In a world increasingly dominated by conspiracy theories and anti-intellectualism, Yorgos Lanthimos' new dark comedy, Bugonia, emerges as a refreshing yet unsettling reflection of our times. This film ...
Released nationwide on Oct. 31, Yorgos Lanthimos’ newest film, “Bugonia,” poignantly critiques echo chambers and social ...
Zach Laws is a longtime entertainment journalist and movie features writer. He is also an independent filmmaker and member of the Screen Actors Guild based out of Los Angeles. Zach grew up watching ...
The Onion calls itself “America’s Finest News Source.” It is a statement that, like most everything else The Onion writes, is satirical. While its content is satirical, its journey from a college ...
Satire used to come in all flavors — silly, savage, and everything in between. I used to love it in all those forms. But lately, it’s gotten stuck in one lane: rich people behaving badly. From The ...
The upcoming The Naked Gunremake aims to balance classic slapstick with modern satire, according to its writers. The original Naked Gun trilogy, starring Leslie Nielsen as clueless detective Frank ...
At the end of 2020, there began a wave of films that spoke to the COVID-19 pandemic, either explicitly, or through the limits of their production. Some films addressed the quarantine and lockdown and ...
When Jules Feiffer started drawing a weekly comic strip for the Village Voice in 1956, its title -- "Sick, Sick, Sick" -- suggested he was way out on the fringes. By the time he finished, 44 years ...
The 2025 adaptation, opening this weekend and apparently trying for something a bit more palatable, adjusts the Roses back toward the universal. In casting Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as ...