2019 in Review: October

This month: Irishmen, lighthouses, wacky Nazis, a rat problem, and more.

A Florida Prisoner Made a Full Documentary on a Secret Cell Phone

Comedic Visions of a Devolving Society, Free of Liberal Despair

Inequality Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Jojo Rabbit, Billed as a Satire About Nazis, Lacks Any Actual Satirical Wit

In The Lighthouse, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson’s Despair Becomes Our Own

After Anti-Trans Sermon, True/False Film Fest Divests From Its Church Partner

In Scorsese’s Latest, Bits of Humor Laced with Poison

By Dan Schindel

Dan Schindel is a writer and editor. He lives and works in New York.