READ: Something Special #3
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 /...
Great Adaptations: Agatha Christie’s Evil Under The Sun on film
This month over at Five Books For we've been looking at summery books - the kind of book where you can feel the heat rising off the pages. Perfect for reading by the pool of you're on holiday, or...
“A mass of contradictions”: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance review
Usually, a writer chooses a book to review because they’re interested in the topic or the author. Sometimes, though, it’s because it’s written by the person Trump chose to be his deputy in the...
“Kindness, I think, is underrated in literature”: The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman review
Years ago, in a swampy D.C. summer., I got the chance to interview Lev Grossman about The Bright Sword, which was then a book in progress. I had been enthralled by Lev’s Magicians trilogy, and the...
A journey through China: where high-tech modernity meets deep tradition
Nominally, China is a communist nation. In reality, this fascinating country with an ancient culture is possibly the most materialistic society in the world. Walking the streets of Shanghai, as in...
LISTEN: Something Special #2
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 /...
AI is cloning singers’ voices. What does this mean for the future of music?
As the summer goes on, a lot of catchy songs can be heard on radios and at discos. But have you ever wondered if the voice of your favorite artist is what you're really hearing? It's probably not the...
The bloody coronation of Mia Goth: Maxxxine review
Make no mistake, Mia Goth is a “fucking movie star” and her last outing as Maxine Minx in Maxxxine, Ti West’s exhilarating conclusion to their X trilogy cements that fact in blood, gristle and...
“Handled with assured dexterity”: Who Killed Him? – ¿Quién lo mató? – review
There was a time in Mexican history when Francisco Jorge Stanley Albaitero, popularly known as “Paco Stanley”, was one of the most loved and admired figures in and out of the entertainment...
Wide Awake: dream hampton’s It Was All a Dream
Filmmaker and cultural critic dream hampton was both shaping and reshaping the world around her decades before she was named in the TIME 100 most influential people list of 2019 (not coincidentally,...