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America at 250 Is a Clash of ‘Taxi Driver’ vs ‘All the President’s Men’

July 3, 2026July 9, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 1970s cinema, 1976 films, Alan J. Pakula, algorithms, alienation, All the President's Men, America at 250, American cinema, American politics, antihero, Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, cultural criticism, democracy, Dustin Hoffman, Fight Club, film criticism, Hollywood, institutions, Journalism, local journalism, loneliness, loneliness epidemic, manosphere, Martin Scorsese, media consolidation, media trust, movies, news media, newspapers, Paul Schrader, political films, Richard Nixon, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, social media, Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle, Washington Post, Watergate

Travis Bickle is wiping the floor with Woodward and Bernstein

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Celebrate Pet Sounds’ 60th with a DIY Beach Boys Film Fest

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1960s music, ABC television, Al Jardine, American dream, American pop culture, artistic genius, Beach Boys legacy, Brian Wilson, California music, Carl Wilson, celebrity biopics, Charles Manson, classic rock, contemporary documentaries, cultural criticism, David Leaf, David Marks, Dennis Wilson, Disney documentaries, documentary films, Don Was, dysfunctional families, Elizabeth Banks, entertainment journalism, Eugene Landy, film criticism, God Only Knows, harmony vocals, Hawthorne California, iconic albums, John Cusack, Love and Mercy, mental illness and creativity, Mike Love, music biopics, music documentaries, music fandom, music journalism, music streaming, nostalgia, old Hollywood, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Pet Sounds, pop music history, Psychological Drama, rock and roll history, rock history, rock music, singer songwriters, Sloop John B, Smile album, streaming movies, surf rock, television miniseries, The Beach Boys, Wouldn’t It Be Nice

Here are the docs and biopics that will bring you ‘Good Vibrations’

Remembering Legendary Film Reviewer Rex Reed

May 12, 2026May 13, 2026 Ken Kurson 0 Comments American cultural criticism, Andrew Neel, Andrew Sarris, Ava Gardner, Broadway lunches, Broadway theater, critic obituaries, cultural criticism, Drew Grant, film criticism, film journalism, film reviewing, Goat movie, Hollywood gossip, hollywood history, Identity Thief, Jesse Oxfeld, Jill Krementz, journalism memoir, Larry King, Lost in America, magazine journalism, media criticism, Melissa McCarthy controversy, movie critics, New Journalism, New York film critics, New York media, New York Observer, Observer history, old Hollywood, Peter Kaplan, Peter Travers, Rex Reed, Richard Corliss, Toronto Film Festival

His work at the New York Observer was often salt and vinegar, but also often crisp

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BFG Podcast #306: Michael Jackson, Ian McKellen, Anne Hathaway, Their Films and More

May 6, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments art world satire, back in black, BFG Podcast, blockbuster season, Bohemian Rhapsody, Book and Film Globe, british acting, celebrity biopics, cinema discussion, Colman Domingo, cultural criticism, Emily Blunt, entertainment journalism, entertainment podcast, fashion industry satire, fashion movies, film criticism, film criticism podcast, gillian gaar, Hollywood sequels, Ian McKellen, Indie Film, Jackson 5, jeff bezos parody, Justin Theroux, london art world, Meryl Streep, Michael Jackson, michael jackson biopic, michael movie, Michaela Coel, movie industry commentary, movie podcast, movie reviews, music biopics, music podcast, Neal Pollack, pop culture podcast, pop music movies, prestige cinema, sequel fatigue, Stephen Garrett, Steven Soderbergh, summer movie season, The Christophers, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Drama, victory tour

Neal Pollack, Gillian Gaar, and Stephen Garrett discuss biopics, drama, and people who oughtta retire

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Sponge

May 5, 2026May 13, 2026 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1960s music scene, Andy Warhol, ascap deems taylor award, big joe turner, brian cullman, british folk, classic rock, counterculture, cultural criticism, danny fields, doc pomus, dr john, edie sedgwick, folk music, Greenwich Village, holy modal rounders, how to prepare for the past, Jim Morrison, jimi zhivago, john martyn, Leonard Cohen, lester bangs, lilian roxon, literary memoirs, literary nonfiction, lucinda williams, mark knopfler, memoir review, music biography, music journalism, music memoir, music writers, new york music scene, nick drake, nico, Paul Bowles, peter stampfel, poetic prose, rock and roll history, rock criticism, Sam Shepard, sandy denny, tangier, ze books

‘How to Prepare for the Past’ reflects on lessons learned from rock stars and literary legends

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Jeffrey Epstein, Meet Pierce Morehouse Patchett

March 5, 2026March 10, 2026 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments 1990s Cinema, Abuse Of Power, academy awards 1998, blackmail, brian helgeland, bud white, crime films, cultural criticism, Curtis Hanson, Danny DeVito, david strathairn, ed exley, elite corruption, ellis loew, epstein files, epstein scandal, film analysis, film noir, Guy Pearce, hollywood corruption, hollywood history, hollywood mythology, hollywood noir revival, hollywood scandals, james ellroy, Jeffrey Epstein, justice and corruption, kompromat, kompromat politics, la confidential, los angeles history, neo noir, noir cinema, noir literature, organized vice, pierce morehouse patchett, political corruption, power and impunity, ron rifkin, Russell Crowe, sex trafficking, sid hudgens

‘L.A. Confidential’ forecast some of the network of abuse and how we feel about it

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BFG Podcast #314: Lanterns, Coyotes, Acme Discussions

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Neal and Rob unpack private equity and falling anvils; Neal and Nick pick over HBO’s new superhero series

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Ridley Scott Is Back, Flying By the Light of ‘The Dog Stars’

August 28, 2026August 31, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

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Maybe You Can Go Home Again, Samba Traore

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40 Years On, UConn’s Geno Auriemma is Still Butting Heads… and Winning

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