S Categories Movies Reviews March 25, 2023 Smoking Causes Coughing fires up a messy satire Quentin Dupieux directs a bizarre parody of the superhero genre that's often inconsistent but rarely dull.
T Categories Movies Reviews October 29, 2022 Triangle of Sadness sails a darkly funny sea of class rage Ruben Östlund write & directs a witty, timely satire about what happens when disaster forces the haves & the have-nots together.
S Categories Festivals Movies Sundance 2022 January 21, 2022 Sundance 2022: Emergency offers some laughs, but still stumbles The race and class satire starts out strong, but its Weekend at Bernie's homage quickly loses steam.
L Categories Movies Reviews December 6, 2021 Léa Seydoux stuns in France, but the movie cannot match her Director Bruno Dumont's satire is sharp and funny but fails to examine itself for the very biases it wants to challenge.
M Categories Reviews TV July 9, 2021 Mike White skewers rich white Americans in the acerbic The White Lotus The HBO miniseries is a sharp class satire, with a mystery at its core.
A Categories Austin Film Festival 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews October 28, 2020 Austin Film Festival: “Death of a Telemarketer” puts thoughtful commentary on hold While effective at first, Khaled Ridgeway's feature debut goes from dark comedy to conventional sappiness.
T Categories Anniversaries Features Movies September 22, 2020 This isn’t Camp. This is holy water!: “Showgirls” at 25 Paul Verhoeven's infamous 1995 satire isn't Camp going by Susan Sontag's definition, but it is one of the great American movies.
J Categories Movies Reviews June 23, 2020 Jon Stewart’s “Irresistible” is toothless, out-of-touch political satire The former Daily Show host's sophomore film is a dated, centrist screed that fundamentally misunderstands our current political moment.
& Categories Movies Reviews May 28, 2020 “The Hunt” is too safe to really be called a satire The once-controversial story of "liberal elites" hunting people for sport has a provocative premise, but it's far less than the sum of its parts.
& Categories TV April 28, 2020 “Upload” gives us the digital afterlife we’ll probably get IRL Greg Daniels dreams up a perfectly imperfect portrait of a heaven owned by shareholders. Don't worry; it's also funny.
