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But he eventually gave a nod to the film the next day, stating: «Fly - on - the - wall #LabourSummer documentary really captures the chaos, complexity and comedy of politics.»

In the meantime, when he wasn't earning Emmy nominations for South Park or teaming with longtime partner Parker for the mock - patriotic puppet comedy Team America: World Police (2004), Stone was racking up producer credits on projects like How's Your News — a documentary series featuring disabled reporters exploring various topics — the short - lived political satire That's My Bush, and Kenny Vs. Spenny, which featured two hyper - competitive best friends taking part in a series of outlandish challenges.

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BBC Two prides itself on a rich mix of innovative, entertaining and challenging programmes, including documentaries, the arts, current affairs, comedy, drama and history, bringing subjects to life in highly imaginative ways.

The real value of the documentary from Douglas McGrath lies in charting Nichols» creative trajectory from the staging and improvisation lessons learned with comedy partner Elaine May, through collaborations with playwright Neil Simon on «Barefoot in the Park» and «The Odd Couple,» and the director's first two feature films, both legendary — «Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?»

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He then co-founded Ralph Smyth Entertainment and went on to produce feature sports comedy Balls Out (Orion Pictures, 2015), sci - fi comedy series Crunch Time (Rooster Teeth, 2016), and feature documentary Dealt (Sundance Selects, 2017).

Her directorial work includes Paper Chase, a teen comedy in pre-production with Gunpowder and Sky; All Styles, a dance movie in post production starring Fik - Shun (So You Think You Can Dance) and Heather Morris (Glee); Black Folk Don't, a documentary web series in its fourth season featured in Time Magazine's «10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life» and (A) sexua, l a feature - length documentary about people who experience no sexual attraction that streamed on Netflix and Hulu for four years.

His scenes detailing documentary filmmaking and some of the inherent comedy there is spot on, but there's a vomit sequence that feels out of a completely different movie.

Goldstein's most recent filmmaking credits include Les Rues de Mean Streets, a short documentary on the New York neighborhoood where director Martin Scorsese grew up, created for the French Blu - ray release of Mean Streets; and In the Footsteps of Speedy, a critically - acclaimed 30 - minute documentary on the making of Harold Lloyd's 1928 silent comedy Speedy, commissioned by the Criterion Collection.

This year we had three strong, very different nominees — Denis Côté's documentary meditation on captive animals; Michael Dowse's wildly profane yet tender hockey comedy; and Sarah Polley's genre - bending family memoir.

Next week we get Ruby Sparks (very good, unexpected, non-traditional romantic comedy), Killer Joe (William Friedkin's grotty NC - 17 thriller, starring Matthew McConaughey), Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (documentary about the Chinese activist, said to be very inspiring), The Graduate (45th anniversary engagement of Mike Nichols» classic), Farewell My Queen (French period drama, said to be quite good), plus the wide releases of the Total Recall (possibly only for junk food fanatics, but who knows yet), so it's a good weekend to catch up on any holdovers you might have missed.

«The Good Postman»: Fans of documentaries with excellent real - life comedy, political relevance and superb filmmaking can not miss «The Good Postman,» a film about a Bulgarian village's mayoral election, and the two men with contrasting takes on how Syrian refugees should be treated.

Bill Hader stars as the title character while also making his directorial debut on this half - hour comedy, which promises to give the former SNL star a showcase for all that dramatic range he's previously uncovered in movies like The Skeleton Twins and episodes of Documentary Now!.

Feature: Aaron J. Wiederspahn, The Sensation of Sight Documentary: Luke Wolbach, Row Hard, No Excuses Short Drama: Harry Kellerman, The Little Gorilla Short Comedy: Jonathan Browning, The Job Animation: Alex Weil, One Rat Short Student: Robert Scott Wildes, Neptunus Rex Screenplay: Voices, Susan Klos Grand Jury: Dave McLaughlin, On Broadway New Hampshire Jury: Stephen Croke, The Busker

The documentary includes clips from many of their major films and interviews with both Powell and Pressburger, separately and together, as well as rare clips with Michael Powell and director Francis Ford Coppola at Zoetrope Studios while he was making One From the Heart and Martin Scorsese, Jerry Lewis and Robert De Niro on the set of King of Comedy.

