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Penelope Cruz

Comedy Featured Stories FILM

‘The Invite’ Prompt Was — Bergman, But Make It Funny!

July 11, 2026July 14, 2026 Laura Pruden 3 Comments Adam Newport-Berra, Cesc Gay, Comedy, Edward Norton, ensemble cast, film review, independent film, Ingmar Bergman, Jade Healy, marriage, middle age, Olivia Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Penelope Cruz, play adaptation, Rashida Jones, relationship comedy, romantic comedy, Seth Rogen, sex comedy, Spanish cinema, The Invite, The People Upstairs, Will McCormack

Olivia Wilde directs and acts in a comedy about love and marriage in middle-age

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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

Featured Stories FILM Netflix Streaming TELEVISION

Everything That’s Streaming in February 2026

January 29, 2026February 2, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments A24, Adam Scott, Age of Innocence, Alex Garland, All That Heaven Allows, Andrew Stanton, Apple TV, Ashton Kutcher, Beastie Boys, Behind the Scenes, Big City Blues, Black History Month, Blossoms Shanghai, Book and Film Globe, Boris Grebenshchikov, Boys Go To Jupiter, Bridgerton, Bright Star, Bullitt, Callum Turner, Can You Keep A Secret, Charles Walton, Christian Comedy, CIA Series, Cooper Hoffman, Criterion Channel, Cross, Cross Season 2, Daveed Diggs, Death Proof, Deep Blue Sea, Disney Plus, documentary premieres, Drive to Survive, Eddie Vedder, Elizabeth Olsen, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Eternity, F1, Faith Deconstruction, Film Premieres, Finding Nemo, For All Mankind, Formula 1, Grace Glowicki, Gymnastics, Hard Boiled, Hard to Handle, HBO Max, Heat Lightning, High Pressure, Honey Bunch, Hooper, How to Get to Heaven From Belfast, Hulu, Imagineering, In the Blink of an Eye, In the Mood for Love, In the Night Agent, J.D. and Turk, Jack Whitehall, Janelle James, Jason Isaacs, Jerry Seinfeld, John Carter, John Oliver, Kate Dickie, Kate McKinnon, Keith David, Keke Palmer, Larry David, Last Sacrifice, Last Week Tonight, Lauren Graham, Legal Drama, Lesbian Romance, Lethal Weapon, Like Water for Chocolate, Ling Zi, Lisa McGee, Little Caesar, Live Comedy, Love Is Blind, Madcap Comedy, Man on the Run, Matter of Time, Maurice, Michael Apted, Michael Keaton, Miles Teller, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Movies 2026, My Own Private Idaho, NBA Documentary, Neighbors Series, Netflix Premieres, NFL Draft, Night Agent, Nine Perfect Strangers, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Paramount Plus, Paul McCartney, Peacock, Penelope Cruz, Peppermint Patty, Peter Dinklage, Peter Hujar, Police Story, Preparations to Be Together, Prime Video, Prodigal Daughter, Rashida Jones, Reboots and Revivals, Relationship Goals, Remakes, Romantic Drama, Sabrina Carpenter, Safety Last, Sci Fi Series, Scrubs Revival, Seth Rogen, Shudder, Skateboarding, Sleepless in Seattle, Soap opera, Soul Power, Sports Documentaries, Stagecoach, Standup comedy, Steamboat Bill Jr, Stephen Root, Streaming Guide, Strip Law, Stunts Film Block, Sudanese Film Group, Sundance 2026, Taylor Tomlinson, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, The CEO Club, The Deep Blue Sea, The General, The Gray House, The Invite, The Last Thing He Told Me, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Muppet Show, The Night Agent, The Road Warrior, The Wicker Man, Three on a Match, Thriller Series, To Live and Die in LA, Tom Ellis, Tom Hanks, Tomlinson Special, Trevor Noah, TV Premieres, Uncle Ye, Upcoming Documentaries, Ursula K Le Guin, Valentine’s Day Movies, Variety Shows, Wall-E, We Call It Imagineering, Wedding Comedy, WETA Workshop, Winter Olympics, Women in Comedy, Wuthering Heights, Yearning Film Block

Winter continues with reboots of ‘Scrubs,’ ‘The Muppet Show,’ and the Winter Olympics

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BFG Podcast #133

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Bradley Cooper, Ferrari, Jeremy Allen White, Maestro, Michael Mann, Penelope Cruz, Sean Durkin, The Iron Claw

‘Maestro,’ ‘Ferrari’, and ‘The Iron Claw’

Ferrari

Enzo Ferrari, the Mann and the Myth

December 28, 2023December 31, 2023 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Adam Driver, Ferrari, Michael Mann, Penelope Cruz, Shailene Woodley

Michael Mann’s excellent ‘Ferrari’ is grittier and more personal than other recent auto-racing movies

Our Planet

DOCUMENTARY TELEVISION

‘Our Planet 2’: A V.O. Disaster in Every Language

July 5, 2023July 10, 2023 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments David Attenborough, Our Planet II, Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayek

Nature just isn’t the same without the voices of Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz

‘C’mon C’mon,’ ‘Parallel Mothers,’ and ‘Memoria’

October 14, 2021October 19, 2021 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments Apichatpong Weerasethakul, C'mon C'mon, Joaquin Phoenix, Memoria, Mike Mills, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz, Tilda Swinton

Family concerns dominate the last week of the NYFF

CREATORS Directors FILM

Auteurs Ahoy at Cannes

May 23, 2019June 12, 2019 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment A Hidden Life, Brad Pitt, Cannes, Darkness Brothers, Ken Loach, Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Pain and Glory, Palme D'Or, Pedro Almodóvar, Penelope Cruz, Quentin Tarantino, Sorry We Missed You, Terence Malick, Young Ahmed

Almodóvar, Malick, and Tarantino Battle it Out for the Palme D’Or

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BFG Podcast #314: Lanterns, Coyotes, Acme Discussions

September 3, 2026September 3, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0

Neal and Rob unpack private equity and falling anvils; Neal and Nick pick over HBO’s new superhero series

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Ridley Scott Is Back, Flying By the Light of ‘The Dog Stars’

August 28, 2026August 31, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0

CLASSICS Featured Stories FILM

Maybe You Can Go Home Again, Samba Traore

August 27, 2026August 30, 2026 William Schwartz 0

DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM

40 Years On, UConn’s Geno Auriemma is Still Butting Heads… and Winning

August 26, 2026August 30, 2026 Jon Hart 0

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