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“Wonderfully, off-handedly humorous and horrifying”: The Pitt review

Millennial nostalgia creeps up on you slowly. One day, you notice that the music you used to listen to in middle school - and perhaps even thought of as transgressive - is playing at the grocery store now. Then some idiot decides to declare that...

Horror won big at the 2026 Oscars – it’s time the genre was taken seriously

Frazer Lee, Brunel University of London The horror genre rose from the grave to win big at this year’s Oscars, with four films featuring prominently in the awards. Ryan Coogler’s period vampire movie Sinners was nominated for a record-breaking...

LISTEN: Something Special #81 – Foundlings and textiles

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...

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