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Tag: comedy

Three Great Things: Natalie Morales

Film
By Natalie Morales | May 26, 2021
By Natalie Morales | May 26, 2021

Three Great Things: Natalie Morales

The actress turned multihyphenate, whose solo directorial debut Plan B hits Hulu on Friday, shares some of her favorite stuff in life.

On the Idiosyncratic Pleasures of Billy Wilder’s The Front Page

Film
By Jim Hemphill | May 21, 2021
By Jim Hemphill | May 21, 2021

On the Idiosyncratic Pleasures of Billy Wilder’s The Front Page

Jim Hemphill celebrates the directing great's underappreciated 1974 remake, a film which arguably resonates even more strongly today.

From Cupcakes to Kimmel, Movies and Beyond!

Film
By Maureen Bharoocha | April 28, 2021
By Maureen Bharoocha | April 28, 2021

From Cupcakes to Kimmel, Movies and Beyond!

Maureen Bharoocha, whose new film Golden Arm is out Friday, traces her unlikely and eventful journey to the director's chair.

Michael Ian Black Talks with Jen Spyra on the Talkhouse Podcast

Podcast
By Talkhouse Podcast | March 18, 2021
By Talkhouse Podcast | March 18, 2021

Michael Ian Black Talks with Jen Spyra on the Talkhouse Podcast

Two very funny people talk about one very funny book (and lots more).

Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar

Film
By Mark Cira | March 3, 2021
By Mark Cira | March 3, 2021

Dangerous Business: On Loving Elaine May and Ishtar

Canadian filmmaker Mark Cira traces his long, complicated relationship with May's famously derided comedy back to his anarchist teen years.

Three Great Things: Shannon Lee

Film
By Shannon Lee | November 30, 2020
By Shannon Lee | November 30, 2020

Three Great Things: Shannon Lee

Bruce Lee’s daughter, and one of the executive producers of the Lee-inspired show Warrior, shares three things that have made her life richer.

An Ode to the Comedic Character Actor

Film
By Charles Gould | November 24, 2020
By Charles Gould | November 24, 2020

An Ode to the Comedic Character Actor

Charles Gould, currently starring in the horror-comedy It Cuts Deep, yearns for the golden age when performers like him could become A-listers.

Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) Talks Music and Comedy with Phoenix Foundation

Music
By The Phoenix Foundation | October 15, 2020
By The Phoenix Foundation | October 15, 2020

Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) Talks Music and Comedy with Phoenix Foundation

The longtime friends get down to the business on the topic of funny music.

Just For a Minute, Let’s Talk About Yahoo Serious

Film
By Alex H. Fischer and Eleanor Wilson | October 2, 2020
By Alex H. Fischer and Eleanor Wilson | October 2, 2020

Just For a Minute, Let’s Talk About Yahoo Serious

The writer-directors of Save Yourselves! begin their campaign to get the comedies of Yahoo Serious into the Criterion Collection.

Comedy and Cosmic Perspective as an Antidote to Hate

Film
By Steve Collins | September 17, 2020
By Steve Collins | September 17, 2020

Comedy and Cosmic Perspective as an Antidote to Hate

I’ve Got Issues writer-director Steve Collins on how he has looked to film, rather than religion, for a path to inner peace and salvation.

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