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Kate Lillie on the National Theatre’s Life of Pi, chosen deliberately over the Ang Lee film. Streaming now on @NationalTheatre at Home. “I loved the National Theatre’s Life of Pi. One of the best examples of what theatre can achieve.” Full column 👇 globalcomment.com/great-adap… #LifeOfPi #Theatre

Bella Schuller on Carolina Alvarado. R.’s Halloween 2026 horror movie preview for @global.comment, six films from a mythological Amazonian predator to @flanaganfilm’s Clayface. Full preview 👇 globalcomment.com/from-other… #HalloweenMovies #HorrorMovies2026

Bella schuller on kate lillie's latest Late to the Movies column for globalcomment, on the Age of the Epic. "This article has convinced me to watch the other three. I definitely want to watch Cleopatra after this." Full column 👇
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Mark Farnsworth on Adam Wingard's Onslaught, with Adria Arjona in full Sarah Connor mode, Dan Stevens as a Nazi-chic super-villain, and a third act that doesn't quite land. His political reading, though? Cuts close to the bone. Full review 👇
globalcomment.com/never-trul… #Onslaught #AdamWingard

Stop gatekeeping books. 📚🎧📱 @philippawrites on audiobooks, ebooks, and why how you take in a story matters far less than the story itself. “If you want to read, read. Please, please read, and don’t let other people’s ideas of the way you should do that make a difference to how legitimately you think you are doing so.” Full essay 👇 globalcomment.com/stop-gatek… #Bookstagram #BookTwitter

Laura Jansen (University of Bristol) on the Canadian poet, classicist and translator who has spent four decades redrawing the map of contemporary literature. “Desire in Carson is rarely a movement towards possession; it is an encounter with absence.” Full piece 👇 globalcomment.com/anne-carso… #NobelPrize2026 #AnneCarson

Continually propulsive. Bizarre. Gonzo. 🎮🧟🩸 Mark Farnsworth on Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil — John Carpenter homages, Evil Dead 2 energy, and a climactic monster that reads as pure 2026 political allegory. A sharp companion to @nataliaosint’s earlier review. Full review 👇 globalcomment.com/continuall… #ResidentEvilㅤ

Mark Farnsworth on Miloš Forman's Amadeus: The Director's Cut — a reframing of the 1984 masterpiece as the ultimate meditation on envy, mediocrity, and the courage to hear heaven speak in another man's voice. Full essay 👇
globalcomment.com/films-id-n… #Amadeus #FilmTwitter

There are two wolves inside of her: one loved Nolan's The Odyssey, and one hated it 🐺🐺 Bella Schuller reacts to Mark Farnsworth review, "Where Does Nolan Go From Here?" Could Nolan make The Iliad next? #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan

Natalia Antonova beautiful tribute to Dolly Parton — the voice, the humility, and the artistry that held generations of us through heartbreak, grief, and everything in between. 💛 “A voice like a bird perched on your window.” Full tribute 👇 globalcomment.com/even-in-de…… #DollyParton #RIPDolly #CountryMusic

In a world of AI, algorithms and instant everything, zines invite us to slow down. 📖 Philippa Willitts celebrates handmade pages, niche passions and the joy of reading at your own pace. Read “Read lo-fi, read slow: in praise of zines” on Global Comment: globalcomment.com/read-lo-fi… #Zines #SlowReading #GlobalComment

6 new action movies. One adrenaline-packed September. 🎬💥 From Runner and The Fix to Onslaught, Mayday, The Uprising and Resident Evil — Carolina Alvarado R. rounds up what to watch this month. Read on globalcomment.com/from-runne… #GlobalComment #ActionMovies #Movies2026

This week’s Something Special explores poetry for living, featuring work shared by @ode_poetry and @poetryisnotaluxury, including Ellen Bass and June Jordan. globalcomment.com/read-somet… #Poetry #GlobalComment #SomethingSpecial

From Neagley and Last Seen to Brothers, Lovesick and The Doll, Carolina Alvarado R. rounds up the TV & streaming premieres worth watching this month. Read on @GlobalComment 👇 globalcomment.com/the-best-t… #WhatToWatch #Streaming #TV

Philippa Willitts on why we need as much public art as possible — murals, sculptures, yarn bombs, AND a peregrine falcon made entirely out of IKEA allen keys 🦅🔧 Her Sheffield finds are unhinged (in the best way): 🖼️ Giant heron + kingfisher mural 🚤 Curved canal boat sculpture 🦅 IKEA allen key peregrine 😳 "Oddly terrifying boy with a bird on a bench" Free. Joyful. Mood-lifting. Genuinely one of the best things a city can do for its people 💛 Full essay on globalcomment.com/why-we-nee… 🔗 #PublicArt #StreetArt #ArtTok #Sheffield #UrbanArt #YarnBombing #ArtLovers

A serious read for this week. 🕯️ This week's Something Special pick: @rhituchatterjee's important @NPR long read A difficult but necessary read. Full pick 👇 At globalcomment webiste

Looking for a classic movie to watch? 🎬🍿 @kate__lillie has three for you. Every month. Late to the Movies — Global Comment's series on the cinematic classics worth your time. Fresh eyes. Honest reviews. Zero snobbery. ✨ Full series 👇 globalcomment.com/category/w… #ClassicFilm