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Our Favorite Books of 2022

December 27, 2022January 2, 2023 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Alan Moore, Asylum, Dan Chao, Edafe Okporo, Geoff Dyer, Illuminations, Janelle Monae, Jennifer Egan, Katie Gutierrez, Mark Yakich, Michael Twitty, Sleepwalk, The Candy House, The Last Days of Roger Federer, The Memory Librarian

BFG’s esteemed critics offer up their picks

Glass Onion

‘Glass’ More Than Half Full

December 19, 2022December 21, 2022 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Glass Onion, Janelle Monae, Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Knives Out, Leslie Odom, Rian Johnson

‘Glass Onion’, a ‘Knives Out’ sequel, is a wicked, vainglorious eat-the-rich satire

Janelle Monáe's writing

Janelle Monáe’s Writing Is Still Joyously Queer

May 16, 2022August 24, 2022 Dan Friedman 0 Comments Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, Eve L. Ewing, Hidden Figures, Janelle Monae, Moonlight, Sheree Renée Thomas, The Memory Librarian, Yohanca Delgado

Grammy-nominated singer and actor turns to Afrocentric sci-fi

Homecoming

‘Homecoming’ Forgets the Reason it Exists

May 29, 2020June 3, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Chris Cooper, Homecoming, Hong Chau, Janelle Monae, Joan Cusack, Julia Roberts, Stephan James

Janelle Monáe is here, though she doesn’t remember why

Bong Joon Ho Parasite

And The Oscar for 2019’s Best Telenovela Goes To…Parasite!

February 10, 2020February 22, 2020 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments 1917, Best Director, Best Picture, Bong Joon-Ho, Eminem, Greta Thunberg, Janelle Monae, Lose Yourself, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Parasite, South Korea, Telenovela

The return of Radical Chic

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