Sentences with phrase «aged comedy writers»

With a fantastic line - up of aged comedy writers and familiar faces such as Chevy Chase, John Landis, the documentary chronicles the rise and surprisingly fast fall of this modern literary giant that is more than a footnote in comedy history.

Not exact matches

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

A handful of men and women «of a certain age» pick up the pieces of their lives and look for new love after the loss of their mates in this comedy drama from writer - director Susan Seidelman.

From actress turned writer / director Marielle Heller (A Walk Among Tombstones) comes the latest new - age, post-modern, feminist movement film that doesn't accomplish much more than Aubrey Plaza did with raunchy comedy The To - Do List.

Maybe because adolescence is surreal enough, French writer - director Michel Gondry restrains his usual visual quirks in the charming coming - of - age comedy «Microbe & Gasoline.»

Elliott began his show business career as a standup comic, but he first gained public attention as a writer and performer on Late Night With David Letterman, helping that show define a new age of ironic comedy, and winning two Emmys as part of Letterman's writing team.

The films in Next, the festival section devoted to innovation in storytelling, are writer - director Michael Tully's «Ping Pong Summer,» a coming - of - age comedy that was the recipient of a $ 70,000 SFFS / KRF postproduction grant, and writer - director Gillian Robespierre's romantic comedy «Obvious Child,» the subject of a January 2013 SFFS «Off the Page» screen - writing workshop.

As a sucker for coming - of - age comedies, writers / directors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash's The Way, Way Back (Matt's Sundance review here) is one that I can't wait to see.

There is breezy comedy to be made of a YouTube - age writer meeting the icons and idols of a bygone, classical era («Bill and Ted's Literary Adventure»), but Allen goes deeper, expanding on his time - travel device to make unexpected and unexpectedly generous observations on the enduring nature of art and artists.

Directed by Richard Benjamin, the 1982 comedy centers on the relationship between up - and - coming TV writer Benjy Stone (Mark - Linn Baker) and aging alcoholic actor Alan Swann (Peter O'Toole).

The teen coming of age comedy / drama The Edge of Seventeen scored a Best Picture nomination as well as a nomination for its writer / director Kelly Fremon Craig but strangely snubbed the film's lead, Golden Globe nominee Hailee Steinfeld (in a field of six,...

From writers / directors Jay and Mark Duplass (Cyrus) comes Jeff Who Lives at Home, a coming of age comedy for two men who are already well beyond their youth.

so it's especially dispiriting to see her strapping on sex toys and making a fool of herself in «Never Again,» a wretched comedy about middle - aged romance from writer - director Eric Schaeffer.

The first (and only) feature directed by a promising young writer - director named Steve Gordon, who died the following year of a heart attack at age 44, the first Arthur was hardly a masterpiece, but it was a highly enjoyable comedy of manners done in a style that, even at the time, seemed quaintly old - fashioned.

From prolific producer - director Greg Berlanti and This Is Us writers Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, Love, Simon is a smart coming - of - age comedy made for teenagers, but with an equally important and well - executed message for adults.

You may enjoy seeing some of your favorite comedians portray some of your older favorite comedians in A Futile and Stupid Gesture, but David Wain, Jonathan Stern and Peter Principato really made the film to shine a light on Doug Kenney, the late great comedy writer who co-founded the National Lampoon magazine, and co-wrote the screenplays to Animal House and Caddyshack, then abruptly fell off a Hawaiian cliff and died at age 33.

Creators Drew McCabe interviews Princeless writer Jeremy Whitley, who discusses the genesis of the comic, the rise of all - ages comics, and who he would like to cross over with: «Just from a pure comedy and fun perspective though, I would love to have Adrienne encounter Marvel's Asgard.

Created by artist Gordon Young and designer Andy Altman of Why Not Associates, the 2,200 m2 work in front of Blackpool Tower typographically displays jokes, songs and catchphrases from throughout the ages by more than 1,000 comedians and comedy writers.