The Death of Stalin trailer cued us up to expect ... because Stalin wanted them to watch cowboy movies with no subtitles (a scene I was surprised to discover is historically accurate).

tireless machinations, and frail allegiances, absolutely no one is safe; not even the feared chief of the secret police, Lavrenti Beria. In the end, who will prevail after the death of Stalin?

Film critics are widely praising "The Death of Stalin," a sharp political satire of the Soviet government that takes place in 1953, immediately following the death of dictator Josef Stalin.