Here you'll find the directorial debut of Amber Tamblyn;
a classic screwball comedy; a horror anthology film; a forgotten Nicole Kidman thriller; a recent highly acclaimed sci - fi flick; an intense indie drama; yet another incredible performance from Michael Stuhlbarg; and much more.
The final third of the film escalates, in
classic screwball style, through a masterful series of set - pieces, as hilarious as they are devastating.
In
a classic screwball comedy — which this film resembles — such lines would have wit and sparkle: Ralph Bellamy would exclaim with gusto, «This food is of restaurant quality!»
Not that you'll be in a particular hurry to get there, given how entertaining it is to watch the talented cast perform Potter's rat - a-tat script (the speed and complexity of the dialogue are reminiscent of
classic screwball comedies like «His Girl Friday»).
And then there's The Color Wheel, a comedy that somehow marries the hectic, will - they - make - it - to - the - end - before - the - film - collapses mania of
classic screwball with the warts -» n - all nature of contemporary American independent film.
Also in 1937, March matched wits with legendary actress Carole Lombard in
this classic screwball comedy from director William Wellman.
A classic style New York romantic comedy with touches of
classic screwball and a sprinkling of terrific cameos, the former escort reminisces to a reporter (Illeana Douglas) about her rags to riches fairy tale — a chain of events affecting the lives of everyone involved, including Arnold's wife Delta (Kathryn Hahn), leading man Seth (Rhys Ifans), playwright Joshua (Will Forte) and even Isabella's therapist, Jane (Jennifer Aniston).
Film Adaption: His Girl Friday A brief look at the adaptation of the novel The Front Page into
this classic screwball comedy.
This light, silly romantic comedy attempts to recall
classic screwball comedies, not least, in the admirable feistiness of its lead female character.
The philosopher Stanley Cavell has called
the classic screwball movies like The Awful Truth (1937) and The Lady Eve (1941) «comedies of remarriage,» in which couples are rudely bounced from their Edenic connubial gardens and reunited (after a series of farcical / magical contrivances) in a spirit of wry realism: This time they know they'll live bumpily ever after.
There are vestiges of
the classic screwball formula in Phantom Thread, where a workaholic nerd (like Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby) is overrun by a free - spirited dame who will not take no for an answer.
This is
a classic screwball comedy made brand new, exactly the kind of movie Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges and Grant and Gable and Hepburn would be making today, with hysterical gags, slapstick moments, perfect timing, and dialogue so sharp it leaves teeth marks.
right up there with
the classic screwball comedies.
Not exact matches
Oscar - winners Cary Grant («The Awful Truth,» «North by Northwest») and Katharine Hepburn («The African Queen,» «On Golden Pond») star in this
screwball comedy
classic about a madcap heiress who upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced zoology professor.
«The Trouble With You» «made me think of George Cukor's
screwball classics,» said Waintrop.
Reminiscent in tone to
classic dark
screwball comedies like Ruthless People, director Seth Gordon (Four Christmases, The King of Kong) succeeds by keeping the energy high, the actors flowing naturally with off - the - cuff reactions, and by keeping the tone light, the performances spot on, and the quips lightning - fast throughout, even during the pitch - black comedy moments.
What differentiates Rudolph's compulsive use of such howlers — which comprise much of the «
screwball» part of «
screwball noir» — from Altman's otherwise similar running gags is that they conjure up
classic Hollywood archetypes.
The lengthy set piece at a Connecticut mansion is a
classic of
screwball escalation, as Baumbach ably piles a Sturgesian array of characters and relationships into a few crowded rooms.
Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural
screwball classic.
His slangy eloquence, his brilliance at scene making, and his nose for the zeitgeist fostered a slew of smash movie
classics, including the seminal silent gangster film Underworld (1927), which won the first Oscar for best original screen story, and its sound - film successor, Scarface (1932); the
screwball satire Nothing Sacred (1937); and the seductive romantic thriller, Notorious (1946).
-- «My Man Godfrey» (1936): This 1936
screwball comedy, starring Carole Lombard and William Powell, is a beloved
classic.
Baseball has been at the foreground of a diverse group of great films, from the
classic drama Pride of the Yankees to the
screwball comedy Major League, from coming - of - age tale The Sandlot to Disney's own spiritual family dramedy Angels in the Outfield.
It may be not be one of the
classic examples of a Hollywood
screwball comedy — might I recommend His Girl Friday to anyone interested?
In a nice little recent, now - unlinkable interview with Screen International «s Mike Goodridge, George Clooney talks about falling in love with Joel McCrea and the relatively obscure The More the Merrier as part of his
screwball,
classic Hollywood tonal research for Leatherheads, opening today.
The best scenes from Taylor Hackford's new movie, The Comedian, have the smart, punchy pace and content of a
classic Hollywood
screwball comedy: Robert De Niro's comedy club scenes have a fresh sparkle that suggests improv and show him in a...
She Done Him Wrong (1933), written by and starring Mae West, doesn't quite fit in the
screwball genre of the rest of the films, but it's a
classic directed by the underrated Lowell Sherman and featuring a very young Car Grant.
So I wasn't surprised that, when given the freedom to create a personal story, Chris Rock would be more than capable — and Top Five is a very effective, often hilarious adaptation of Rock's stand - up in the tradition of
classic romantic comedies (actually, structurally, the film is closer to
screwball comedies of the 1930s and 40s — but more on that in a bit).
It's like a
classic Hollywood
screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.
From film noir to
screwball comedy to the roman - tic
classics, here are some of the greatest films of Hollywood's Golden Age featuring cocktails in unforgettable supporting roles.
The birds, the bees and the bullets Not content with simply riffing on «Raiders of the Lost Ark's popular style of popcorn adventure, Robert Zemeckis took inspiration from another
classic Hollywood source, the
screwball comedy, for this likable South American romp.