Veteran filmmaker and "Monty Python" alum Terry Gilliam believes that President Donald Trump's re-election has allowed people to laugh again. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published ...
An Israeli sketch writer talks about making comedy after the ouster of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister, and how to handle humor around the country's serious topics.
Via Palladium Pictures Incubator Program - How does a satire comedy website find itself on the front lines of the debate over free speech online? Seth Dillon and his team at the Babylon Bee tell the ...
The Statesman is a very funny satire, but "funny peculiar" rather than "funny ha ha". A deliberately anachronistic production, that looks at the impact of controlled speech, and the inevitable ...
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 “Disappearance,” ...
Last week, President Donald Trump’s name was emblazoned across the Kennedy Center’s building façade, website and social media ...
Alec Baldwin as Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton during the "Debate Cold Open" sketch on October 1, 2016. U.S.
Monty Python-inspired absurdity, Scientology controversies, and post-COVID satire - Comedy Central's South Park has never shied away from controversy. Is it the "Holy Grail" of animated sitcoms or ...
As Rachel Johnson just reminded us, leaders of many countries are tempting targets for writers, including - it has to be said - writers of comedy. That has certainly been the case in Israel. But now a ...