The wisdom of the fantasy novel
“The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgement” These are the words of guidance priest Berandol...
Escape reality with the 6 best sci-fi TV shows of 2025
Relatively few groundbreaking science fiction series were broadcast in 2024. Among the most notable were Fallout, Prime Video's post-apocalyptic phenomenon; Netflix's ambitious 3 Body Problem; and...
“The warnings of the show feel more relevant than ever”: Hadestown review
Why start a journey if you know you’re going to fail? Why struggle against insurmountable odds when you’re doomed to lose? The answer is simpler than you think: Because maybe - just maybe - it...
SEE: Something Special #66 – Rachel Hudson
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 /...
How Christmas became a movie genre: Late to the Movies
Since it's December, I thought it might be a good idea to take a look at how Christmas films became an established genre, starting with the very earliest Christmas film and seeing how things evolved...
Films I’d Never Seen #3: Santosh
There are crime dramas that want to comfort you with the idea that justice, eventually, wins. And then there’s Santosh, which calmly takes that idea, walks it out back, and buries it in a shallow...
The Beast in Me “dares you to root for these two fascinating weirdos”
As a writer, I’ll be the first to say it - writers are kind of boring. Especially when someone is trying to feature us on television. What viewer really wants to see someone agonizing over their...
“She was simultaneously mentally ill and a run of the mill woman of her time”: Riefenstahl review
“For some things to be remembered other things must be forgotten”, we’re told in voiceover at the beginning of Riefenstahl, Andres Veiel’s riveting archival dive into the life of the titular...
READ: Something Special #65 – Taylor Cadle
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: November 2025
Last month, László Krasznahorkai was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature and, taking advantage of that momentum, we've put together this selection of short reads for the month. Nobel Prize...