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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

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BFG Podcast #306: Michael Jackson, Ian McKellen, Anne Hathaway, Their Films and More

May 6, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments art world satire, back in black, BFG Podcast, blockbuster season, Bohemian Rhapsody, Book and Film Globe, british acting, celebrity biopics, cinema discussion, Colman Domingo, cultural criticism, Emily Blunt, entertainment journalism, entertainment podcast, fashion industry satire, fashion movies, film criticism, film criticism podcast, gillian gaar, Hollywood sequels, Ian McKellen, Indie Film, Jackson 5, jeff bezos parody, Justin Theroux, london art world, Meryl Streep, Michael Jackson, michael jackson biopic, michael movie, Michaela Coel, movie industry commentary, movie podcast, movie reviews, music biopics, music podcast, Neal Pollack, pop culture podcast, pop music movies, prestige cinema, sequel fatigue, Stephen Garrett, Steven Soderbergh, summer movie season, The Christophers, The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Drama, victory tour

Neal Pollack, Gillian Gaar, and Stephen Garrett discuss biopics, drama, and people who oughtta retire

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Boodled by the Art and Artists of ‘The Christophers’

April 29, 2026May 13, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments art world films, British actors, contemporary cinema, Ed Solomon, film review, Ian McKellen, indie cinema 2026, James Corden, Jessica Gunning, Michaela Coel, Steven Soderbergh, The Christophers

Steven Soderbergh comes out of retirement yet again to direct Sir Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel

‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Hamnet,’ and ‘The Christophers’ Are Highlights in Toronto

September 14, 2025September 14, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Arnaud Desplechin, Benny Safdie, Bill Nighy, Charlotte Rampling, François Civil, Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, Hamnet, Ian McKellen, Imelda Staunton, Jacob Elordi, James Corden, Jessica Gunning, Mary Shelley, Netflix, Noah Jupe, Steven Soderbergh, The Christophers, Wake Up Dead Man

TIFF signs off for the year after a memorable 50th festival

May

Everything That’s Streaming In May 2025

May 1, 2025May 5, 2025 Jake Harris 0 Comments Alexander Skarsgard, Big Mouth, Black Bag, Cynthia Erivo, Fountain of Youth, Guy Ritchie, John Krasinski, John Mulaney, Meghann Fahy, Murderbot, Natalie Portman, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Kroll, Nicole Kidman, Nine Perfect Strangers, Poker Face, Steve Carell, Steven Soderbergh, Tina Fey

‘Murderbot,’ ‘The Four Seasons,’ a new season of ‘Poker Face,’ and much more

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BFG Podcast #191: ‘Black Bag’ and a Roundup of the “Last” SXSW

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Black Bag, Cate Blanchett, Friendship, Marisa Abela, Michael Fassbender, Steven Soderbergh, SXSW, Tim Robinson

We cover and uncover the culture

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‘Black Bag’: Stephen Soderbergh’s Wry Spies

March 14, 2025 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Black Bag, Cate Blanchett, Marisa Abela, Michael Fassbender, Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan, Regé-Jean Page, Steven Soderbergh, Tom Burke

Intrigue abounds, but doesn’t quite satisfy, in tightly-wound cyber-security thriller

Heist

Classic Heist Films: An Appreciation

June 26, 2024September 22, 2024 Rob Kutner 0 Comments Dean Martin, Dog Day Afternoon, Frank Sinatra, Heist, Michael Mann, Ocean's 11, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve McQueen, Steven Soderbergh, The Friends Of Eddie Coyle, The Italian Job, the Lavender Hill Mob, The Thomas Crown Affair, Thief, Topkapi

Da right guy for da job

Sundance

Love and Death at Sundance

February 1, 2024 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments A Different Man, Brian Eno, Eno, In The Summers, Renate Rensive, Sebastian Shaw, Steven Soderbergh

The final tally of a year of unsettling films

Magic Mike's Last Dance

Stripped Down

February 11, 2023February 11, 2023 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Channing Tatum, Magic Mike's Last Dance, Salma Hayek, Steven Soderbergh

‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ finishes the trilogy with some sweet romance…but not much stripping

‘No Sudden Move’ Is A Winning Heist

July 6, 2021July 12, 2021 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Benicio del Toro, Bill Duke, David Harbour, Don Cheadle, Kieran Culkin, No Sudden Move, Steven Soderbergh

Soderbergh’s newest film marks a delightfully twisty return to his roots

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Book and Film Globe Week in Review Podcast #011: J.R.R. Tolkien, Steven Soderbergh, ‘Zola,’ and More!

July 5, 2021June 16, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Bo Gia, J.R.R Tolkien, Special, Steven Soderbergh, The Bold Type, Zola

Our editor and writers break down the week in culture

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

Let Them All Talk

We’re On A Boat

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Candice Bergen, Dianne Weist, Gemma Chan, Let Them All Talk, Lucas Hedges, Meryl Streep, Steven Soderbergh

‘Let Them All Talk,’ a cruise-ship comedy starring Meryl Streep, directed by Steven Soderbergh

Ghost in the Shell Company

September 27, 2019 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Antonio Banderas, Gary Oldman, Meryl Streep, Scott Z. Burns, Steven Soderbergh, The Laundromat

‘The Laundromat’: Steven Soderbergh’s Breezy Satire About Offshore Scams

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