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Rise of the Beasts

Robots In Disguise (As Animals)

June 9, 2023 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments

‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

The French Connection

The French Disconnection

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Gene Hackman, Roald Dahl, Stephen King, The Criterion Channel, The French Connection, The Stand, William Friedkin

Criterion Channel’s edit of a classic 1971 film is latest attempt to expunge all traces of past insensitivity

The Idol

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Celebrity Death March

June 8, 2023June 9, 2023 Matthew Ehrlich 1 Comment Daniel Levy, Hank Azaria, Jane Adams, Kim Kardashian, Lily-Rose Depp, Sam Levinson, Taylor Swift, The IDol, The Weeknd, Vanity Fair

‘The Idol’ comes off more like a dated Vogue fashion editorial than a hot take on pop stardom

Houellebecq

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Michel Houellebecq, Accidental Porn Star

June 7, 2023June 8, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments KIRAC 27, Michel Houellebecq, Quelques mois dans ma vie

A breakdown of the French author’s latest controversy, plus a rare English-language review of his new work

Cliffhanger

In Defense of the Cliffhanger

June 7, 2023 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Across the Spider-Verse, Cliffhangers, Fax X, Gwen Stacy, Miles Morales

Why it works in ‘Spider-Verse’ and flops in ‘Fast X’

American Gladiators

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Are You Not Entertained?

June 6, 2023June 7, 2023 Jon Hart 0 Comments 30 for 30, American Gladiators, ESPN

ESPN’s two-part ‘American Gladiators’ documentary tells the story of one of TV sports’s trashiest moments

car

When the Car is the Star

June 6, 2023June 9, 2023 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Bullitt, Dean Jones, Goldfinger, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Lindsay Lohan, Ridley Scott, Steve McQueen, The Fast and the Furious, The Italian Job, The Love Bug, Thelma and Louise, Vin Diesel

With a new ‘Transformers’ movie this week, we look back on the most memorable cars in film history

Translation State

Lost In Translation

June 6, 2023June 7, 2023 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Ann Leckie, Translation State

Ann Leckie’s aliens are at once very strange and very familiar

podcast

Book and Film Globe Podcasts

BFG Podcast #105

June 5, 2023June 6, 2023 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Across the Spider-Verse, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Spider-Man, The Little Mermaid, Tim Robinson

‘Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘The Little Mermaid’, and ‘I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson

Silo

Never Let Me Go Outside

June 5, 2023June 8, 2023 Scott Gold 0 Comments David Oweloyo, Hugh Howey, Iain Glen, Rashid Jones, Rebecca Ferguson, Silo, Wool

Apple TV’s ‘Silo’ gives us all the post-apocalyptic suspense with none of the zombies

June

Everything That’s Streaming in June 2023

June 2, 2023June 7, 2023 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Aaron Paul, Annie Murphy, Black Mirror, Boots Riley, Charlie Brooker, Danny McBride, Flamin' Hot, Human Resources, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Jack Ryan, John Goodman, Kate Mara, Lily-Rose Depp, Maya Rudolph, Nick Kroll, Outlander, Robert Downey Jr., Salma Hayek, Samuel L. Jackson, Secret Invasion, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Bear, The IDol, The Righteous Gemstones, The Walking Dead: Dead City, The Weeknd

A month of blockbusters and long-awaited new seasons

Spider-Verse

Spider-Man 2: Too Many Spider-Men

June 2, 2023June 7, 2023 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Across the Spider-Verse, Christopher Miller, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Luna Lauren Vélez, Phil Lord, Shameik Moore, Spider-Man

‘Across the Spider-Verse’ contains multitudes

Cannes

All the Winners of Cannes

June 1, 2023 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Aki Kaurismäki, Anatomy of a Fall, Cannes Film Festival, Jane Fonda, Jonathan Glazer, Julianne Moore, Justine Triet, Martin Amis, May December, Natalie Portman, Perfect Days, The Zone of Interest, Todd Haynes, Wim Wenders

(Mostly) coming to a streaming service or a theater near you

TIm Robinson

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Tim Robinson’s American Nightmare

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Conor O'Malley, Fred Armisen, I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson, Patti Harrison, Sam Richardson, Tim Heidecker, Tim Robinson, Will Forte

Season 3 of ‘I Think You Should Leave,’ the best sketch show on TV, is making instant memes

Travel

The Trouble With Travel TV

May 31, 2023June 5, 2023 Robert Dean 1 Comment Anthony Bourdain, Eugene Levy, Gordon Ramsay, Phil Rosenthal, Rick Steves, Samantha Brown, Somebody Feed Phil, The Reluctant Traveler, Uncharted, Zac Efron

Without Anthony Bourdain, the genre has lost its grip on reality

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