Tagged mockumentary

TV-to-film comedies don’t have the most inspiring of track records. Where writers can pack a 30-minute episode with laughs, they often find themselves stretched very thin across 90 minutes. One of the...

https://vimeo.com/111952478 From the biting political satire of Borat to the biting comedy horror of What We Do in the Shadows, the mockumentary format has endured over the years because of its...

Seeing the Netflix logo up on the silver screen is a little jarring, but have no fear, Christopher Guest fans - Mascots is a typical slice of surreal mockumentary fun from the legendary satirist. Netflix have...

The mockumentary has recently seen a resurgence with comedies like What We Do In The Shadows and Popstar. King of the Belgians continues this trend and is one of the funniest films of the year. Taking...

Typical. You wait years for a music mockumentary to be released and two come out at once. Handily, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is the better one - and it’s not even close. Conner4real is the...

Lost in Munich starts odd – a French parrot offends Czechs on the anniversary of the historical 1938 Munich agreement by repeating the insults of the French PM Edouard Daladier – and only gets...

A mockumentary by the undisputed master of the genre, Christopher Guest (of This Is Spinal Tap fame), Best In Show follows five pairs of owners and handlers of dogs competing in the prestigious Mayflower...

“Dozens of people spontaneously combust each year. It’s just not widely reported.” Is there a more quotable film in the history of comedy? You might argue Anchorman, maybe Airplane!, but you’d be...