When people hear about Rental Family (Disney Plus), the new film starring Brendan Fraser, it is easy to assume its premise belongs to the realm of far-fetched fiction. An actor who gets paid to play...
Admittedly, despite having grown up with the chart-topping pop band Culture Club a ubiquitous presence on the airwaves of my youth, I’m not the target nostalgia audience for Alison Ellwood’s Boy...
This month over at Five Books For, we've been talking about trilogies. One of the things I love about a trilogy is that they have depth, and extra time with your favourite characters, but they don't...
With the ongoing battle for the soul of humanity versus the trillionaire far-right tech barons, it seems timely to revisit a largely forgotten film that was the first to seriously confront our online...
Javier Bardem is just too good at playing villains. I have loved his work in his softer roles - 2010’s Biutiful comes to mind - but the man can evoke so many layers of shimmering menace that his...
One of the most highly anticipated European television premieres of 2026 is the series adaptation of the popular Harry Hole books, officially titled Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole. The Netflix production...
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 /...
The year is flying by, and we are already halfway through 2026. For fans of Korean productions, these first six months have been a wild ride filled with brutal battles, nostalgic laughs, palace...
Miniature Malekpour, University of Sydney For women in Iran, life changed dramatically after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The new Islamic Republic of Iran enforced compulsory veiling, legalised...
After immersing myself in the quiet austerity of Italian Neorealism last month, returning to full Technicolor felt almost indecent. Last month’s films were rooted in the grimmer end of reality -...
