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The worst thing that probably ever happened to author Bret Easton Ellis is the success of Less Than Zero, his 1985 debut novel. Ellis was 21 years old when the book became a sensation, hitting the ...

Is it possible to make a compelling film without a single likeable character? It’s a proposition that Jesse Armstrong, acclaimed creator of TV shows like Peep Show and Succession, tests in his feature ...

FEW ACHIEVEMENTS in comedy are as impressive as the catalogue of Tom Lehrer. Although it amounts to only 37 songs, each one is brilliant and timelessly funny. (It is easy to verify this by streaming ...

Satire used to come in all flavors — silly, savage, and everything in between. I used to love it in all those forms. But lately, it’s gotten stuck in one lane: rich people behaving badly. From The ...

Read Brothers, Yu Hua's sensational, sweeping and satirical 600-plus-page novel about life in a Chinese village from the early days of the Cultural Revolution to the giddy capitalist present, and ...

The 'Pitch Perfect' scene-stealer's down under directing debut taps into the same unapologetic musical-comedy sensibility that got the 'Bogan Pride' creator noticed in the first place. It’s ...

Variety revealed on Tuesday that The Boys is set to expand its universe once again, this time with a spinoff series set in Mexico, after the huge success of Gen V, which was essentially season 3.5 of ...