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‘Straight Circle’ Review: A Border Satire That Transcends Its Flaws Through Abstraction
Right from its title, Oscar Hudson’s droll debut “Straight Circle” evokes paradoxical oddities, which the writer-director layers atop his deadpan satire on nationalism and geographical…
Comedy Writer Bought ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ Domain Names, Anticipating President Would Rename Institution After Himself: ‘Satire Became Unavoidable’
Last week, President Donald Trump’s name was emblazoned across the Kennedy Center’s building façade, website and social media accounts. The organization’s new name, after what the White…
Incline Studios Launches With Film Slate Including Newsroom Thriller, Vampire Heist Satire
Incline Studios, a new independent production company led by Benjamin J. Murray and Michael Christensen, has launched and is unveiling its first slate of feature films. The company is…
Iranian Filmmaker Ali Asgari on Satire, Censorship and Absurdities Behind ‘Divine Comedy’: ‘You Show How Silly and Stupid the Rules Are’
Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from his acclaimed shorts to festival recognized features like…
Elisa Viihde Commissions for Estonia and Finland the War Propaganda Satire ‘Helsinki 1939,’ From ‘Shadow Lines’ Creator AJ Annila: ‘It’s Based on True Lies’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Soviet Bombs fall on Helsinki. This is 1939. Best-selling Finnish novelist Mika Waltari (“The Egyptian”) fights with his typewriter to create true lies for the Finnish Propaganda Unit to…
‘This Is Not Sweden’ Producer Funicular Films Advances on ‘God’s Favorite Girl,’ a ‘Satire About Faith, Fame and the Absurdity of Modern Belief’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Barcelona’s Funicular Films, a key producer on Canneseries winner “This Is Not Sweden,” is in advanced negotiations with “a highly prestigious Latin American production company whose work…
That Trump and Epstein statue has a lot in common with medieval satire
Early on the morning of September 23, a 12-foot-tall bronze statue appeared on the lawn of the National Mall. It depicted President Trump and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein…
‘Sacrifice’ Review: Virtue-Signaling Billionaires Dance on the Edge of a Volcano in Romain Gavras’ Scattershot Satire
How many rebellious movies about ganging up to overthrow the status quo does one need to make before uneasy governments start to put you on some kind of watch list? For Romain Gavras, son…
‘Sorella di Clausura’ Review: A Funny, Bawdy Sociosexual Satire That’s as Tasteful as the Times We Live In
Sex, sexism, aging, celebrity, social class, suicide, churchgoing, anti-Roma bigotry, the emergence of a new geopolitical world order and the now rather tarnished lustre of EU membership:…
‘The Boys’ Team Break Down Political Satire Musical Number Written Years Before Trump Was Reelected
How do you make an idea ripped from the headlines subversive? You hand it to “The Boys” producing team and their songwriter, Christopher Lennertz. Showrunner Eric Kripke was inspired by…
Adam Friedland’s Comedy of Discomforts
When CBS announced the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” in July, a long-theorized concern came true: the late-night talk show was dead—for real this time!—its embalmed…
Toronto-Bound Ukrainian Political Satire ‘To the Victory!’ Nabbed by Best Friend Forever for World Sales (EXCLUSIVE)
Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever has acquired international rights to Valentyn Vasyanovych’s “To the Victory!” in the run up to its world premiere at Toronto. Set to bow in…
Watching the “King of the Hill” Revival from Texas
I came to “King of the Hill” late, during the COVID pandemic. The animated hit co-created by Mike Judge ran for thirteen seasons starting in the late nineties. I’d avoided it then, largely…
How Tom Lehrer Escaped the Transience of Satire
Satire, George S. Kaufman famously said, is what closes on Saturday night. Meaning, of course, that it has a limited run because of its intrinsically circumscribed interest. To this, one…
Trump gets the ‘real face’ treatment in blistering ‘South Park’ satire
President Trump has mocked Stephen Colbert’s cancellation and even sued 60 Minutes. Still, the writers of South Park don’t seem too worried about potentially becoming his next target.…
“Eddington” Is a Lethally Self-Satisfied COVID Satire
“Eddington” is a slog, but a slog with ambitions—and its director and screenwriter, Ari Aster, is savvy enough to cultivate an air of mystery about what those ambitions are. His earlier…
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Esoteric Programming Languages Are Fun—Until They Kill the Joke
Some programming languages helped send humans to the moon, some are cooking up new leukemia drugs, and some exist just to fuck with you. Brainfuck is a minimalist “esoteric language,” or…
On “Hacks” and “The Studio,” Hollywood Confronts Its Flop Era
For years now, Hollywood has been on a losing streak. In the film and television business, good news has been harder to come by than original stories, with the successive disruptions of…
‘Mirzapur,’ ‘Scam 1992,’ ‘Stree 2,’ ‘Paatal Lok,’ ‘Panchayat’ Talents Unite for Indian Satire ‘Baaghi Bechare’ (EXCLUSIVE)
In a convergence of indie talent, acclaimed writer-editor Sumit Purohit is stepping into the director’s chair for his feature film debut “Baaghi Bechare,” bringing together some of India’s…
‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson Brings His Masochistic Cringe Comedy to a Scattershot Satire of Male Bonding
When you first see Tim Robinson, he may remind you of a lot of other rubber-faced, madcap-furious walking-id comedians. With his grim leer, turtle-like demeanor, and eyes that pop with…
‘American Psycho’ Director Baffled by ‘Wall Street Bros’ Still Idolizing Patrick Bateman: They Don’t Realize the Movie Is a ‘Gay Man’s Satire on Masculinity’
“American Psycho” director Mary Harron marked the 25th anniversary of her satirical thriller by speaking to Letterboxd Journal about how puzzling it is to see “Wall Street bros” idolizing…