Lubitsch
Anti-fascist cinema: To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Veering between farce and contemporary drama, with hints of Shakespeare, this anti-Nazi film captures the derision with which Americans viewed Hitler
satire
environmental poison
Anti-fascist cinema: Magic Farm (2025)
Magic Farm (2025) Written and directed by Amalia Ulman People who bemoan the lack of imagination in movies nowadays are correct when it comes to the repetitive output of Hollywood. Revenge action thrillers rooted in male insecurity, animated musical film offerings to weary mothers and their elementary school-aged children, and
Mel Brooks
Anti-fascist cinema: Satire's brief triumph
On "The Producers" (1967) and "Cabaret" (1972): Come for the songs, stay for the laughs, leave with the shivers
trans
Review: The People's Joker (2022)
Underneath all the in-jokes and satire, a sincere story about identity and love
high school
Review: Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023)
Át some point it stops being competition, and starts being domination
actual sex
Review: Rotting in the Sun (2023)
What if Patricia Highsmith wrote a gay male comedy?