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Global Comment
- Posted on Friday December 05, 2025
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 through to Hollywood’s Golden Age. I always think that Christmas films are a bit unique as a genre – movies […]
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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 grave. Sandhya Suri’s feature debut uses the familiar shell of a police procedural to do something far more unsettling: pull […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday December 03, 2025
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 notes and staring forlornly at their laptop? Is typing relentlessly and sometimes despondently compelling? Is groaning and tugging at […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday December 02, 2025
“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 pioneering propagandist of the Third Reich. An actor, filmmaker, and ardent Nazi who dubiously insisted that her passion for art rendered her clueless to politics, […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday December 01, 2025
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 28, 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 winners tend to intimidate readers with their reputation for being dense or inaccessible, but many of these authors wrote concise works that allow readers to enter […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday November 27, 2025
We can all feel a little overwhelmed when looking for something to watch in the world of streaming, so if you need help, you’ve come to the right place. There are plenty of fantastic options this month, and not just the “holiday season” kind. Among the most anticipated and talked-about releases in the coming weeks […]
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Christmas is coming, and you know what that means: it’s time to get into the festive spirit. And what better way to do that than with fun, heartwarming, and easy-to-watch movies? We know there are thousands and thousands of Christmas movies out there. And since streaming services decided to add fuel to the fire and […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Tuesday November 25, 2025
Among the mountains of southern Peru, in the province of Urubamba, the Sacred Valley of the Incas remains a territory that still has much to show and explain. Despite its tourist fame and the avalanche of photographs that reduce it to a postcard, the valley preserves a vitality that resists any attempt to freeze it […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday November 24, 2025
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