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 ...

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Decameron finale. In Netflix's The Decameron, nobles and servants seek refuge from the bubonic plague at Villa Santa, leading to chaos and selfish ...

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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 ...

No matter how bad your summer vacations have been, they could in no way compare to the sheer horror of the villa getaway in “The Decameron,” one that is as filled with black comedy as it is with the ...

The influential thinker and writer Douglas Rushkoff was once summoned to an audience with five Silicon Valley billionaires. As he recounts in Survival of the Richest, their concern was impending ...

The dark comedy set during the Black Death is a true ensemble show, allowing each of its main actors a moment to shine. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor Netflix‘s latest dark comedy The Decameron ...

When it comes to the hot guys of Netflix, most people tend to focus on the men of Bridgerton or Too Hot to Handle. However, there’s now a new heartthrob in town, and he is found in Netflix’s newest ...

Netflix’s The Decameron is here, eight episodes of 14th century comedy drama, featuring a group of misfits hiding in a villa to dodge the plague. But where does its title come from? What does ...

It seems that the time has not yet come to relive the Covid-19 pandemic in comedy mode: If you're going to confine a cross-section of an entire society to the countryside to exacerbate conflicts and ...

In the series centred around the black death, it's only expected that there will be a few casualties in The Decameron. Set against the backdrop of Giovanni Boccaccio's classic tales, the show whisks ...

Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron featured prominently in my History of English Literature course. The 14 th century classic was considered inspiration for the various greats of English writing ...