Denzel Washington Archives - Book and Film Globe

Nuclear

The Best Movies About Nuclear War

June 13, 2022October 11, 2022 Samuel Porteous 8 Comments Anthony Edwards, Crimson Tide, Denzel Washington, Dr. Strangelove, Gene Hackman, George C. Scott, Gregory Peck, Jason Robards, Mare Winningham, Miracle Mile, On The Beach, Peter Sellers, Stanley Kubrick, Steve De Jarnatt, The Day After, The Forbin Project, Threads

The Cold War is back, so let’s revisit some apocalyptic classics

Football

Watch the Football Film

February 11, 2022February 14, 2022 Samuel Porteous 0 Comments Against All Odds, Alex Karras, American Underdog, Billy Bob Thornton, Black Sunday, Burt Reynolds, Charlton Heston, Concussion, Denzel Washington, Friday Night Lights, Horse Feathers, James Woods, Jane Greer, Jeff Bridges, Jill Clayburgh, North Dallas Forty, Rachel Ward, Remember the Titans, Richard Widmark, Rudy, Semi-Tough, Taylor Hackford, The Marx Brothers, Two Minute Warning, Will Smith

In preparation for the Super Bowl, here’s a selected list of gridiron cinema

The Tragedy of Macbeth

‘Macbeth’ By the Book

January 18, 2022April 3, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Joel Coen’s adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy isn’t weird enough

New York Film Festival

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

September 27, 2021September 29, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Benedetta, Dario Argento, Denzel Washington, Drive My Car, Frances McDormand, Gaspar Noé, Haruki Murakami, Joel Coen, Kathryn Hunter, Lincoln Center, New York Film Festival, Radu Jude, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Titane, Vortex

The New York Film Festival Returns…and Expands

George Segal

Actors CREATORS Remembrance

George Segal Dies; Jews of a Certain Age Grieve

March 24, 2021March 30, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Touch of Class, Barbra Streisand, California Split, Carbon Copy, Denzel Washington, Elizabeth Taylor, Elliott Gould, George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Jacqueline Bisset, Richard Burton, Robert Altman, The Owl and the Pussycat, Who Is Killing The Great Chefs Of Europe?, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Clips from our most ‘That Guy From Temple’ movie star

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Chadwick Boseman’s Brilliant Final Role

December 18, 2020December 28, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments August Wilson, Chadwick Boseman, Denzel Washington, Fences, George C. Wolfe, Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Pittsburgh Cycle, Viola Davis

His epic performance in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ shows us just what we’ve lost

Police Brutality

Six Great Films About Police Brutality

June 1, 2020June 5, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Antoine Fuqua, Denzel Washington, Do The Right Thing, Fruitvale Station, Hate, La Haine, Malcolm X, Mathieu Kassovitz, Michael B. Jordan, Radio Raheem, Ryan Coogler, Spike Lee, The Hate U Give, Training Day

The movies have been warning us for decades

Black Oscar Snubs–The Egregious History

January 20, 2020 Kyra Jones 1 Comment #OscarsSoWhite, A Raisin In The Sun, Academy Awards, Angela Bassett, Ava DuVernay, Billy Dee Williams, David Oyelwo, Denzel Washington, Diana Ross, Hidden Figures, Janelle Monae, Lady Sings The Blues, Malcolm X, Octavia Spencer, Oprah Winfrey, Oscar, Richard Pryor, Ruby Dee, Ryan Coogler, Samuel L. Jackson, Selma, Sidney Poitier, Spike Lee, Taraji P. Henson, The Color Purple, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Smith

#OscarsSoWhite Through the Decades

What Fresh LA Is This?

August 29, 2019 Jason Franz 0 Comments Bette Midler, Denzel Washington, Devil In A Blue Dress, Jeff Goldblum, L.A., Los Angeles, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Dreyfuss, The Player

Six Essential Los Angeles Movies You Probably Didn’t See