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‘The Great Stalin’ – Soviet propaganda poster (c.1940). Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

September 5, 2024

Back in the USSR? Malcolm Knox’s dark comedy leans into the ridiculous

Luke Johnson, University of Wollongong

The First Friend is a double-speaking black comedy with an all-too-serious agenda for these partisan times.

Mug shots: Josef Stalin and Vladimir Putin on commemorative crockery. Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo

March 6, 2023

After 70 years, Stalin’s shadow still looms over Russia and Ukraine – but Putin is a tyrant in his own right

James Ryan, Cardiff University

Are comparisons between Vladimir Putin and Josef Stalin useful? It’s a complex question.

The Death of Stalin is about the chaotic political drama that followed the Russian leader’s demise in 1953. Madman Films

March 26, 2018

Speaking with: satirist Armando Iannucci on The Death of Stalin

Stephen Harrington, Queensland University of Technology

Speaking with: satirist Armando Ianucci on The Death of Stalin The Conversation, CC BY44.1 MB (download)

Armando Iannucci, the satirist and director behind the film The Death of Stalin spoke with Associate Professor Stephen Harrington, an expert on political satire.

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