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‘Power Ballads’ Shows How Jams Can Get Sticky

June 4, 2026June 5, 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

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

June 2, 2026June 2, 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 FILM Politics

No Place for Anything, Least of all, Soccer

May 31, 2026June 5, 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

Cannes Has Some Serious (and Some Comic) Daddy Issues

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments A24, Adam Driver, art house cinema, arthouse film, arthouse films, Asghar Farhadi, auteur cinema, award season, Camp Miasma, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, cinema criticism, cinema culture, Club Kid, cold war cinema, Cristian Mungiu, daddy issues, directorial debuts, Disney Plus, Elijah Wood, European cinema, European film, fatherhood in film, Fatherland, festival acquisitions, festival buzz, Festival Coverage, film criticism, film distribution, film festival coverage, film festivals, Fjord, Friday the 13th, Gentle Monster, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Havana Rose Liu, Hirokazu Kore-eda, independent filmmaking, Indie Film, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Jane Schoenbrun, Javier Bardem, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Lennon The Last Interview, John Travolta, Jordan Firstman, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, LGBTQ cinema, meta horror, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Michelle Rodriguez, midnight movies, movie industry news, Nicolas Winding Refn, Oscar contenders, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Jackson, Pierre Salvadori, postwar Germany, queer cinema, Quentin Dupieux, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sandra Hüller, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Lennon, Sebastian Stan, Slasher Movies, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Soderbergh, The Beatles, The Beloved, The Electric Kiss, The Fast and the Furious, Thomas Mann, Un Certain Regard, Vin Diesel, Woody Harrelson, world cinema

Family ties are being stretched for drama and laughs in festival film after film

What a Slugfest! Baby Yoda and Mando are Back

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Dan Friedman 0 Comments 2026 movies, action adventure films, Ahsoka, Andor, AT-ATs, Baby Yoda, cinematic universes, Disney films, Disney Star Wars, fan service, film criticism, franchise filmmaking, genre storytelling, George Lucas, Grogu, Hollywood blockbusters, Jon Favreau, Lucasfilm, Lucasfilm productions, Martin Scorsese, movie review, Pedro Pascal, pop culture criticism, sci fi movies, science fiction films, science fiction franchises, Sigourney Weaver, space opera, space western, Star Wars, Star Wars canon, Star Wars fandom, television spinoffs, The Mandalorian, The Mandalorian and Grogu

The Latest Star Wars Blockbuster Comes With Rows of Hutts

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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

Cannes 2026 Opens With Sheepish Glamour and a Surprise Masterpiece

May 16, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments arthouse film, Asghar Farhadi, auteur cinema, Camp Miasma, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, cinema culture, cold war cinema, Cristian Mungiu, Disney Plus, Elijah Wood, European cinema, Fatherland, Festival Coverage, film criticism, film festivals, Friday the 13th, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Hirokazu Kore-eda, international cinema, Ira Sachs, Jane Schoenbrun, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Travolta, meta horror, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Michelle Rodriguez, Palme D'Or, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Jackson, Pierre Salvadori, postwar Germany, queer cinema, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sandra Hüller, Slasher Movies, The Beatles, The Electric Kiss, The Fast and the Furious, Thomas Mann, Un Certain Regard, Vin Diesel

Storied film festival honors Peter Jackson, debuts Hannah Einbinder in Jane Schoenbrun’s messy meta-slasher, and shows an early Palme d’Or frontrunner

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