Readers with long memories will be struck by the way some of the set pieces resemble
the scathing satire of a young William S. Burroughs.
Force Majeure is a comedy of passive aggressiveness,
a scathing satire of masculinity, delivered with Kubrickian unease by writer and director Ruben Östlund.
Here it is, your chance to make a triumphant return to madcap, screwball comedy or give us a witty,
scathing satire of Hollywood, and this is the result?
This grisly image, which feels plucked straight out of «The Act of Seeing», sets up the film as
a scathing satire of the fashion industry.
Another towering performance by the great George C. Scott highlights
this scathing satire of the medical field.
The first strip, published in an anti-establishment Afrikaner journal, set the tone for much of what was to come:
scathing satires of the Afrikaner society in which Kannemeyer and Botes grew up.
Not exact matches
What it's about: The type
of comedy that would never get made today, «Blazing Saddles» shows Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder at the height
of their talents, with a
scathing satire on racial attitudes in America.
Nothing is sacred in this
scathing, irreverent
satire of corporate America today.
Perhaps, then, as a result
of Our Cartoon President having more in common with a sitcom than a
scathing political
satire, the cartoon Trump fails to resemble the dangerous leader that he is in reality.
When Sidney Lumet adapted Paddy Chayefsky's
scathing satire Network, we were all still at the mercy
of three TV networks, whose trusted nightly news anchors were the stentorian voices
of God.
Featuring a blistering, Oscar - nominated performance from Peter O'Toole, Peter Medak's
scathing black comedy
satire The Ruling Class takes a caustic shot at British social structure, while creating a truly terrifying portrait
of mental illness.
What makes Zoolander work is that underpinning the absurdist stylings
of Ben Stiller — who returns as not only Derek Zoolander but also the co-writer and director
of the sequel — is a fairly
scathing satire aimed at the fashion industry and how clueless and insular it can be.
Whether you consider it a sci - fi / action flick with
scathing satire, or a
scathing sci - fi
satire with action, They Live is one
of Carpenter's best and most thought provoking.
Sally Potter's
scathing social
satire The Party, shot in black and white in three claustrophobic rooms is a gem, and thankfully short given the compression
of nerves and tears and emotion.
Anne Brodie: Sally Potter's
scathing social
satire The Party, shot in black and white in three claustrophobic rooms is a gem, and thankfully short given the compression
of nerves and tears and emotion.
However, just as Payne seems to be about to sink his teeth into this story destined to be a
scathing satire (sort
of High Rise meets Ant - Man), he loses his nerve.
In the case
of Elle,
scathing social critique takes the shape
of a frequently bleak and often vicious
satire.
It's a far cry from «Lord
of War,» Andrew Niccol's
scathing 2005
satire about an arms dealer played by Nicolas Cage.
It's in the story though that the real meat and potatoes
of the film are to be found with it being a horror film
of sharply written and
scathing satire.
And,
of course, your sense
of humor has to be pretty broad since it is all over the place, from
scathing high
satire to the nastiest
of toilet humor.
Director Spike Lee is something
of a superfan
of Billy Wilder's
scathing American media
satire Ace in the Hole, as you can see in this clip from an interview with him on our release.