This year's exclusive sneak previews include Jack Goes Boating, the directorial debut from Philip Seymour Hoffman; Cell 211, an action - packed Spanish film; Armadillo, a new documentary that asks tough questions about the «war on terror; and Sensation, a new Irish dark comedy on sex in rural Ireland combining the talents of director Tom Hall with Domhnaill Gleeson in the lead role.

In honor of this week's release of the documentary Misery Loves Comedy (which I saw at the currently going on Tribeca Film Festival and enjoyed), I wanted to cite another humor centered doc.

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Recent Blu - ray and DVD releases include the Italian sex comedy - drama La Seduzione, a Hannah Arendt documentary, the lost German classic Variete and Emmy - winning performances by Harvey Korman on «The Carol Burnett Show.»

Better Things — the Pamela Adlon and Louise C.K. FX comedy is poignant, often hilarious, and sometimes so true if feels more like a documentary on modern L.A. life and family — but neither the show nor its lead landed a nomination.

Oddly, my most anticipated films seem to fall on the most crowded days: also on the menu is François Ozon's «Potiche,» reuniting Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu once more, «Post Mortem» from Pablo Marrain (director of the wicked Chilean black comedy «Tony Manero»), and, surprisingly under the radar, Martin Scorsese's documentary «A Letter to Elia,» a tribute to Elia Kazan made in collaboration with critic Kent Jones.

Besides «Marshall» director Hudlin, stars Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad and Sterling K. Brown and producer Paula Wagner, high - profile guests expected at various screenings and events during the festival include Patrick Stewart (subject of an Oct. 25 career retrospective tribute and a conversation with yours truly); Vanessa Redgrave (Oct. 16, presenting her documentary «Sea Sorrow» and represented elsewhere in the festival by a revival screening of «Blow - Up»); Alfre Woodard (subject of an Oct. 21 career retrospective tribute); Michael Shannon (Chicago's own, as the locals like to call him, representing «The Shape of Water» on Oct. 26); Tracy Letts (Chicago's own, as the locals also like to call him, participating Oct. 18 on behalf of Greta Gerwig's acclaimed directorial debut «Lady Bird»); Michael Stuhlbarg (arriving Oct. 25; he gives a beautiful supporting turn in the coming - of - age drama «Call Me by Your Name»); Jon Lovitz (part of the Chicago - sprung comedy «Chasing the Blues,» appearing Oct. 14); and, in an Oct. 23 addition announced after the program went to press, Bill Pullman (getting good notices for the western «The Ballad of Lefty Brown»).

The filmmaker rightfully shows off a comedy nerd's obsessiveness in this two - part documentary, which boasts plenty of on - camera interviews with Shandling, as well as chats with fellow luminaries James L. Brooks, Jim Carrey, Sarah Silverman, Conan O'Brien, Bob Saget, and Jerry Seinfeld.

Rather than spending your time scrolling through categories, trying to track down the perfect film to watch, we've done our best to make it easy for you at Paste by updating our Best Movies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house films, action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and adults.

Actually, the best movies on Netflix are staggeringly good right now: You can see films by Richard Linklater, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, classic romantic comedies, action movies, sci - fi masterpieces, radical documentaries and foreign films.

You can also check out our genre - specific Netflix lists, in varying degrees of being updated (we do our best): The 50 Best Comedies on Netflix, The 60 Best Dramas on Netflix, The 60 Best Action Movies on Netflix, The 25 Best Sci - Fi Movies on Netflix, The 50 Best Documentaries on Netflix, The 70 Best Horror Movies on Netflix, The 50 Best Romantic Comedies on Netflix, The Best Independent Movies on Netflix, The 20 Best Animated Movies on Netflix, The 40 Best Foreign - Language Films on Netflix, The 20 Best Martial Arts Movies on Netflix, The Best Movies of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s on Netflix.

