Global Comment

Worldwide voices on arts and culture

Latest

La Bola Negra: this deeply moving cinematic homage to Lorca is part of his queer legacy

Santiago Fouz Hernández, Durham University Directed by legendary Spanish film-making duo Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo – also known as “Los Javis” – La Bola Negra (The Black Ball) is Spain’s big hope for next year’s Oscars. The film...

WATCH: Something Special #112 – What to watch in November?

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...

Getting away with it: three films that pushed the boundaries of the Production Code – Late to the Movies

We've encountered Hollywood's Motion Picture Production Code in previous articles, not least when considering the increasingly overt sexuality of Cleopatra (1963), made towards the end of its life. For more than three decades, the Code governed what...

Listen

Taste

See