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The Choices Are Vast at Tribeca 2026

June 14, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments American independent film, Before Sunrise, Blair Beeken, campus life, Cinque Terre, Columbia University, documentary films, Doron Max Hagay, emerging filmmakers, Ephemera, Festival Coverage, festival favorites, film criticism, film festivals, Good Grief, Here Im Alive, independent film, indie cinema, Joshua Z Weinstein, Kingston, movie recommendations, music documentaries, New York City, New York culture, New York stories, overtourism, Patti Harrison, queer cinema, Robert De Niro, Sara Bareilles, Shan Jiang, Shanghai, Shay Rudolph, She Keeps Me Young, social media, The Siege of Paradise, Tribeca 2026, Tribeca Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca reviews, world cinema

Some recommendations as New York’s film festival celebrates its silver jubilee

Steven Spielberg’s Even Closer Encounters Get Disclosed

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, alien contact, alien documentaries, Alien Invasion, alien technology, blockbuster cinema, CGI creatures, cinema reviews, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Colin Firth, Colin Firth films, Colman Domingo, conspiracy thrillers, corporate conspiracies, David Koepp, Disclosure Day, Emily Blunt, Emily Blunt movies, ESP, extraterrestrials, film criticism, first contact stories, government conspiracies, Hollywood blockbusters, Josh O'Connor, Kansas City, movie review, North Korea, paranormal fiction, pop culture criticism, Prime movie reviews, Richard Nixon, Roswell, Roswell conspiracy, science fiction cinema, science fiction films, science fiction thrillers, Steven Spielberg, Steven Spielberg films, summer movies, telepathy, UFO culture, ufology, UFOs, World War III anxieties

Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo, and Colin Firth run around and meet some aliens

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC

Was Gregg Allman One of the Most Misunderstood Rockers of the 70s?

June 12, 2026June 4, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1970s rock, American music, At Fillmore East, blues rock, Cher, classic rock, classic rock documentaries, documentary reviews, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Gregg Allman, Gregg Allman The Music of My Soul, Hammond organ, Jackie Wilson, Jackson Browne, James Keach, Jimmy Carter, Melissa Etheridge, Midnight Rider, music criticism, music documentaries, music films, Otis Redding, rock documentaries, rock history, rock legends, southern rock, The Allman Brothers Band, Watkins Glen Festival, Whipping Post

‘The Music of My Soul’ documentary shares new views of a rock legend

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Questlove’s Earth, Wind & Fire Doc Shows the Glory and the Grit

June 9, 2026June 9, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments Afrofuturism, Ahmir Questlove Thompson, American music, band biographies, Barack Obama, Black music history, California Jam, Chess Records, Chicago music, classic rock and soul, concert films, disco music, documentary films, documentary review, Doug Henning, Earth Wind and Fire, flea, funk music, George Faison, I Wish, Lionel Richie, Maurice White, Michelle Obama, music criticism, music documentaries, music history, musical legends, Napoleon Hill, Parkinsons disease, Philip Bailey, Questlove, R&B music, Ramsey Lewis, Reasons, Shining Star, soul music, Stevie Wonder, Summer of Soul, The Wiz, Verdine White

Turns out the celestial soul supermen were mortals after all

FILM Streaming YouTube

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

Comedy Featured Stories FILM MUSIC

‘Power Ballads’ Shows How Jams Can Get Sticky

June 4, 2026June 8, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, authorship, character driven films, comedy drama, contemporary cinema, creative ambition, creativity and art, Dublin, emotional honesty, feel good movies, film review, Havana Rose Liu, independent film, Irish cinema, Jack Reynor, John Carney, Marcella Plunkett, movie review, music and relationships, music comedy, music industry, music movies, musical drama, musicians, Nick Jonas, original songs, Paul Rudd, power ballad, rock music, singer songwriters, wedding bands

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in John Carney’s latest music-themed comedy-drama

BFG Podcast #308: ‘Obsession,’ ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu,’ and a Whole Cannes of Worms

June 3, 2026June 4, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments 2026 movies, BFG Podcast, Book and Film Globe, Book and Film Globe podcast, Cannes 2026, Cannes coverage, Cannes Film Festival, Dan Friedman, Daniel Aaron, entertainment podcast, Festival Coverage, film festivals, film journalism, Grogu, Hollywood, horror cinema, horror movies, Inde Navarrette, independent film, Jeremy Allen White, Jon Favreau, Neal Pollack, OBSESSION, podcast recommendations, Rotta the Hutt, science fiction films, Star Wars, Star Wars franchise, Stephen Garrett, The Mandalorian and Grogu

Neal Pollack welcomes Daniel Aaron, Stephen Garrett, and Dan Friedman to the Pod Dome

