It’s almost like a classic bar joke. A doctor, a minister, an aide, and a few others walk into Stalin’s chambers. Stalin looks pretty dead, stewing in his own filth on the floor. The men weep ...

“The Death of Stalin” opens with an absurd situation. An orchestra has played a concerto for radio broadcast, and Joseph Stalin calls up shortly after the finale and says he wants a recording ...

When Karl Marx, of all people, wrote that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, he couldn’t have known of the terrifying end of days of the brutal Soviet dictator Joseph St… ...

Post-Stalin Soviet history gets the “Veep” treatment in “The Death of Stalin,” a stolid title for what turns out to be a masterfully crafted absurdist farce. Open in Our App.

When Karl Marx, of all people, wrote that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, he couldn't have known of the terrifying end of days of the brutal Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin ...

But before I do, a recommendation: If you've never seen The Death of Stalin, the satirical 2017 thriller directed by Armando Iannucci starring Steve Buscemi, Jeffrey Tambor, and Simon Russell ...