The 2024 premiere of the adaptation of Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) marked a turning point for productions in the Latin American region, establishing itself as the the...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is bound like a demon behind the screen, expressionistic but held hostage to misfortune just the same. She could be possessed by Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of...
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 /...
After the bitter taste left by the end of Game of Thrones and the dense political tragedy of House of the Dragon, HBO has surprised us with a proposal that feels like a real breath of fresh air in...
It is very common to assume that popularity is what proves relevance or value. We live in an era where the number of likes, followers, and views seems to be the key metric for measuring real impact....
I can’t say I’ve ever been a big fan of Westeros. A fan of the stories set in it, sure (in spite of the final season of Game of Thrones being suuuuuuch a mixed bag), but overall, I find it to be...
Welcome to this month's Late To The Movies, a journey through the history of cinema. Last month’s film selection explored the shifting moral and emotional landscape of the 1940s – the quiet...
The British prison movie genre, like its wayward cousin on the outside, the British gangster genre, is more sparsely populated than you’d think. The (un) holy trinity of McVicar, A Sense of...
There is unparalleled pleasure in watching Hollywood's biggest stars perform amazing stunts from the comfort of a theater seat or a cozy sofa at home. It is that rush of pure adrenaline that keeps us...
Three decades ago, Ewan McGregor's Mark Renton decided to ‘choose life’, and cinema will never be able to thank him enough. The odyssey of this young Scotsman, whose only ambition was to sink...
