Terry Gilliam’s ‘Brazil’ At 40: More Prescient Than Orwell
Gilliam's vision of totalitarianism as both evil and bumbling, with parallels to our current dystopian moment.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
‘Mos Eisley Cantina of Comedy’: NBC’s New Streaming Service Seeso Launches in Beta
Monty Python nerds rejoice! Seeso, the new streaming service launching next year from NBC with an exclusive focus on comedy, has begun its beta rollout today. Seeso has already acquired titles that will have diehard chuckleheads salivating--including the aforementioned Flying Circus, Kids in the Hall, Saturday Night Live, Parks and Recreation and both versions of The Office--as well as original shows from some of the funniest groups in the biz. (Keep your eye out for the new UCB Show, a series spawned from the web comic Cyanide & Happiness and Dan Harmon's animated take on live RPGs, Harmonquest.)
The Art World’s Seismic Shift Back to the Oddball
The Hairy Who and other wild collectives impress in the latest version of this important show
