Sentences with phrase «scathing satires of»

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.

Another towering performance by the great George C. Scott highlights this scathing satire of the medical field.

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.

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?

Force Majeure is a comedy of passive aggressiveness, a scathing satire of masculinity, delivered with Kubrickian unease by writer and director Ruben Östlund.

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.

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.