'Don't Look Up!' is a documentary masquerading as satire | Columnists
We yawn as we drift toward doom. The news is relentless, for those who deign to pay attention.
Stay updated with breaking news from Jackd Ripper. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
We yawn as we drift toward doom. The news is relentless, for those who deign to pay attention.
We yawn as we drift toward doom. The news is relentless, for those who deign to pay...
Here are the problems with Netflix's Don't Look Up, a movie that stars lots of stars. One, it fails to find the right balance between comedy and disaster in the brilliant way of, say, Stanley Kubrick's only masterpiece Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. (Kubrick really only made two worthy films, the second being The Killing.) Once again, the path to the world's end is paved by the...
Part of that speech is played over the ending of Thirteen Days: "What kind of a peace do we seek? I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes
The liberating power of irreverent “black comedy”: breaking false idols, mocking prevailing hypocrisies, and calling forth a massive revolt against mass delusion and folly–through laughter. It was, of course, in the Sixties, just when people were beginning to “raise their consciousness” — that various forms of spirited and subversive humor appeared on the scene. Things […]