Great Adaptations: Ready Player One on film
Few sci-fi stories feel more relevant today than Ready Player One. Ernest Cline’s nostalgia-drenched novel and Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster adaptation of it offer a vivid vision of a...
Category: Themes
READ: Something Special #39 – Inside the Kenyan Cult That Starved Itself to Death by Carey Baraka
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 /...
Mother’s Day 2025: 7 movies that portray motherhood – realistically!
The big screen has always been a great medium for depicting mothers in all their beauty and intensity. To be fair, Hollywood has never been shy about praising mothers, and some of the most iconic...
LISTEN: Something Special #38 – If I Were A Fish by corook
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 /...
Global Comment’s Book Club: April 2025
Spring is here, and with it comes longer days, brighter colors and the inevitable urge to renew our reading. This season, which welcomes rebirth and lightness, becomes the perfect setting for reading...
“The exploration of power, gender and privilege in this play is handled with care”: Prima Facie with Jodie Comer review
High on her own success as a criminal defence barrister, Tessa Jane Ensler has the arrogance of someone who excels in her role. Someone who has fought her way to success. Ensler rides the adrenaline...
Protecting artists’ rights: what responsible AI means for the creative industries
Paula Gortázar, University of Westminster The global sprint to develop artificial intelligence technologies is intensifying, fuelled by substantial investments from both public and private sectors...
5 playlists for when you’re both sad and full of rage
A good playlist can help us to work through some real shit. Sometimes, we need to sob to ballads when we've been dumped, other times, the perfect 80s pop playlist can pep us up when we need to get...
WATCH: Something Special #37 – Troy Hawke
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 /...
Times of fight: 9 outspoken anti-war songs
Throughout history, music has echoed the pain, resistance, and unanswered questions that war leaves behind. These songs don’t just entertain — they confront, protest, and remember. From Vietnam...