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The 5 must-see new comedy movies of April 2026

After a whirlwind March, marked by the unstoppable adrenaline of action films like the visceral War Machine or the frenetic Pretty Lethal, the big screen is gearing up for a much-needed change of pace.  After weeks of high tension, lethal...

PLACE: Something Special #83 – Slowjamastan

Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place. It will be something...

When acting changed: from theatricality to realism – Late to the Movies

If film noir introduced a new kind of moral ambiguity to 1940s cinema, the early 1950s brought a different, but equally significant, shift: a transformation in acting itself. The change was subtle at first, then impossible to ignore. Performances...

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