On the menu with Guardians 2: The Dinner (a drama / mystery starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, and Rebecca Hall); Risk (documentary about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange); My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (a strange animated comedy for adults); Citizen Jane: Battle Cry for the City (a documentary about urban activist Jane Jacobs); Buster's Mal Heart (some sort of drama / thriller); and Angkor Awakens (a documentary about how the past informs present - day Cambodia).

Created by comic David Steinberg and executive produced by Steve Carell, «Inside Comedy» began as a documentary that outgrew the bounds of a feature running time and became instead of a half - hour Showtime series that's now on its third season of Steinberg interviewing comedians and other funny people about their process, careers and influences.

The rest of the disc is flooded with pointless featurettes like «The Meter's Running: Making Taxi,» the visual FX documentary «Lights, Camera, Blue Screen» and the Comedy Central special on the film, «Reel Comedy: Taxi.»

Historical romance, literary adaptations, arthouse drama, star - studded comedies, children's pics, animated fare and a high - profile documentary are among the many German films and co-productions on offer at this year's Cannes Film Market.

With arresting anecdotes and insights from the comedy underbelly that reveal a performer's deep desire to connect with audiences, Kevin Pollak's documentary Misery Loves Comedy is the definitive master class on the art of comedy underbelly that reveal a performer's deep desire to connect with audiences, Kevin Pollak's documentary Misery Loves Comedy is the definitive master class on the art of Comedy is the definitive master class on the art of humor.

The Closing Night Gala (on Sunday, June 12) is the documentary Life in a Day, directed by Kevin Macdonald and produced by Ridley and Tony Scott with National Geographic Productions, and the Centerpiece Gala is Service Entrance, a comedy from France directed by Philippe Le Gauy.

Opening October 23, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is Our Brand Is Crisis, director David Gordon Green's new comedy drama based on Rachel Boynton's 2006 documentary of the same name which looked at the tactics and consequences of American political campaigns.

On every level, it's a film about unlikely marriages: of documentary and fiction, comedy and pathos, live - action and animation, and, of course, of Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner.

There's a fine documentary on the making of the # 1 film from this year, Les Blank's Burden Of Dreams, decent prestige films like Gandhi, Sophie's Choice and An Officer And A Gentleman and some very good comedies: Tootsie, Airplane II: The Sequel and Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

Gkids on Friday opens its Swiss - French animated film My Life As A Zucchini, which is up for an Animated Feature Oscar this Sunday, while Gravitas Ventures digs into comedy with documentary Dying Laughing by Lloyd Stanton... Read

Mulaney has also written for «Documentary Now» and «Mulaney,» and his latest comedy special «Kid Gorgeous at Radio City,» premieres on Netflix May 1.

Of course, both Amazon and Netflix came to the festival with titles to screen — Netflix debuted the Gloria Allred documentary «Seeing Allred» and the comedy «A Futile and Stupid Gesture,» while Amazon arrived with Spike Lee's «Pass Over,» Gus Van Sant's «Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot,» «Generation Wealth» and «You Were Never Really Here.»

Billy Wilder Speaks Woody Allen: A Life In Film — A pair of documentaries about to of the all - time great directors of comedies that aired recently on TCM and were rather underwhelming.

Randy Olson, a marine biologist turned filmmaker and storytelling maven, captured Morano's style in «Sizzle — A Global Warming Comedy» — his prescient 2008 mock documentary on the climate fight.

Apple has upped its investment in originals, and now has a number of more promising shows in the works, including a Witherspoon - backed comedy starring Kristen Wiig and thriller starring Octavia Spencer, a documentary series about extraordinary homes, a revival of «Amazing Stories» exec - produced by Steven Spielberg, a new space drama from «Battlestar Galactica's» creator Ronald D. Moore, called «See,» a scripted basketball show based on Kevin Durant's life, and show from «La La Land» director Damien Chazelle.