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Venice Crowns ‘Woman Unknown’

September 16, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 1900, A Good Little Soldier, Alba Rohrwacher, Alex Gibney, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bernardo Bertolucci, Boatbuilders, Bunker, Burgundy, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinema, documentary, Elon Musk, Film festival, Florian Zeller, Gaza, Golden Lion, Gregory Kershaw, Israel, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Jeon Do-yeon, John Malkovich, Joie de Vivre, Julia Loktev, Last Tango In Paris, Lee Chang-dong, Luca Guadagnino, Luke Lorentzen, Martin McDonagh, Mathilde Arcel, May El-Toukhy, Michael Dweck, Musk documentary, My Undesirable Friends, NAZA, Paul Dano, Penelope Cruz, Possible Love, Primetime, Rachel Szor, Robert Pattinson, Stéphane Brizé, Stephen Graham, Sul Kyung-gu, The Conformist, The Guardian, The Last Emperor, The Spiral, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Wild Horse Nine, Woman Unknown, Yuval Abraham, Zo In-sung

May El-Toukhy takes the Golden Lion as class, power and inequality dominate the festival

Venice 2026: The Rich, the Powerful, and the Cost of Looking Away

September 12, 2026September 10, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Alex Gibney, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bunker, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinema, documentary, Elon Musk, Film festival, Florian Zeller, Gaza, Israel, Javier Bardem, Jeon Do-yeon, Julia Loktev, Lee Chang-dong, Musk documentary, My Undesirable Friends, NAZA, Paul Dano, Penelope Cruz, Possible Love, Rachel Szor, Stephen Graham, Sul Kyung-gu, The Guardian, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival, Yuval Abraham, Zo In-sung

Standout films on Musk, Gaza, and class conflict turn power and moral failure into gripping cinema

The Real Scandal Is the Whitewashing of ‘The Odyssey’

August 3, 2026 J. Barnes 0 Comments ancient Greece, Anne Hathaway, Ben-Hur, Brad Pitt, Brett Ratner, casting, Christopher Nolan, Elon Musk, Exodus Gods and Kings, film criticism, Greek history, Greek mythology, Hercules, Hollywood, Homer, Hugh Jackman, Jason and the Argonauts, Lupita Nyong’o, Matt Damon, Mel Gibson, movie review, Nicholas Galitzine, Renny Harlin, representation, Ridley Scott, The Legend of Hercules, The Odyssey, The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, Theo James, Tom Holland, Troy, whitewashing, Zendaya, Zoe Kazan

Where are the Greek actors for a Greek epic?

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Kevin Sorbo Lost Hollywood. Kelsey Grammer Learned How to Beat It.

July 28, 2026August 1, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments Angel Studios, anti-woke, Athena, Avengers Doomsday, Ben Shapiro, box office, cancel culture, celebrities, Christian films, Christopher Nolan, conservative media, Donald Trump, Eden's Choice, Elon Musk, faith-based films, film industry, Fox News, Hercules The Legendary Journeys, Hollywood, JC Films, Jesus Revolution, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Sorbo, Lucy Lawless, movie criticism, Night at the Museum of the Bible, Pickleball Pete, Supergirl, Tea Party, The Marvels, The Odyssey, Xena, Young Washington, Zendaya

Two conservative actors took very different paths after falling out of the Hollywood consensus

At Sundance, Filmmaking and the Festival Contemplate Apocalypse and Rebirth Collide

January 30, 2026January 30, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments AI and filmmaking, AI and labor rights, AI and unions, AI apocalypse narratives, AI benefits, AI efficiencies debate, AI ethics, AI in cinema, AI in Hollywood, AI industry, AI regulation, AI risks, AI safety, AI tools, Antonio Gramsci, Apocaloptimism, Apocalypse narratives, Binet Simon test, British Empire, CAA, CCAI Creators Coalition on AI, Charlie Tyrell, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Roher, Daniels filmmaking duo, dystopian futurism, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Elon Musk, eugenics, Everything Everywhere All At Once, film technology, Focus Features, future of cinema, future of work, Ghost in the Machine, Grok chatbot, Hollywood future, Hollywood Reporter, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft, Park City, phrenology, Sam Altman, Sam Altman fundraising, Silicon Valley history, Stanford Binet, Sundance, Sundance 2025, Sundance 2026, Sundance documentaries, Sundance industry issues, Sundance panels, Tay, tech culture, tech hubris, The AI Doc, The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist, the future of cinema, Tristan Harris, utopian futurism, Valerie Veatch, White supremacy in tech, William Shockley

