Films I’d Never Seen #2: The Passenger
“The actor is a moving space” Michelangelo Antonioni told his star Jack Nicholson, the actor most identified with the New Hollywood of the 1970s. In The Passenger, Nicholson takes Antonioni at...
Category: Fiction
“It is heavy handed but gloriously so, with more than a hint of camp”: Teeth (2007) is a feminist parable
Mitchell Lichtenstein's 2007 horror-comedy Teeth is transgressive and it’s hilarious. It's kind of terrible, but as part of that brilliant cinematic genre of good-terrible, resulting in a feminist...
“Terrific news for those of us who obsess over the beauty of the American West”: Untamed has been renewed
Netflix’s Untamed has just been renewed for a second season, which is terrific news for those of us who obsess over the beauty of the American West. When it came out, I was surprised to read some...
Global Comment’s Book Club: July 2025
This month, with the summer vacations in mind, we let ourselves be carried away by stories that encourage us to travel without leaving home. The books we recommend cover routes as diverse as they are...
Why you should read ‘The Testaments’ if you have watched ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
After the finale of The Handmaid’s Tale this year, it didn’t take long for disappointment to surface on social media, with some viewers calling the last episode “awful.” However, that...
The 8 best TV shows of 2025 so far
TV in the first half of the 2025 has been wonderfully fruitful. There has been a little bit of everything, from dark comedies and teen dramas, to post-apocalyptic adaptations and heartwarming family...
The Last Of Us season two crashed and burned
This week, it was announced that Neil Druckmann will be stepping away from HBO’s The Last of Us series to focus on his work for Naughty Dog. Some background in case you are not aware: Druckmann and...
Global Comment’s Book Club: June 2025
Summer is approaching, bringing with it the promise of long days, much-needed breaks, and that irresistible urge to get lost in a great story. It’s the perfect season to refresh our reading list...
The best TV and streaming premieres: July 2025
July is especially jam-packed with new releases and has more creative ambition than you can imagine. From an electrifying Mexican action thriller to Lena Dunham's triumphant return to television,...
“Both will linger darkly in your mind”: Dept Q and Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story reviews
The UK is a small island studded with secrets and secret lairs. I’m not just saying that because I grew up amidst American expanses and am honestly in awe of how the British maximize every square...