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Keeping the GoodKnight Movie Club going while we are still sheltering in place in the Bay Area, we sit down to discuss Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9eAshaPvYw) ! This hilarious political satire had us in stitches -- enjoy our thoughts! We are still working on the new logo for GoodKnight Movie Club, this should be up by the next episode. ————————————————————— Like what you hear? Feel free to subscribe and rate us 5-stars on your favorite podcast service. Know someone that would like this podcast? Please share and help us grow! Want to be a part of the growth of GoodKnight Life? Support us at these links! WEBSITE: www.goodknight.life (http://www.goodknight.life/) PATREON: http://patreon.com/goodknightlife TWITTER: http://twitter.com/goodknightlife
Coming up on this week's show, we take a look at some new Netflix films with Jeff Tremaine's The Dirt and John Lee Hancock's The Highwaymen. We also cover Rick Kidd's Patreon Review pick, Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin plus there's also a lot of tangents, drunk talk and insults...
Armando Iannucci's "The Death of Stalin" doesn't only have things to say about the death of Stalin, but modern day political struggles as well. While an exceptionally funny film, it isn't too kind to either Stalin or what is happening today, and that's for a good reason. Listen as we break it down for you.
This podcast explores the global refugee crisis in Ai Weiwei's documentary Human Flow and how best to view and discuss the film in the classroom, and the politics and satire of Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin. Human Flow https://www.intofilm.org/films/19076 Refugee Week Resource https://www.intofilm.org/resources/74 People and Democracy film list https://www.intofilm.org/films/filmlist/52 The Death of Stalin https://www.intofilm.org/films/19050
The Death of Stalin is about the chaotic political drama that followed the Russian leader's demise in 1953. Madman FilmsWe’re living in something of a golden age for political satire. Politics and satire can even feel, at times, almost indistinguishable. But politics and comedy have never been that far apart. Charlie Chaplin’s 1941 film The Great Dictator ridiculed Adolf Hitler. More recently The Thick of It mocked the UK political class and Veep satirised US politics with very funny and scarily prescient results. Those latter two were written by Armando Iannucci, a Scottish writer and director who has been described as the hardman of political satire. His new film, The Death of Stalin, stars the likes of Steve Buscemi and Jason Isaacs and is about the chaotic political drama that followed the Russian leader’s demise in 1953. A scene from The Death of Stalin. Madman films For this episode of Speaking With, I spoke to Armando Iannucci, who warns that we should beware any politician who can’t take a joke. And, by the way, there’s a bit of swearing in this interview, so consider this a language warning. The Death of Stalin will be in cinemas March 29 across Australia. Read more: No laughing matter: Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin reveals the anxieties of team Putin Stephen Harrington does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
This week, we review the one millionth Marvel film, Thor: Ragnarok — a breezy, colourful adventure that shows that the studio has finally developed the confidence to include jokes in its movies. We also give our verdict on Luca Guadagnino's sumptuous and incredibly horny drama Call Me By Your Name and Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin, which sees the veteran satirist transferring the "sweary bureaucrats" mode of comedy he honed in The Thick of It to Soviet Russia, with bizarre results.PLUS! We discuss whether Woody Allen's newest project suggests he felt the romantic age gap in his film Manhattan was simply not wide enough, and Mark Wahlberg's inexplicable guilt over starring in by far the best film of his career. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.