Hannibal Buress’ Meta Musical Comedy as Eshu Tune

Dexterous rap and stand up integration at Creek & the Cave

"...The show was a successful, and very meta, integration of comedy and rap, with “Veneers” and “No..."

Jan. 9, 2023 Music Post by Clara Wang

'Duck Dynasty' Din Goes Über-Meta

AGLCC president's comment creates its own "controversy"

Dec. 20, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Lawrence Everett Forbes

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Long-gestating commentary on fantasy and delusion is Terry Gilliam at his most Gilliamesque (for better or worse)

"...more intriguing than Terry Gilliam's quest to make his meta-commentary on El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha,..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paper Heart

Ultra-introverted mumblenerd comedian Charlene Yi shines in this faux documentary that problematically blurs the line between staged, improvised, and "real" events.

"...Cera) arrives and promptly falls for Yi, creating a meta-romance within the anti-romance of the greater reality of the..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Watchmen

Although this hotly anticipated film has ideas galore, it remains bizarrely cold and uninvolving.

"...Snyder's Watchmen is as meaty an adaptation of Moore's meta-comic as we're ever likely to see, but it never..."

March 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dirty Secrets Behind Sex Madness Revealed

Exploitation goes meta with a new twist on a vintage sleazefest

"...enigma, and use it to build Sex Madness Revealed, a meta-story that takes the old film and builds something ultimately..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

ACL Review: Father John Misty

The joke’s on us ... or is it on Josh Tillman?

"...How meta is too meta? Don’t ask Father John Misty. A..."

Oct. 4, 2015 Music Post by Libby Webster

Deadpool & Wolverine

Marvel mash-up has a blast

"...partially to blame. But Deadpool has always been about meta, so when he gets the offer from Time Variance..."

July 26, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Beloved animated series gets a baffling meta makeover

"...were? Well, 2022 seems to be the year of meta origin stories. Upcoming there's Lightyear, the Buzz Lightyear movie..."

May 20, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Dispatches From the Center of Alt-Reality With Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW

The Meta CEO beams in to predict his future and little else

"...forces continue to pummel the unyielding Ukrainian people, billionaire Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided to grace SXSW with his..."

March 18, 2022 SXSW Post by Tom Cheredar

Just Mercy

True-life story of prison injustice can't escape procedural bonds

"...scores as an emotionally righteous ride. (And as a meta-film side note: What a kick it is to see..."

Jan. 10, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cats

You can’t teach old Cats new tricks

"...pop culture had already hacked up a hairball of meta-commentary aware of its sheer absurdity: dirty ol’ street cats..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Beth Sullivan

Glass

M. Night Shyamalan's meta-comic trilogy crashes into Earth with a dull splat

"...comics, heroes, and the occasional M. Night movie. Shyamalan’s meta-conversation with a nowadays superhero-saturated audience feels overbearing and rote...."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Once Upon a Deadpool

Deadpool is back ... and he brought Fred Savage with him

"...Ryan Reynolds more than any prior project: An elaborate meta-joke based around his unbelievably unlikely blockbuster superhero franchise as..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Blood Fest

Comedy-horror provides plenty of GIF-able gags

"...film doesn’t come without its setbacks. It’s a formulaic meta-horror movie that for most of its run time tries..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Forget that horrible live-action trailer – here's your real Teen Titans

"...that Deadpool 2 was 2018’s final word on superhero meta-humor, then let me introduce you to Teen Titans Go!..."

July 27, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

The Hitman’s Bodyguard

I will always love you

"...a persona so well-established that it becomes a self-aware meta-comment when Bryce exclaims that Jackson’s Darius Kincaid has “single-handedly..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Visually arresting tale of a high school gone to sea

"...The film ranges from hilariously gory shark attacks to meta sequences in which the characters narrate their own film,..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Ashley Moreno

Actor Martinez

A meta-movie about a struggling actor

"...This meta-movie about the making of movies packs on layers of..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Uncle Kent 2

Meta-sequel to the Joe Swanberg film

"...about, and he’s the last to realize it. This meta-sequel is superfluous, and that’s the entire point. When it’s..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Unfriended

Social media strikes back in this grisly teen horror

"...view of the audience via the theatre screen (nicely meta, that) – and while she Skypes racy shots to..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Point and Shoot

This documentary follows an American man's motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East, during which he takes up arms against Moammar Gadhafi in Libya.

"...Layers of reality and meta-reality swirl together in the vast Mixmaster of modern media...."

Dec. 12, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Touring the Tour

A very meta experience, guided by Heather Pesanti, senior curator of the Contemporary Austin

"...to do so without an appointment. Following a guided meta-tour offered by a local arts consultant or organization is..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Seth Orion Schwaiger

Open Windows

Elijah Wood is the star of Nacho Vigalondo's nervy thriller about digital voyeurism.

"...as both a crackerjack suspenser and an intellectually chewy meta-commentary on our current fascination with and engulfment by our..."

Nov. 7, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hangover: Part II

The action moves from Vegas to Thailand – but someone forgot to send along a new script.

"...chaos involving the returning cast members. No, the real meta-metal yuks commence immediately, with ex-Misfit Glenn Danzig, who croons..."

May 27, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Every Little Step

This pleasingly meta documentary about the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line intersperses clips from Michael Bennett's original interviews with key players with scenes from the exhaustive search for a new cast.

"...which will happen again and again in this pleasingly meta documentary about the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hatchet

The terrifically retro maniac in this horror film recalls the heyday of Eighties gore films with gleeful abandon.

"...too, and although it never quite goes down the meta-horror route of Wes Craven's Scream films, Green and his..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

This third Pirates outing is an empty vessel haunted by the ghosts of its sabre-rattling betters.

"...on a rummy Dramamine bender, and so this film's meta-moment introduces us to an unnervingly familiar Capt. Teague played..."

June 1, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Omen

Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.

"...cheerleader, Farrow here achieves a stratum of self-referential cinematic meta-irony that's oddly endearing to watch. She plays it as..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story

Tristram Shandy’s inspired, breakneck madness provides a good forum for Michael Winterbottom’s chief talent: the illumination of human nature, with all its messes and occasional marvels.

"...of conventional storytelling techniques … hence this adaptation’s wonderfully meta take. We’re not watching a straight adaptation, but rather..."

March 24, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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