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Home » satire

Tag: satire

a well-dressed Black couple stand below a Welcome Back sign on a Baptist church
Posted inFilm

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

by Sheri Flanders September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

For those who grew up with any personal proximity to the Black church or religious homophobia, this movie will hit incredibly close to home.

flags, smoke, and barricades surround a group of bundled up people
Posted inFilm

Donbass

by Dmitry Samarov June 10, 2022June 10, 2022

In a time when the most banal information is up for debate, this fake documentary reads as much too real.

Posted inFilm

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

by Becca James November 16, 2021December 14, 2021

It’s messy at times, sure, but hey, so is sex.

Posted inFilm

Dead & Beautiful

by Cody Corrall November 4, 2021December 14, 2021

David Verbeek’s Dead & Beautiful is a charming satire with some real teeth to it.

Posted inArts & Culture

Riane Konc wants to help you Build Your Own Christmas Movie Romance

by Matthew Sigur November 20, 2019August 18, 2021

The choose-your-own-adventure-style parody features all the best tropes and treats of made-for-TV holiday specials.

Posted inArts & Culture

Storefront Theater Musical is a bad-faith disaster

by KT Hawbaker May 22, 2019August 18, 2021

It commits the great satirical sin of punching down.

Posted inFilm

Vice, Adam McKay’s gonzo anti-biopic of Dick Cheney, earns our attention

by Leah Pickett December 24, 2018August 18, 2021

The story itself is less revealing than the telling.

Posted inArts & Culture

Pride Plays and Films’s It’s Only a Play lacks Broadway star power, but it’s still good fun

by Dan Jakes October 25, 2018August 18, 2021

Terrence McNally’s play is essentially a workplace hangout comedy.

Posted inFilm

I Am Not a Witch signals the auspicious arrival of a fierce new talent, director Rungano Nyoni

by Leah Pickett September 27, 2018August 18, 2021

A Zambian girl, falsely accused and imprisoned, refuses to be objectified or underestimated.

Posted inArts & Culture

After 139 years, Pirates of Penzance is still a satisfying combination of sweet and salty

by Jack Helbig June 27, 2018August 18, 2021

Saltbox Theatre Collective’s production hits Sullivan’s notes and lands Gilbert’s punchlines.

Posted inArts & Culture

Second City E.T.C.’s Gaslight District examines the perils of living in the age of alternative facts

by Steve Heisler April 11, 2018August 18, 2021

But you can’t escape the zone of truth.

Posted inBlogs

Sean Penn and Stuart Dybek talk about Penn’s new novel, which neither of them quite understands

by Debra Filcman April 10, 2018August 18, 2021

The author of Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff describes it as “humor in hopelessness.”

Posted inArts & Culture

American Theater’s Welcome to Jesus makes you want to Get Out

by Tony Adler November 8, 2017August 18, 2021

American Theater Company’s latest is a very nearly insufferable night in the theater.

Posted inBlogs

The still-relevant satire Little Murders is the best movie in town this week

by Ben Sachs August 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago Film Society presents a rare 35-millimeter revival of Alan Arkin’s 1971 film adaptation of Jules Feiffer’s stage play.

Posted inArts & Culture

Wow! Clickhole live onstage!

by Brianna Wellen August 30, 2016August 18, 2021

The satirical website Clickhole presents a variety show from the minds of its staff.

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