En politisk strateg gjør ordførervalget i en liten by til et mediesirkus når den folkelige kandidaten hans får nasjonal oppmerksomhet.
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
Velkommen til TYRAKISTAN, et oljerikt land i Midtøsten som styres av gigantfirmaet Tamerlane og dets direktør, en tidligere amerikansk visepresident. Inn på scenen trer Brand Hauser (John Cusack), en kaldblodig leiemorder med en broket fortid som er blitt hyret inn av Tamerlanes direktør til å snikmyrde konkurrentens overhode, Zubleh, i løpet av en gigantisk handelsmesse. Med en dekkhistorie om å være messens leder burde det være en enkel sak for Hauser å tilintetgjøre Zubleh, men oppgaven besværliggjøres av at Hauser også har fått til oppgave å stå for at Zublehs playboy-nevø blir gift med popsangerinnen Yonica Baby (Hillary Duff) under messen. Og lettere blir det ikke av at han selv sakte men sikkert forelsker seg i den vakre, påtrengende journalisten Natalie (Marisa Tomei)…
Natten den 2. Mars 1953 er en mann døden nær. Et forferdelig hjerneslag. Han sikler. Han tisser på seg selv. Han er i ferd med å trekke sitt siste pust, og hvis du spiller kortene dine riktig er jobben hans din. Mannen er Joseph Stalin - diktator, tyrann, slakter, samt Sovjetunionens leder. The Death of Stalin er en satire om dagene før begravelsen til nasjonens far. Dager som kaster et hånlig lys over all galskapen, fordervelsen og det inhumane som følger med et totalitært styre. Dager som fikk menneskene rundt ham til å sloss for å arve hans suverene makt. Og alt er basert på virkelige hendelser.
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.
Quique is dispatched to a village in deep Spain Teruel to lead its politics of recuperation but soon discovers he was sent there so that his girlfriend and leader of his party could spend more time together.
Cartman's deeply disturbing dreams portend the end of the life he knows and loves. Meanwhile, the adults in South Park are wrestling with their own life decisions, as the advent of AI is turning their world upside down.
The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief's retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. The whole town will be in attendance. However, the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. Workplace injuries, stolen prizes, a shortage of pretty girls... and fire.
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.
Queen Elizabeth I visits late 1970s England to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.
The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war with Canada.
A story about Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, who lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who (or what) is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
TV producer Pierre Delacroix becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.
The year 2050 the planet has become overpopulated, to help control population the government develops a race. The Death Race. Annually competitors race across the country scoring points for killing people with their vehicles.
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.