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‘Maria Chapdelaine’, Post-Racial French-Canadian Heroine?

September 16, 2021September 22, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Alanis Obomsawin, Maria Chapdelaine, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Where Is Anne Frank

Films at this year’s TIFF broaden the discourse

TELEVISION

The Disturbingly Weird World of ‘Bread Barbershop’

September 15, 2021September 22, 2021 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Bong Joon-Ho, Bread Barbershop, Gangnam Style, The Masked Singer

What’s in the water in South Korea?

CREATORS

Norm Macdonald Will Never Die

September 15, 2021September 22, 2021 Robert Kurson 1 Comment David Letterman, Norm Macdonald, Saturday Night Live

A kind soul who happened to be the best standup comedian of his generation

FILM

Jia Zhangke Gets His Closeup on Criterion

September 14, 2021September 16, 2021 Nevin Thompson 0 Comments A Touch of Sin, Ash Is Purest White, Jia Zhangke, Still Life

A full retrospective of the Chinese auteur’s works, now available

FICTION

‘Turnout’ For What?

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Dare Me, Megan Abbott, The Nutcracker, The Turnout

Megan Abbott’s new “Nutcracker noir”

FILM

‘Dune’ Stuns IMAX Crowds in Toronto

September 14, 2021September 28, 2021 Stephen Garrett 2 Comments Antoine Fuqua, David Lynch, Denis Villenueve, Dug Dug, Dune, Frank Herbert, Hany Abu-Assad, Huda's Salon, IMAX, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival

And other highlights from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

FILM Theater

Oh Dear, ‘Evan Hansen’

September 13, 2021September 27, 2021 Sara Stewart 1 Comment amandla stenberg, Amy Adams, Ben Platt, Cats, Dear Evan Hansen, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Stephen Chbosky, You Will Be Found

The film adaptation of the popular musical about teen anxiety is super awkward

Book and Film Globe Podcasts Podcasts

BFG Podcast #020: Colson Whitehead, ‘Nine Perfect Strangers,’ ‘Cinderella,’ and More

September 13, 2021September 20, 2021 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Cinderella, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Nine Perfect Strangers, Shang-Chi

Our editor and writers break down the week in culture

DOCUMENTARY FILM Netflix Politics

‘Turning Point’ Brings Home the Horror and Tragedy of 9/11

September 10, 2021September 15, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 9/11, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Guantanamo Bay, Osama bin Laden, Turning Point, War on Terror

The ‘War On Terror’ was a failure

Actors CREATORS Remembrance

RIP Jean-Paul Belmondo

September 10, 2021September 14, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 2 Comments Breathless, Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, Sophia Loren, Vittoria De Sica

‘Breathless’ made him a revered cinema icon for decades

FICTION

Colson Whitehead Plays It Safe

September 9, 2021September 21, 2021 Art Edwards 0 Comments

‘Harlem Shuffle,’ a light crime novel by a literary giant

FICTION

Back to the Booker Prize Grind

September 9, 2021September 13, 2021 Neal Pollack 4 Comments Booker Prize, Damon Galgut, Patricia Lockwood, Rachel Cusk, Second Place, The Promise, Tsitsi Dangarembga

This year’s novels are as dreary as ever

CREATORS Writers

Jean Hanff Korelitz Doesn’t Lose ‘The Plot’

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments @booksteahenny, Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Plot

An audio interview with the master suspense writer

FILM TELEVISION

Cinderella, Inc.

September 8, 2021September 21, 2021 William Schwartz 0 Comments Amazon Studios, Cinderella, Disney, Pierce Brosnan, Rapunzel

Amazon’s patchy new ‘Cinderella’ musical is a weird paean to woke capitalism

FILM

The Movies are Back For Good

September 7, 2021September 9, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Candyman, Free Guy, movies, Shang-Chi, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Don’t let them go away again