Tag: Satire

• Cecil B. Demented (2000)

  September 27, 2019

  2000s, Comedy, Satire

  I started watching John Waters’ Cecil B. Demented (2000) on NYE 2017, and took a break, only getting time to finish it on Jan 2, so this was technically the first good movie I watched in 2018. Trashed by critics on release, recommended to me by my friend Clare Nina, this film is a gleeful,… Read.

• The Firemen’s Ball (1967)

  September 19, 2019

  1960s, Comedy, Czech Cinema, Political, Satire

  I picked up a copy of The Firemen’s Ball (1967) last year on a whim, which is a recently restored print, purchased maybe after the passing of director Milos Forman and realising I’d not seen any of his pre-America films made in his home country of Czechoslovakia. This 71-minute film about a chaotic ball organised… Read.

• Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)

  September 19, 2019

  1970s, Crime, Italian Cinema, Political, Satire

  Recommended to me by Lindsay Hallam, Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970; Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) has a classic theme score by Ennio Morricone, which adds to the film’s unusual tone. Better known as the bad guy from A Fistful Of Dollars and A Few More Dollars More,… Read.