Armando Iannucci Archives - Book and Film Globe

Succession

Nothing Succeeds like ‘Succession’

November 29, 2021 Matthew Ehrlich 0 Comments Armando Iannucci, Brian Cox, Jesse Armstrong, Michael Douglas, Succession, Veep, Wall Street

The best show on TV has no likable characters, and yet we’re still watching

David Copperfield

What the Dickens?

September 11, 2020September 18, 2020 Michael Giltz 0 Comments Armando Iannucci, Ben Whishaw, David Copperfield, Dev Patel, Peter Capaldi, Rosalind Eleazar

Armando Iannucci’s sour, indifferent adaptation of ‘David Copperfield’

Irresistible

‘Irresistible’: Jon Stewart Imagines a Semi-Normal Political System

June 26, 2020 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Armando Iannucci, Chris Cooper, Irresistible, Jon Stewart, Rose Byrne, Steve Carell

Cynically optimistic, made before the current crisis

Hugh Laurie in Avenue 5

‘Avenue 5’ and the History of TV Space Comedy

January 28, 2020 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Armando Iannucci, Avenue 5, Buck Henry, Douglas Adams, Futurama, Homeboys In Outer Space, Matt Groening, Other Space, Paul Feig, Quark, Red Dwarf, Richard Benjamin, Seth MacFarlane, Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery, The Expanse, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Orville

Cruise Ships, Garbage Scows, and Other Interstellar Junk

Joker’s to the Right

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Anthony Hopkins, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel, Joaquin Phoenix, Jojo Rabbit, Josh and Benny Safdie, Marielle Heller, Mr. Rogers, Noah Baumbach, Rian Johnson, Scarlett Johanssen, Taika Waititi, Todd Phillips, Tom Hanks

Hope and Despair at the Toronto International Film Festival

The Front Runner

‘The Front Runner’ Is a Real Bummer

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alfred Molina, Armando Iannucci, Bill Burr, Hugh Jackman, J.K. Simmons, Jason Reitman, Kevin Pollack, Nikita Kruschchev, Robert Altman, Steve Buscemi, The Death Of Stalin, The Front Runner, Vera Farmiga

It Needed That Iannucci Touch