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Global Comment
- Posted on Wednesday November 06, 2024
I’m having a hard time writing this column in the glare of the presidential election and the revelation that a dear friend has passed away (it happened a while ago, across the Pond, and I wasn’t even aware until recently because Russia’s war on Ukraine has wrenched me from many of my friendships and routines). […]
The post “The past is alive and churning around us always”: Once Upon A Time in America first appeared on Global Comment.
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday November 05, 2024
The streets of Valparaiso are poem and color. Pablo Neruda owned a house in this place, which is now a museum. Not even the poet could resist the charms of the city with colorful houses and elevators that seem to go to heaven. For me it was a breath of fresh air. Every writer/reader is […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday November 04, 2024
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 / see / taste / place. It will be something different every week, but it will always be about […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday November 01, 2024
With the behemoth that is Netflix in our lives, it can be easy to forget that Apple TV+ makes some amazing television. I am one of many people who is eagerly awaiting the return of Severance, for example (although I am not sure about their reportedly huge budget… why?) and Bad Monkey was fantastic in […]
The post “Slow Horses does a fantastic job exploring the banality of hate” first appeared on Global Comment.
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday November 01, 2024
I moved to Seville back in 2020 after falling in love with it (and my husband) on an earlier trip. It’s a beautiful city with loads of great things to do and see and with some of the best food you could wish for. It’s the kind of place you can visit for a short […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday October 31, 2024
The leaves are falling from the trees and it’s that time in the month when we point out the upcoming must-see series from streaming platforms and TV networks. Fortunately, the fall slate of shows promises to be very exciting, offering us spin-offs of major franchises, TV adaptations, dramas from successful showrunners and impactful biopics. Among […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday October 30, 2024
We all remember Marion Crane’s (Janet Leigh) scream in the shower in Psycho. With Hitchcock, she marked an era of horror that raised applause at awards shows and froze viewers in their seats with fear. Decades later, Hollywood has new faces of bloody horror that remind us that a good scream is as good as […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday October 29, 2024
Whether you’re looking for spooky, apocalyptic, ghostly, supernatural, or progressive horror stories, now that Halloween season is in full swing, it’s the perfect time of year to have a scary series marathon. So why not treat yourself to some of the best horror K-dramas of all time? Contrary to popular belief, K-dramas aren’t just about […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday October 28, 2024
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday October 25, 2024
As the horrors take over the night during Halloween, we are bringing you the best books with scary stories to get you in the mood. Here are some of the masters of the genre, with tales that have crossed the letters and terrorized the dark corners of readers’ minds. So, enjoy the chills as you […]
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