satire
A satirical musical that offends everyone equally hides its real argument until the final minutes.
Tom Cruise delivers a virtuoso turn, but Iñárritu buries a potentially potent climate-change comedy beneath exposition, self-congratulation, and stunts.
The current state of Hollywood — terminal banality — is concerning. But that’s what makes it so perfect for a dose of acidic satire.
“Plastic” would have been much more effective if it had taken the form of an anime or a cartoon.
Russian satirist Vladimir Sorokin’s excremental vision triumphs in two new translations.
For a light-hearted take on some serious issues, “Waiting for Al Gore” delivers.
The horndog plot of this wild comedy: two unpopular queer high school students start a fight club to have sex before graduation
Emmanuel Carrère’s novel powerfully satirizes intellectual pretension but at the expense of engaging storytelling.
Sorry to Bother You is a doozy — vividly shot, morally vigorous, and consistently funny.
If you want to see what courageous political satire really looks like, see Sara Taksler’s engaging new documentary about Bassem Youssef.
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