It goes without saying that “Jojo Rabbit” shouldn’t work. A coming-of-age comedy whose hero is a 10-year-old German boy during World War II who wants to grow up to be a Nazi? Adolf Hitler as comic ...

Jojo Rabbit‘s pitch is clear and compelling: like a Wes Anderson movie, only the Boy Scouts are Nazis. “You’re not a Nazi, you’re a 10-year-old kid who likes to dress up in a funny uniform and be part ...

Viewers familiar with the antic wit of Taika Waititi – from comedies such as “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” and “Thor: Ragnarok” – might wonder what he’ll next pull out of ...

Viewers familiar with the antic wit of Taika Waititi — from such comedies as “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” and “Thor: Ragnarok” — might wonder what he’ll next pull out of ...

A round of applause, please, for filmmaker Taika Waititi, for the courage he employs in his biting Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit.” Not for making a comedy about Adolf Hitler but for daring, in an age when ...

Charlie Chaplin did it in The Great Dictator. Mel Brooks and Jack Benny did in their respective versions of To Be or Not to Be. Brooks also wrote and directed the most hilarious send-up of all with ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Director Taika Waititi’s new comedy ‘Jojo Rabbit’ skirts the line between offbeat and offensive to promote his all-too-necessary anti-hate message. “It’s pretty sad in 2019 that we even need a film ...

Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. It’s not funny. Unless you’re a fan of “The Producers,” the Broadway musical that spoofed Hitler and the S.S. to great success with Jews and non-Jews.

Unlikely though it sounds, we have a need to laugh at Adolf Hitler, on the movie screen if nowhere else. Some of our greatest comedy directors, from Charles Chaplin (“The Great Dictator”) to Ernst ...

One episode was enough, to be honest. The genesis of Taika's childish brand of humor. 'The Boy and The Octopus' follows a young boy who encounters a curious octopus while snorkeling on a seaside ...