Book and Film Globe Podcast

The holidays are in full force but BFG never stops bringing you the culture. This week's podcast features editor Neal Pollack talking with critic Sara Stewart about ' Avatar 2: The Way of Water .' Sara is a devoted Avatar-head. Though she liked the long-awaited sequel, she admits that she's "exhausted" after its nearly three and a half hour runtime. Both Neal and Sara admire the film's technical a...

On this week's podcast, Neal Pollack welcomes in Stephen Garrett for an exhaustive conversation about 'Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles,' which the once-a-decade Sight and Sound poll recently named the 'Greatest Film of All Time.' Such things are inherently subjective, and maybe two middle-aged men aren't the ones to discuss the film, but Stephen thinks it's a fascinating experi...

It's December, my dudes, and The BFG podcast is back on the air! This week we lead off with a discussion of another podcast, American Public Media's ' Sold A Story ,' which has ignited a furious debate over how we teach children to read. Writer Sharyn Vane joins host Neal Pollack to discuss the difference between the old-school phonics method and the new-school, more context-based method of readin...

Happy Thanksgiving, Book and Film Globe podcast fans. We're thankful for your support as we continue to press our nose against the glass on the low end of the Podcast 100. We've got a great episode for this holiday week, as Neal speaks to Stephen Garrett about The Menu, whose trailer kinda said it all . Then Chris Lites stops by to discuss something that's proven almost impossible -- successfully...

Happy Thanksgiving, Book and Film Globe podcast fans. We're thankful for your support as we continue to press our nose against the glass on the low end of the Podcast 100. We've got a great episode for this holiday week, as Neal speaks to Stephen Garrett about The Menu, whose trailer kinda said it all . Then Chris Lites stops by to discuss something that's proven almost impossible -- successfully...

On this week's podcast, "Marvel normie" Stephen Garrett is honored to join host Neal Pollack, a Marvel completist. Neal gives Stephen all the backstory of ' Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ,' especially when it comes to Prince Namor, formerly of Atlantis, now of Talokan. Neal found Wakanda Forever an emotional sendoff for Chadwick Boseman, but was disappointed by the poorly-developed, visually murk...

We lead off this edition of the BFG podcast with a discussion of Nobel Prize laureate Bob Dylan. That’s the Literature Prize to you. Dylan has written a new book called Philosophy of Song, about songs he likes, and it’s as inscrutable as the rest of his body of work. Book and Film Globe contributor Jim Sullivan joins host Neal Pollack to talk about his review of The Philosophy of Modern Song . And...

Chelsea Clinton disappoints in the finale of 'Derry Girls' in this week's edition of one of the world's most popular entertainment podcasts. Host Neal Pollack begins with a five-minute discourse on the absurdity of members of the "literary community" calling upon Random House to not publish the new Amy Coney Barrett memoir . They call it a "human rights violation." This is absurdity at its highest...