Amid a farewell to Park City, two major AI documentaries reflect the end of a way of being

When Cars Are the Stars

November 14, 2025November 10, 2025 Stephen Macaulay 2 Comments Aston Martin DB5, Blade Runner, Bonhams, Bullitt, Cybertruck, Dominic Toretto, Elon Musk, Fast and Furious, film memorabilia, flying car, Ford Mustang, Hollywood cars, James Bond, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, Lotus Esprit, movie cars, Nissan Skyline, Paris auction, Paul Walker, Roger Moore, Steve McQueen, Syd Mead, Tesla, The Movie Car Collection, The Spy Who Loved Me, Vin Diesel

We love movie cars so much that some of us pay serious money to buy real life ones

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Mining for Gold in a River of Panic

August 4, 2025October 13, 2025 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Elon Musk, Marc Maron, Marc Maron: Panicked

Marc Maron’s new comedy special ‘Panicked’ both hits and misses

Good Night and Good Luck

TELEVISION Theater

Is ‘Good Night and Good Luck’ Actually All That Timely?

June 8, 2025June 11, 2025 William Schwartz 0 Comments Anderson Cooper, Donald Trump, Edward R. Murrow, Elon Musk, George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck, Joe Biden, Walter Isaacson

Every generation has its own struggles. This play, which aired live on CNN this weekend, takes place 70 years ago.

Burr

Actors Comedy CREATORS

Bill Burr Is On A Freakin’ Tear

March 26, 2025April 1, 2025 Robert Dean 0 Comments Bill Burr, Dave Chappelle, Elon Musk, Fresh Air, George Carlin, Glengarry Glen Ross, Joe Rogan, Kieran Culkin

The comedian is going hard in the paint against billionaires…while also promoting a Broadway show

Twitter

The Case for Writers Staying on Twitter (X, Whatever)

November 15, 2024November 19, 2024 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Blue Sky, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Gabino Iglesias, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Stephen Ronson, twitter, X

Don’t leave just as the show’s getting good

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BFG Podcast #173: Post-Election Special

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Julia Roberts, Megan Thee Stallion, Oprah Winfrey, Tony Hinchcliffe

The rise of the Austin podcast bros and the fall of Hollywood

Austin

America is Austin Now

November 6, 2024November 14, 2024 Robert Dean 0 Comments Donald Trump, Elon Musk, J.D. Vance, Joe Rogan, Kandace Medina, Marcus Olind, Tony Hinchcliffe

With Trump’s win, the “say what you want” tech bro moves to the top of the cultural food chain

Pixar

Can Pixar Cut Its Way To Prosperity?

May 23, 2024May 28, 2024 Stephen Macaulay 0 Comments Disney, Elon Musk, Jim Morris, Lightyear, Onward, Pixar, Super Mario Bros. Movie, Toy Story, Turning Red

Staff layoffs may not be addressing deeper problems at the legendary animation studio

SXSW

The Year SXSW Sold Out To The Military-Industrial Complex

March 19, 2024March 24, 2024 Devin Faraci 0 Comments CIA, Dusty Gannon, Elon Musk, South By Southwest, SXSW, Vision Video

The tension between the artistic and tech sides of SXSW snapped

Allstora

Same Old Allstora

March 11, 2024March 15, 2024 Jamie Mason 0 Comments Abigail Shrier, Allstora, Bill O'Reilly, Christoper Rufo, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Irreversible Damage, J.K. Rowling, Lady Bunny, Matt Walsh, Riley Gaines, Ru Paul

Ru Paul created an online bookstore to “provide a marketplace for all books,” and then almost immediately removed a bunch of books from the virtual shelves after online protests.

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