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Two Disappointments in the New York Film Festival Main Slate

October 15, 2026October 19, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 1 Comment 8 1 2, Adam Driver, Aftersun, Andor, arthouse cinema, Behemoth!, Birgit Minichmayr, Cannes Film Festival, Carlos Reygadas, Charlotte Wells, classical music, Emeric Pressburger, Eva Victor, Everytime, experimental cinema, Federico Fellini, Film at Lincoln Center, film criticism, film scores, Gone to Earth, Gregory Oke, grief, Heil Jupiter!, James Gray, JoBeth Williams, Michael Clayton, Michael Powell, Miles Teller, movie reviews, New York Film Festival, New York Film Festival 2026, NYFF 2026, Olivia Wilde, Paper Tiger, Pedro Pascal, Sandra Wollner, Scarlett Johansson, surrealism, TIFF, Tony Gilroy, Toronto International Film Festival, Will Arnett

Pre-festival hype and even stars like Pedro Pascal and Olivia Wilde don’t always satisfy

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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

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

The Dinosaurs Are Back, and Worse!

July 3, 2025July 13, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments David Koepp, Gareth Edwards, Jonathan Bailey, Jurassic Park, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Mahershala Ali, Rupert Friend, Scarlett Johansson

Jurassic Park franchise recruits Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and cross-bred lab lizards

Phoenician Scheme

‘The Phoenician Scheme’: Wes Anderson’s Macho Whimsy

June 1, 2025June 4, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio del Toro, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Richard Ayode, Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson, The Phoenician Scheme, Tom Hanks, Wes Anderson

Anderson’s latest is a genteel thriller, a “propulsive hoot”

Jurassic Park

Do We Really Need Another ‘Jurassic Park’ Reboot?

February 17, 2025February 21, 2025 Robert Dean 1 Comment Chris Pratt, Gareth Edwards, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Mahershala Ali, Scarlett Johansson

The dinosaurs are back, but they no longer have the power to awe

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BFG Podcast #158

July 17, 2024July 17, 2024 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Alice Munro, Channing Tatum, Fly Me To The Moon, Longlegs, Scarlett Johansson, Zodiac

‘Longlegs,’ ‘Fly Me To The Moon,’ and the Alice Munro scandal

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Is This The End of the MCU ?

October 13, 2023October 23, 2023 Jake Harris 1 Comment Dave Gonzales, Edward Norton, Gavin Edwards, James Gunn, Joanna Robinson, Jonathan Majors, Joss Whedon, Kevin Feige, MCU, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson

‘The Reign of Marvel Studios’ tells the full story of the MCU’s cinematic domination, but doesn’t really hint at what’s next

Asteroid City

Take Me Down to the ‘Asteroid City’

June 23, 2023June 28, 2023 Jonpaul Henry Guinn 0 Comments Adrien Brody, Asteroid City, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Grace Edwards, Hong Chau, Hope Davis, Jake Ryan, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schreiber, Margot Robbie, Matt Dillon, Maya Hawke, Rita Wilson, Rupert Friend, Scarlett Johansson, Seu Jorge, Stephen Park, Steve Carrell, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hanks, Tony Revolori, Wes Anderson, Willem Dafoe

Wes Anderson pays loving homage to the 1950s

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BFG Podcast #015: ‘The Suicide Squad,’ Val Kilmer, ‘Jeopardy!’….and More!

August 9, 2021June 16, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Cops vs. Monsters, Jeopardy!, LeVar Burton, Matt Amodio, Scarlett Johansson, The Suicide Squad, val

Our editor and writers break down the week that was in culture

Johansson

The Scarlett Letter

August 3, 2021August 6, 2021 Jake Harris 1 Comment A Quiet Place 2, Alan Dean Foster, Black Widow, Disney, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Jungle Cruise, Kevin Feige, Robin Williams, Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson’s Disney lawsuit is going to change theatrical distribution, whether she wins or loses

‘Black Widow,’ With Heart

July 9, 2021March 16, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Black Widow, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson

Marvel send-off is an action-packed, emotion-filled origin story

Golden Globes

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The Golden Globes: a History of Scandal

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Jake Harris 0 Comments Ava DuVernay, Golden Globes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Jennifer Jones, Johnny Depp, Mark Ruffalo, Pia Zadora, Scarlett Johansson, The Tourist, Tom Cruise

The timeline of a doomed awards show

Chris Pratt

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Much Ado About Chris Pratt

October 22, 2020 Jonah Dylan 0 Comments Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, The Avengers, Zoë Saldana

Is he a Republican? Who cares?

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Woody Allen’s Brilliant New Memoir is Actually Two Different Books

June 4, 2020August 18, 2022 Ken Kurson 11 Comments Alan Dershowitz, Alec Baldwin, Apropos Of Nothing, Diane Keaton, Greta Gerwig, Mia Farrow, Mira Sorvino, New York Times, Nick Apollo Forte, Ronan Farrow, Scarlett Johansson, Soon-Yi Previn, Woody Allen

A witty, self-deprecating showbiz reminiscence and a detailed, persuasive self-defense

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