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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 6h
Headlines say theaters are booming. The numbers tell a different story.
Our analysis shows how chains like AMC, Regal, and Cinemark juggle post-pandemic highs with social lows.
#BoxOffice #MovieTheaters #CinemaBusiness #BFGTakes
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Movie Theaters Celebrate Record Post-Covid Revenues, The Reality Is Different - Book and Film Globe
Movie studios are talking a happy game, but the viewing figures tell a grimmer story — just wait til you get to our graphs. When CNBC, a channel that
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"These kids who slip into my library and try to fade into the furnishings are hiding their true selves from their parents out of fear of rejection or punishment." Review by Lily Moayeri of @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social, which we saw last night at an enthusiastic full house @hotdocs.bsky.social
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As a real-life school librarian, watching 'The Librarians' hits differently.
For #BannedBooksWeek we talk about fights over books, censorship, and access that define modern libraries.
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Watching 'The Librarians' as a School Librarian - Book and Film Globe
The Librarians is ostensibly about the troubles I face as a school librarian under attack from politically motivated parents who want to ban whole sets of
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 19h
As a real-life school librarian, watching 'The Librarians' hits differently.
For #BannedBooksWeek we talk about fights over books, censorship, and access that define modern libraries.
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Watching 'The Librarians' as a School Librarian - Book and Film Globe
The Librarians is ostensibly about the troubles I face as a school librarian under attack from politically motivated parents who want to ban whole sets of
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The new #Ozzy documentary is unspeakably sad. But some amazing footage of his farewell concert and some of the people who loved him. 👉 Read the full piece at Book & Film Globe: bookandfilmglobe.com/film/no-esca... @paramountplus.com
No Escape, Except Death - Book and Film Globe
If you love Ozzy Osbourne, you may want to skip the new documentary Ozzy: No Escape from Now, now streaming on Paramount+. The central theme of the film
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In the age of audiobooks, does “read” still mean the page flipped or the story heard?
We explore the boundary between listening and reading, memory and immersion.
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If You Listen to a Book, Have You Read It? - Book and Film Globe
Three writers walk into a bar. Steve, a philosophy professor at Gettysburg College, wonders aloud why happy hour is more than an hour and rarely joyful.
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 6d
From the chilling to the poetic, October’s literary drops are anything but cozy. Our roundup of 17 books to watch includes Thomas Pynchon, Harper Lee, Philip Pullman, Reese Witherspoon, and titles that’ll haunt you long after fall.
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17 Books You Need to Know About for October - Book and Film Globe
October brings books from a plethora of famous names like Thomas Pynchon (still alive), Philip Pullman (still alive), and Harper Lee (not so alive). But
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Welcome to the age of synthetic celebrities. bookandfilmglobe.com/business-2/m...
Meet Tilly Norwood - Book and Film Globe
“As far as industry is concerned, getting rid of people and replacing them with AI is the business opportunity.”—Douglas Rushkoff, “Artificial Creativity”
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Bill Janovitz’s "Let the Stories Be Told" shows The Cars weren’t just radio kings, they were quietly subversive, glitchy, & weird.
Our review → bookandfilmglobe.com/books/let-th...
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‘Let the Stories Be Told’ is a Dazzling Drive Through The Cars’ Career - Book and Film Globe
There’s simultaneously more and less than you’d expect to the story behind The Cars. And Bill Janowitz is perfectly positioned to tell the difference and
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 10d
Oppose doomscrolling, join the collective. bookandfilmglobe.com/film/the-cas...
The Case for Sitting in the Dark with Strangers - Book and Film Globe
One of the great joys in life is date night at the movies. The popcorn tastes better. The air-conditioning is aggressively cold. You need a hoodie, maybe
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 10d
October brings chills, thrills, and bingeable upgrades:
Usher, City of Angels, The Killer on Netflix; strong Hulu & Prime drops too.
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Everything That’s Streaming in October 2025 - Book and Film Globe
Almost every streaming service has a horror highlight this month, whether that’s a pre-teen vampire who just wants to sing; fictional interpretations of
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 13d
Priscilla Presley gets the last word with her new memoir. bookandfilmglobe.com/books/the-ir...
