In 1979, a movie was released that became so scandalous that it sparked protests and was even banned in some countries.

On the surface, Monty Python's Life of Brian is an irreverent take on the life of Christ, criticized as a comedy rife with blasphemy and sacrilege, resulting in the film being banned in numerous ...

Terry Gilliam has been to Cannes with three of his own films since 1983, but one of his favorite memories of the festival takes him back to that very first time, at the 36 th edition, as the co-writer ...

A statue commemorating the actor and writer Terry Jones will be unveiled in his birthplace this weekend. Jones, best known ...

Michael Palin has said that Monty Python’s religious satire film Life of Brian wouldn’t get made today because he believes comedy is being watered down. Palin, 82, who co-founded the comedy troupe ...

If you’re a fan of Monty Python and their classic The Life of Brian, it’ll probably come as no surprise that the comedy, about a reluctant messiah named Brian, was controversial. The controversy ...

In 1879, during the Battle of Rorke's Drift, a soldier finds his leg has been bitten off. Suspecting a tiger, the soldiers hunt for it and find two men in a tiger costume. #montypython #johncleese ...