The film "Atropia" is a dark comedy set at a U.S. military facility in California designed to simulate battle conditions in Iraq. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with actor Alia Shawkat.

In the US, comedy has long filled the space vacated by partisan news media. Now France is following its lead, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst ...

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 close friend of mine recently confessed to having stopped watching cable news altogether because it was causing him and his wife anxiety and dread. They began watching Jimmy Kimmel instead, saying ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing political realities. By Adam Bradley LAST SPRING, DURING the Broadway revival of ...

Comedy and music have long served as powerful mediums for addressing societal issues. Throughout history, these art forms have been used to critique and expose the flaws in political systems. Greek ...

Himesh Patel leads the comedy produced by Armando Iannucci and Sam Mendes, set behind the scenes of a big-budget comic book adaptation. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic One of the things ...

Political satire, it wasn’t. The headlines from CNN, The Hollywood Reporter and many other media outlets — “‘SNL’ Takes Aim at Pro-Palestine Campus Protesters in Cold Open” reported The Daily Beast — ...

EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has acquired world sales rights for Iranian director Ali Asgari’s satire Divine Comedy, following a filmmaker’s mission to dodge censorship, ahead of its world premiere in Venice ...

Get out of the house for BIG LAUGHS this Saturday. What you need is some hilarious comedy to get you through the winter blues. We've got the lols Toronto needs. Featuring some the funniest standup ...