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Javier Bardem

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

Cannes Has Some Serious (and Some Comic) Daddy Issues

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments A24, Adam Driver, art house cinema, arthouse film, arthouse films, Asghar Farhadi, auteur cinema, award season, Camp Miasma, Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, cinema criticism, cinema culture, Club Kid, cold war cinema, Cristian Mungiu, daddy issues, directorial debuts, Disney Plus, Elijah Wood, European cinema, European film, fatherhood in film, Fatherland, festival acquisitions, festival buzz, Festival Coverage, film criticism, film distribution, film festival coverage, film festivals, Fjord, Friday the 13th, Gentle Monster, Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, Havana Rose Liu, Hirokazu Kore-eda, independent filmmaking, Indie Film, international cinema, Ira Sachs, James Gray, Jane Schoenbrun, Javier Bardem, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, John Lennon The Last Interview, John Travolta, Jordan Firstman, Kristen Stewart, Léa Seydoux, LGBTQ cinema, meta horror, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Michelle Rodriguez, midnight movies, movie industry news, Nicolas Winding Refn, Oscar contenders, Palme D'Or, Paper Tiger, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Jackson, Pierre Salvadori, postwar Germany, queer cinema, Quentin Dupieux, Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sandra Hüller, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Lennon, Sebastian Stan, Slasher Movies, Sophie Thatcher, Steven Soderbergh, The Beatles, The Beloved, The Electric Kiss, The Fast and the Furious, Thomas Mann, Un Certain Regard, Vin Diesel, Woody Harrelson, world cinema

Family ties are being stretched for drama and laughs in festival film after film

Vroom, Vroom! ‘F1’ Is a Sleek, Flawed Star Vehicle

June 30, 2025July 13, 2025 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, F1: The Movie, Javier Bardem, Joseph Kosinski, Kate McKenna, Top Gun Maverick

A racecar movie is Brad Pitt’s latest way to purr across our screens

Menendez

‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ is Peak Ryan Murphy TV

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Ari Graynor, Chloe Sevigny, Cooper Koch, Ian Brennan, Javier Bardem, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Ryan Murphy

The show perfectly captures the ultimate real-life family tragedy of its era

Dune

‘Dune Part 2’: An Epic, Brilliant Psychedelic Space Trip

February 29, 2024March 11, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Christopher Walken, Dune Part Two, Florence Pugh, Javier Bardem, Léa Seydoux, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgard, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya

Sequel continues a sci-fi saga for all time

‘The Little Mermaid’ Stays Afloat

May 25, 2023May 31, 2023 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Disney, Halle Bailey, Javier Bardem, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Melissa McCarthy, The Little Mermaid

Stellar performances elevate a less-than-inspired adaptation

Lucy

They Don’t Love Nicole Kidman As Lucy

October 22, 2021January 3, 2022 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Aaron Sorkin, Being the Ricardos, Debra Messing, Desi Arnaz, I Love Lucy, Javier Bardem, Lucille Ball, Nicole Kidman

‘Being the Ricardos’ trailer causes online tempest

Dune

A Glass ‘Dune’ of Emotion

October 21, 2021April 3, 2022 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Denis Villenueve, Dune, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgard, Timothée Chalamet

Denis Villeneuve’s magnificent adaptation of a classic space opera

Socialism

Eleven Great Movies About Socialism

February 26, 2020March 5, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Before Night Falls, Chernobyl, Cold War, Communism, David Lean, Dr. Zhivago, Gael García Bernal, Interrogation, Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Reds, socialism, The Americans, The Death Of Stalin, The Killing Fields, The Last Emperor, The Lives Of Others, The Motorcycle Diaries

From ‘Dr. Zhivago’ to ‘Cold War,’ it doesn’t look so promising

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Check Out Boeing in ‘Freefall’

September 23, 2026September 28, 2026 Robert Dean 0

New documentary show crashes don’t come from just one lil’ engineering failure

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Hasta La Vista, Toronto, You Ended Strong

September 22, 2026September 28, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0

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No Need for Monster Logic in ‘Resident Evil’

September 22, 2026September 25, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

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BFG Podcast #315: Venice, Oasis and Hope

September 20, 2026September 25, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0

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