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‘Backrooms’ Takes Psychological Horror to the Next Level… Of a Building

June 2, 2026June 6, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments 2026 movies, A24, A24 films, Backrooms, Chiwetel Ejiofor, creepypasta, cult horror, Curry Barker, David Lynch, film review, Finn Bennett, found footage horror, horror cinema, horror movies, Indie Horror, Internet culture, Kane Parsons, liminal spaces, Lukita Maxwell, Mark Duplass, OBSESSION, psychological horror, Renate Reinsve, science fiction horror, Severance, Smile 2, supernatural horror, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Twin Peaks, X Files, YouTube creators

YouTuber Kane Parsons brings internet creep to Hollywood

DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM Politics

No Place for Anything, Least of all, Soccer

May 31, 2026June 6, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Apple TV, B-67, Brandon Scott Smith, Derek Sullivan, documentary, football, Ilulissat, Nicolai Nielsen, No Place for Football, Noah Mølgaard, Nuuk, Patrick Frederiksen, President Trump, soccer

A new documentary about football in Greenland provokes thoughts about sport and politics

Marilyn Monroe on Her 100th Birthday

May 30, 2026May 24, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment American icons, Andrew Wilson, celebrity biography, celebrity culture, classic Hollywood, film history, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Golden Age Hollywood, hollywood history, I Wanna Be Loved By You, Joe DiMaggio, John F. Kennedy, Kim Kardashian, Marilyn Monroe, Norman Mailer, Playboy, Pop Culture, Robert Kennedy, Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch

Andrew Wilson discusses his new biography of the ultimate 20th century icon

Putting ‘Pressure’ on the Weathermen of World War II

May 29, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Allied invasion, Andrew Scott, Anthony Maras, Brendan Fraser, British cinema, Chris Messina, D Day, Damian Lewis, Dwight Eisenhower, film review, Historical drama, historical films, James Stagg, Kerry Condon, military history, military strategy, movie review, Normandy invasion, Pressure, The Longest Day, war films, war movie criticism, weather forecasting, World War II, WWII cinema

Brendan Fraser is Eisenhower deciding on which day will be D-Day

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‘I Love Boosters’ Is a Likable Mess With Lots to Say

May 28, 2026June 1, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments 2026 movies, American cinema, anti capitalism, Boots Riley, cult cinema, Demi Moore, dialectical materialism, Don Cheadle, Eiza Gonzalez, Eric Andre, fashion industry satire, film criticism, heist comedy, I Love Boosters, Keke Palmer, Lakeith Stanfield, movie review, Naomi Ackie, Poppy Liu, satire, science fiction comedy, shoplifting comedy, Sorry To Bother You, Spike Lee, stylized filmmaking, Taylour Paige, The Coup, visual storytelling, Will Poulter

Boots Riley presents Keke Palmer, Don Cheadle, Demi Moore and others in a movie he’d love you to steal

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Documentaries, Biopics, and Other Promotional Material

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments A Complete Unknown, Amanda Knox, Amy Winehouse, Better Man, biopics, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bruce Springsteen, celebrity culture, cinema and commerce, documentaries, documentary filmmaking, Elton John, Elvis Presley, film criticism, film industry, Gregg Allman, Hollywood, intellectual property, IP filmmaking, Jiminy Glick, Martin Scorsese, Martin Short, Marty Life Is Short, Melania Trump, michael movie, music biopics, Netflix, Patrick Spikes, Robbie Williams, Rocketman, Simran Hans, Streaming Television, The Guardian, Whitney Houston

How far are fact-based movies just access journalism in cinematic form?

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Winners and Losers of Cannes 2026

May 24, 2026May 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Andrey Zvyagintsev, art house cinema, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu, European film, Federico Garcia Lorca, Film Awards, Fjord, Glenn Close, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Los Javis, Miles Teller, Minotaur, Neon, Netflix, Oscar buzz, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Park Chan-Wook, Paweł Pawlikowski, Penelope Cruz, Rami Malek, Renata Reinsve, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, The Black Ball, world cinema

A jury including Park Chan-wook, Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, and Stellen Skarsgård choose a worthy slate

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‘Obsession’ Is Everything You Might Wish For — And More

May 22, 2026May 26, 2026 Daniel Aaron 0 Comments Andy Richter, Barbarian, Cooper Tomlinson, creepy movies, Curry Barker, Faustian bargains, film review, Goosebumps, horror comedy, horror fans, horror movies, horror tropes, Inde Navarrette, Indie Horror, Megan Lawless, Michael Johnston, Misery, monkeys paw stories, monster movies, movie review, OBSESSION, psychological horror, Smile, supernatural horror, teen horror, Twilight Zone influences, Weapons

Curry Barker plays with classic trope that won’t ever die — unlike many victims

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