The Iron Fist in the Velvet Glove - Book and Film Globe
For decades, young women around the world dreamed of being Elvis Presley’s Chosen One: his bride, walking by his side, forever in love. In her 1985 memoir
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The new album from Taylor Swift is going to mint it. Here's how AMC is hoping to get a slice of the action. bookandfilmglobe.com/film/this-is... #TaylorSwift #SwiftFilm #HitsAndMisses
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This Is a Post About Taylor Swift. We Expect a Lot of Hits. - Book and Film Globe
Not to be Delicate, AMC Theaters has had a Cruel Summer. But, back to work in the fall, it is hoping to Shake It Off — at least somewhat — with its
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 17d
Posters. Posters torn. Empathy built, empathy torn down. 'Torn,' watches a movement in motion — with kidnapped posters, defaced faces, and false moral binaries forced by social media.
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Ripping Up Sympathy on the Streets - Book and Film Globe
In the days following the October 7 massacre, it was difficult to know what to do. I remember spending too much time on Instagram responding to different
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 20d
Awake by Jen Hatmaker is “losing everything you thought you were so you can discover what you actually are.” Faith unravels. Identity resets. Community rearranged.
If memoirs were rebirths...
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‘Awake’ and Thriving - Book and Film Globe
Way before Awake, I first read Jen Hatmaker – where else? – on the Internet. Back in 2013, I didn’t know that she’d built a sizable following of women as
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Can you show 24 hours in a paramedic’s world — exhaustion, life-and-death, absurdity — and still land funny? Code 3 gives it a shot. : bookandfilmglobe.com/film/in-the-... #FilmOverview #Ambulance #ComedyInCrisis #BFGTakes
In the Ambulance, Comedy on Life Support - Book and Film Globe
Making a decent feature length film that also accurately showcases the difficulty of a real world job is tougher than it sounds. The marketing for Code 3
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 23d
Weldon Owen’s The H. P. Lovecraft Experience is a love letter to cosmic horror. Two volumes of stories, novellas, juvenilia, artifacts straight out of Arkham, and a lore guide that doesn’t flinch.
If weird is your world → bookandfilmglobe.com/books/that-i...
That Is Not Dead Which Still Sells - Book and Film Globe
“That is not dead which can eternal lie. / And with strange eons even death may die.” These lines from “The Nameless City” are among the most resonant
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 23d
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The Movies Flying Under the Radar at TIFF 2025 - Book and Film Globe
The Toronto International Film Festival is a special film festival for many reasons. Sure, there’s the sheer number of screenings, given the festival
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · 23d
Robert Redford, a great appreciation and some amazing clips. bookandfilmglobe.com/film/so-fare...
So Farewell, Then, Robert Redford - Book and Film Globe
To a certain age group, mostly Generation X and Baby Boomers, academy award winner and cinematic crush Robert Redford, who died in his sleep at 89 years
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Sep 9
Just like we predicted last week, animation is leading the way #critterz #openai bookandfilmglobe.com/business-2/o...
OpenAI Projects Cannes 2026 For First Animated Feature Release - Book and Film Globe
The Wall Street Journal has reported that OpenAI plans to turn the 2023 short Critterz into an AI-generated feature film for the Cannes film festival in
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Sep 8
Heading a raft of death-related films in Toronto, Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, bookandfilmglobe.com/film/knives-...
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Knives Out in Toronto - Book and Film Globe
Death is in the air at the Toronto International Film Festival — or at least it was at the world premiere of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery on
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Sep 2
'Four Nights of a Dreamer' returns, resurrected in 4K and glimmering at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social from Sept 5. Bresson’s spare minimalism meets Paris twilight in breathtaking cinema. Read why it matters.
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Dreaming of Bresson - Book and Film Globe
Cinematic holy grails are still possible, even in our stream-everything culture. And one of the biggest is about to land at New York City's Film Forum for
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Aug 28
What’s Streaming in September 2025? We buried the lede! A new season of Slow Horses coming, and some other stuff.
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Aug 27
18 Books You Should Know Are Arriving in September brings you fresh fiction, powerful memoirs, and hilarious satire.
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18 Books You Should Know Are Arriving in September - Book and Film Globe
Newly released books for September 2025
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Aug 27
Fall reading, curated for the pen-and-pane‑lover:
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18 Books You Should Know Are Arriving in September - Book and Film Globe
Newly released books for September 2025
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bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social @bookandfilmglobe.bsky.social · Aug 27
Which are scarier, xenomorphs, boardroom villains or biotech nightmares? Alien: Earth, from Noah Hawley and Hulu/FX. bookandfilmglobe.com/television/o...
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On Earth, Everyone Can Hear You Scream - Book and Film Globe
With the release of Alien: Earth, now streaming on FX/Hulu, any respectable sci-fi fan feels obligated to ask: Is it really possible to breathe new life
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