interview, Maclain Way, memes, Netflix, Olympic breaking, Olympics, Paris Olympics, Rachael Gunn, Raygun, Sammy Free, Untold, Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly, viral media

Australia’s most famous breakdancer talks about the Olympics and ‘Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly’

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‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ Preaches Radical Pessimism at the End of the World

September 9, 2026September 14, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 1 Comment Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, cinema, climate change, cultural criticism, documentary, dystopia, ecology, film review, Greta Thunberg, ideology, Lars Von Trier, Melancholia, philosophy, political philosophy, psychoanalysis, Slavoj Žižek, Sophie Fiennes, Sullivan's Travels, The Pervert's Guide to Utopias, The Prestige, utopia, V for Vendetta, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival

In Venice, Sophie Fiennes’ third collaboration with Zizek sees the 77-year-old at his most political — and earnest

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A Spinoza professor undergoes an existential crisis in ‘The Basics of Philosophy’

September 8, 2026September 11, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 0 Comments art house cinema, Baruch Spinoza, Bill Pullman, Calvinism, Daniel Zovatto, drama, Ethics, existentialism, film review, First Reformed, Indie Film, Jack Huston, John Calvin, Karl Glusman, moral philosophy, movie review, Paul Schrader, Paul Schrader films, philosophy, predestination, Psychological Drama, religion, Sofia Boutella, Spinoza, The Basics of Philosophy, Venice Film Festival, Venice Film Festival 2026

At the Venice Film Festival, Paul Schrader Wrestles with Free Will and Determinism

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There’s No Need To Hide Your ‘Lion’ Eyes

September 7, 2026September 11, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments African savanna, animal behavior, animal documentary, BBC Studios, comfort TV, coming of age, Disney, Disney documentaries, documentary series, Hans Zimmer, Jon Favreau, Kio, Lion, lions, Mike Gunton, movie review, National Geographic, nature, nature documentary, O.J. Lynch, Streaming, The Lion King, TV review, wildlife, wildlife photography

Jon Favreau brings National Geographic to Disney

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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