Tagged Armando Iannucci

Armando Iannucci isn't known for his forgiving touch when it comes to social commentary. But for this almost aggressively charming Dickens adaptation he slips off the knuckledusters and takes a noticeably...

Guard 1: Should we investigate... ? Guard 2: Should you shut the f*** up before you get us both killed? *Spoilers ahead* Armando Iannucci’s return to the big screen was widely lauded (including...

Andrea Riseborough is having a bit of a moment. Of course she’s not exactly a newcomer to success or critical acclaim. Still, the almost simultaneous releases of The Death of Stalin and Battle of the Sexes...

Karl Marx famously observed that history repeats itself twice: “the first time as tragedy, and the second time as farce.” In The Death of Stalin, the two happen simultaneously. For some reason, it all...

Who dares to face down Malcolm Tucker? By 2009, Peter Capaldi’s tartan terror had been blazing through the halls of Westminster for four years – obliterating all who unknowingly stumbled into his path. His...

As the closest UK General Election in recent history looms large and everyone talks about the economy and inequality, that defining moment of the noughties - the Iraq War - feels almost forgotten. Most...

Finally! Norwich Alan Partridge gets the big-screen treatment the world has demanded. While Alan has changed – his hair longer, his waistline larger, his expressions less subtle – Coogan still inhabits...