Tag: satire

BombshellB
Categories
December 9, 2019

Bombshell Review: Fox News Satire Has Enough of a Bang

Jay Roach's retelling of the Fox News harassment scandal has sufficient momentum and typically strong performances to largely overcome its undercooked politics.
CIFF Jojo Rabbit Girl Missing Jesus Takes You Highway The TorchC
Categories
October 24, 2019

CIFF Dispatch: “Jojo Rabbit”, “A Girl Missing”, “The Torch” and More

(This dispatch is part of our coverage of the 2019 Chicago International Film Festival.) Welp, CIFF keeps chugging along, and the weather just keeps getting..
T
Categories
September 26, 2019

The Day Shall Come Review: Chris Morris Satire Lacks Bite

Tone-deaf obviousness and blunt-force capitalist critiques plague Morris' latest, letting down its good intentions with disappointing bluntness.
The Righteous GemstonesT
Categories
August 15, 2019

The Righteous Gemstones Review: Show, Don’t Televangelism

Danny McBride's latest collaboration with Jody Hill and David Gordon Green doesn't quite keep the faith.
Succession The Summer PalaceS
Categories
August 11, 2019

Succession Recap: Season Two Regroups at “The Summer Palace”

HBO's cuttingly dark upper-crust family drama carves new depths of capitalist depravity in the season premiere.
Tel Aviv on FireT
Categories
August 3, 2019

Tel Aviv on Fire Review: Even Soap Can’t Clean Dirty Politics

Sameh Zoabi's politically-charged satire of Palestinian soap operas works better as farce than social polemic.
HomewreckerF
Categories
July 26, 2019

Fantasia 2019: “Homewrecker” Wants to Be Friends 4-Ever

Zach Gayne’s psychological thriller/comedy about female friendship starts out strong, but quickly loses its way.
natural born killersT
Categories
July 13, 2019

The Unsubtle Social Satire of “Natural Born Killers”

An early Quentin Tarantino screenplay is turned into an over the top look at America's obsession with crime & criminals.
The Fall of the American EmpireT
Categories
June 8, 2019

The Fall of the American Empire Review: Toothless Capitalist Satire

Denys Arcand's droll French caper comedy leans a little too hard on cliche and creaky anti-capitalist screeds.