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Winners and Losers of Cannes 2026

May 24, 2026May 28, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Andrey Zvyagintsev, art house cinema, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu, European film, Federico Garcia Lorca, Film Awards, Fjord, Glenn Close, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Los Javis, Miles Teller, Minotaur, Neon, Netflix, Oscar buzz, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Park Chan-Wook, Paweł Pawlikowski, Penelope Cruz, Rami Malek, Renata Reinsve, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, The Black Ball, world cinema

A jury including Park Chan-wook, Demi Moore, Chloé Zhao, and Stellen Skarsgård choose a worthy slate

‘Animal Farm’ Gets the Super Mario Bros. Treatment

April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments 1984 comparison, Andy Serkis, Angel Studios, Animal Farm, Animal Farm themes, animated films, Big Brother, book adaptations, Boxer character, Cold War themes, culture criticism, film adaptation, film criticism, Gaten Matarazzo, George Orwell, Glenn Close, Hollywood animation, independent film, Jim Parsons, Kieran Culkin, media analysis, modern satire, Napoleon character, Nicholas Stoller, Orwellian, political satire, Seth Rogen, Sound of Freedom, Soviet Union history, Stalin allegory, Steve Buscemi, streaming and film industry, totalitarianism, voice acting, Woody Harrelson

A surprisingly faithful adaptation of George Orwell’s classic can’t escape its context

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Benoit Blanc Takes up God in ‘Wake Up Dead Man’

December 10, 2025December 15, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Andrew Scott, Benoit Blanc, Cailee Spaeny, Catholic thriller, Daniel Craig, Daryl McCormack, detective fiction, Dorothy Sayers, Edgar Allan Poe, film review, G.K. Chesterton, Glenn Close, Jeremy Renner, John Dickson Carr, Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor, Kerry Washington, Knives Out, locked room mystery, Mila Kunis, murder mystery, Netflix, Rian Johnson, theatrical release, Thomas Haden Church, Wake Up Dead Man, whodunnit

Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out mystery is a holy whodunnit — a soulful satire and sermon

Knives Out in Toronto

September 8, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Agatha Christie, Amanda Seyfried, Andrew Scott, Anniston Bennet, Bad Apples, Ben Foster, Cailee Spaeny, Charles Blakey, Christy, Christy Martin, Corey Hawkins, Daniel Craig, Daryl McCormack, David Michôd, Dorothy Sayers, Edgar Allan Poe, Father Brown mysteries, G.K. Chesterton, Glass Onion, Glenn Close, J.D. Carr, Jefferson Wicks, Jeremy Renner, Jonathan Etzler, Josh Brolin, Josh O'Connor, Kerry Washington, Knives Out, Mila Kunis, Mona Fastvold, Nadia Latif, Netflix, Rian Johnson, Saoirse Ronan, Sydney Sweeney, The Hollow Man, Thomas Hayden Church, TIFF, Toronto International Film Festival, Wake Up Dead Man, Walter Mosley, Willem Dafoe

Death is in the air at the Toronto International Film Festival

Tehran

The Muddled Politics of ‘Tehran’

June 16, 2022June 21, 2022 William Schwartz 2 Comments Apple+, Glenn Close, John le Carré, Tehran

The spy who came in and out of the cold or not or whatever on Apple TV+

Glenn Close

Glenn Close Makes An Ass of Herself

April 26, 2021March 15, 2022 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment #OscarsSoWhite, Bette Davis, Bruce Vilanch, Chloé Zhao, Daniel Kaluuya, David Letterman, Diablo Cody, Glenn Close, Jesse Collins, Laura Dern, Lil Rel Howery, Oscar, Questlove, Regina King, Stacy Sher, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Yeun, Thomas Vinterberg

‘Da Butt’ butts in and almost saves the Oscars

Dolly Parton

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Storytime With Dolly Parton

April 3, 2020April 2, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Bun B, Chris Evans, Dolly Parton, Eva Longoria, Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson

A strange new trend: celebrities reading aloud to children online

Chadwick Boseman

Pick Me A Winner

February 7, 2019February 8, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Star Is Born, Adam McKay, Alfonso Cuaron, Black Panther, BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Glenn Close, Green Book, lady gaga, Melissa McCarthy, Olivia Colman, Paweł Pawlikowsi, Rami Malek, Roma, Spike Lee, The Favourite, Vice, Viggo Mortensen, Willem Dafoe, Yalitza Aparicio, Yorgos Lanthimos

The BFG 2019 Oscar Prediction Post–Part One

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Smoking Hot Prudes Rock for ‘One Night Only’

August 9, 2026August 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

Authoritarian science fiction never looked so sexy

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BFG Podcast #312: Is Spider-Man Any Good? Plus, Summer Dragon Fights for All!

August 7, 2026August 12, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0

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‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Succeeds in Spite of Its Troubled Release

August 5, 2026August 12, 2026 J. Barnes 0

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‘The Hawk’ Scores a Triple Bogey

August 2, 2026August 5, 2026 Dan Friedman 0

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