You shouldn’t really laugh at sin. Unless, it was the film Original Sin (Pecado Original), part of the Comedy Vanguard series at the Austin Film Festival, which ran October 25 – November 1. The festival showed over 180 films and brought screenwriters and filmmakers together to celebrate the role of …
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Jabberwocky’ Takes on the Establishment
The Criterion Collection will release a special edition of Terry Gilliam’s Jabberwocky next week. The film, based on the poem by Lewis Carroll, takes us on a satirical adventure with medieval every-man Dennis Cooper, played by Michael Palin. Cooper is mistaken for a knight and finds himself defending the kingdom against a dragon – the Jabberwock – bent on destroying whatever lays in its path.
Read More »TV Review: ‘Galavant’ – A Weak Echo of ‘Spamalot’ and ‘The Princess Bride’
ABC should be applauded for going outside the envelope by presenting us with an strange medieval mix of self-aware sitcom and broad Broadway-saturated extravaganza.
Read More »DVD Review: Monty Python—’Live (Mostly)—One Down Five to Go’
'Live (Mostly)—One Down Five to Go' is perhaps the penultimate Monty Python experience.
Read More »DVD Review: Monty Python’s A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman
A Liar's Autobiography is the surreal and possibly untrue story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
Read More »DVD Review: Holy Flying Circus
Holy Flying Circus tells the story of the release of Monty Python's Life of Brian in a Python style.
Read More »Book Review: The Pirates! Band of Misfits: An Adventure with Scientists and An Adventure with Ahab by Gideon Defoe
Gideon Defoe's The Pirates! series is goofy, anachronistic, and downright silly. It is also a very fun and enjoyable read.
Read More »Book Review: If You Like Monty Python… Here Are Over 200 Movies, TV Shows, and Other Oddities That You Will Love by Zack Handlen
Zack Handlen makes some surprising connections between Monty Python and others.
Read More »Comics Igudesman & Joo Explain Their Take on Classical Music
Fifteen million hits on YouTube: So when is this hilarious and clever classical culture show finally hitting American concert halls?
Read More »Music Review: Patrick And Eugene – Altogether Now (Birds Bees Flowers Trees)
Coolest eccentric Brit-band since The Bonzos
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