The proliferation of parody films with the word “Movie” in their titles has cheapened the noble tradition of making fun of pop culture, but “Superhero Movie” proves that there are still a few -- if ...

"Mr Hulot takes a precious, playful ... and purely premeditated look at modern times ..." Monsieur Hulot is a character created and played by French comic Jacques Tati for a series of films in the ...

Monsieur Hulot is a character created and played by French comic Jacques Tati for a series of films in the 1950s and '60s, namely Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953), Mon Oncle (1958), Playtime ...

Somewhat long for a comedy, Jacques Tati's film has inventiveness, gags, warmth and a 'poetic' approach to satire. Film took two years to make. Tati has built it via comic juxtaposition of two ways of ...

“Mon Oncle,” the 1958 film by Jacques Tati, is by far my favorite movie of all time; it inspires me on a regular basis. Tati was a comedic genius. His work references Western society’s obsession with ...