When it comes to satire, a handful of topics are evergreen: sex, politics, and making fun of rich people. The 14th-century Italian story collection The Decameron is no exception, and neither is the ...

A features writer at Collider, Shreejit hails from a country known for its unabashed love for its cinema. During his postgrad in Journalism, Shreejit discovered his love for film analysis through his ...

Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia and Zosia Mamet as Pampinea in "The Decameron." (Courtesy of Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix) Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with Kathleen Jordan, creator and executive ...

Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (1353) is a classic plague book. It follows ten noble people quarantining together in a beautiful villa in the Italian countryside. They have fled Florence where in ...

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Comedies, like horror stories, have two tasks: to encourage an immediate emotional response from their audiences and not overstay their welcome. Laughing and screaming take a lot out of a person, so ...

Set in the year 1348 when the Black Death strikes hard in the city of Florence, it follows a handful of nobles who retreat with their servants to a grand villa to wait out the plague with a lavish ...

Scrambling for pandemic-related advice, pundits and podcasters have turned to Giovanni Boccaccio’s fictional masterpiece, “The Decameron.” Written in the 14th century at the height of the Black Death, ...

Lou Gala, Tony Hale, Zosia Mamet and Saoirse-Monica Jackson party like it’s 14th-century Florence, and the Black Death is everywhere in the look at the soapy dramedy. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau ...

Nobody really watched Willow, Lucasfilm's answer to high fantasy series like The Wheel of Time and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. But those who did tune into the Disney+ show in 2022 came away ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Netflix and Getty Images When it comes to satire, a handful of topics are ...