Tag Archives: satire

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ari Aster Writer: Ari Aster

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2011, abuse, ari aster, domestic, drama, family, father, incest, melodrama, mother, poet, satire, sex, sexual abuse, short, short film, son, the strange thing about the johnsons, upper class, wife | Leave a comment

The Death of Stalin (2018)

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Armando Iannucci Writers: Armando Iannucci and David Schneider and Ian Martin (Based on the comic book “La Mort de Staline” by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2018, adaptation, armando iannucci, david schneider, death, fabien nury, government, history, ian martin, jeffrey tambor, josef stalin, la mort de staline, michael palin, moscow, olga kurylenko, paddy considine, peter fellows, power, russia, satire, soviet union, stalin, steve buscemi, the death of stalin, thierry robin, tom brooke | Leave a comment

The First Purge (2018)

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Gerard McMurray Writer: James DeMonaco

Posted in Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Tagged 2018, action, crime, desiigner, experiment, gerard mcmurray, government, horror, james demonaco, jason blum, law, lex scott davis, marisa tomei, melonie diaz, michael bay, murder, new york, new york city, nyc, politician, politics, purge, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sequel, staten island, the first purge, the purge, van jones, y'lan noel | Leave a comment

Suburbicon (2017)

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George Clooney Writers: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen and George Clooney & Grant Heslov

Posted in Comedy, Crime, Drama | Tagged 1950s, 2017, alexandre desplat, coen brothers, comedy, crime, dark comedy, debt, drama, ethan coen, family, father, george clooney, grant heslov, home invasion, joel coen, julianne moore, matt damon, murder, oscar isaac, race, racism, richard kind, riot, robert elswit, satire, son, suburbia, suburbicon, suburbs, summer, twins | Leave a comment

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Boots Riley Writer: Boots Riley

Posted in Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction | Tagged 2018, armies hammer, boots riley, california, career, comedy, danny glover, david cross, experiment, fantasy, forest whitaker, jermaine fowler, job, lakeith stanfield, late berlant, lily james, magical realism, money, oakland, omari hardwick, patton oswalt, power caller, professional, rosario dawson, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sorry to bother you, steven yeun, strke, telemarketer, telemarketing, terry crews, tessa thimpson, the coup, tune-yards, w. kaman bell | Leave a comment

Downsizing (2017)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alexander Payne Writers: Alexander Payne & Jim Tayor

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction | Tagged alexander payne, christoph waltz, comedy, divorce, don lake, donna lynne champlin, downsizing, drama, hong chau, james van der beek, jason sudeikis, jim taylor, kerri kenney, kristen wiig, laura dern, margo martindale, mary kay place, matt damon, miniature, neil patrick harris, niece nash, occupational therapist, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, shrink, small, udo kier | Leave a comment

The Square (2017)

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ruben Ostlund Writer: Ruben Ostlund

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Foreign | Tagged art, artist, cannes, claes band, comedy, contemporary art, curator, dominic west, drama, elisabeth moss, exhibit, foreign, modern art, museum, ruben ostlund, satire, square, stockholm, sweden, terry notary, the square | Leave a comment