The world-renowned British author Jonathan Coe has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the joys of writing, and his love of mixing a variety of genres in his work. He also warned people to be wary of the self-deprecating British form of humour, something often …
A family playing a game are sent back in time to a medieval village where they must kill werewolves in order to return to the futureThis rather sweet time-travelling comedy raises welcome memories of French classic Les Visiteurs, especially with the la…
The caricature of a presidential candidate is much more complex than a likeness.
The complaint argues laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom violate free speech rights.
To watch this documentary about the one-time comedian’s astonishing journey to statesmanship is to feel that you’re witnessing the birth of a heroIt’s such an astonishing story that you wouldn’t dare make it up. And yet someone already had, which is pa…
Meta’s CEO tells the House Judiciary Committee that he wishes he had been more outspoken against the Biden administration during the pandemic.
If you speak up against racism, Islamophobia, homophobia or misogyny, don’t turn a blind eye now.
Alt-rock hipsters Phoenix put on a likably chaotic closing show, but Tom Cruise and Los Angeles stole the spotlightThe big question about the Olympic Games’s closing ceremony was whether or not it would be enough to eradicate memories of the sodden op…
The Belgian author said he wants to
‘shove a knife down the throat of every Jew’ he meets.
The dropping of comedian Sebastian Hotz and Elon Musk’s intervention raise serious questions about freedom of speech“The point of comedy is to make fun of everyone,” a Berlin friend told me recently. What matters, he argued, is that you make yourself l…
Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage walk into a bar. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.
From families thrown into disaster to political satire and banned poetry, these books offer unique insights into the country’s first 100 yearsTurkey is a nation that likes to tell stories – over long conversations in tea houses, in songs and epics, and…
For EU democracy to be at risk, it would first have to exist.
‘Under no circumstances’ will satirist Nico Semsrott return for a second term in the EU Parliament.
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Another giant of 1970s cinema bites the dust with an over-ambitious camp sci-fi satire
Cannes film festival Loosely based on fact, Magnus van Horn’s fictionalised true crime nightmare leaves you with a shiver of pure fearJust in case you were thinking that this is an upbeat story of a sweet young seamstress winning BBC TV’s The Great Bri…
As his new film looks at society’s relationship with the camera, the double Palme d’Or winner talks about the power of the screen – big and small – and why the next generation will be Marxist‘I have an idea,” says Ruben Östlund. “What if you were only …
In the latest episode of our daily podcast Today in the EU we’re exploring which are the satire parties that have managed to be present in the EU political scene.
