“The Unlikely Connection Between ‘It’ And ‘A Wrinkle In Time'”

Who else but me would watch A Wrinkle in Time and go, “Hey, Michael Peña’s character sure does remind me of Pennywise the Dancing Clown”? Nobody, that’s who. That’s why I’m the one writing about this silly nonsense and not, like, someone else.  I’m being a bit cheeky with this piece I did for Thrillist, but: Come … Continue reading →

“Armando Iannucci on ‘Death of Stalin,’ Jeffrey Tambor and Satire in the Age of Trump”

So, this is pretty huge (at least for me): Last week I spoke to Armando Iannucci, the comic genius behind Veep and In the Loop (among other things, like The Day Today, The Thick of It, and so on) about his new film, The Death of Stalin, which is about exactly what you think it is about. I’m a Iannucci fan … Continue reading →