Fresh off Indy Black Solo Fest, the Indianapolis Black Theater Co. has announced its season of three plays that will take place across 2026. The shows — which contend with stereotypes aimed at Black ...

Satire is and has always been a difficult media genre to write. If a film or TV show goes too subtle in its approach, it’s often criticized as toothless or not savage enough. But go too big and there ...

Starring director Bahman Ark as Bahram, the story centers on a mid-career filmmaker whose entire body of Turkish-Azeri-language work has never been screened in Iran. When his newest film is once again ...

A stellar cast can't save James L. Brooks' dramedy in theaters this week. Luckily, there are other choices, including an Alia Shawkat-led military satire and a horror fantasy from the creator of ...

50 years later, Sidney Lumet’s Network still feels surprisingly (and hauntingly) relevant. The media landscape has moved on, but the bones of the film’s satirical commentary are timeless. The ...

At a time when superheroes have taken over both the big and small screen, Amazon Prime Video has carved out a very specific niche: gritty, self-aware superhero satire. With The Boys and Invincible, ...

Leaves and bodies fall in “No Other Choice,” Park Chan-wook’s masterfully devilish satire with a chilling autumnal wind blowing through it. “Come on, fall,” urges You Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) as he ...

Iranian filmmaker Ali Asgari has long explored the quiet tensions and bureaucratic pressures of everyday life in Iran, from his acclaimed shorts to festival recognized features like “Disappearance,” ...