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By the end of the first episode of this utterly seductive tale about the comedy - club scene of early - 1970s Los Angeles, it's clear that the lives of these aspiring comedians with all their inexhaustible yearning, their whining, their gratitude for any spot onstage — 2 a.m., before an audience of 15, including drunken hecklers, what could be wrong with that?

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This tall - tale New York comedy about a florist and a book dealer who become a prostitute and a pimp is so wispy that it's hit or miss and overlong at 90 minutes.

Still, part of me can understand and appreciate how the movies have done so well; nearly everyone can find something entertaining about them, from the spoofed fairy tale setting to the contemporary brand of comedy.

Had renowned psycho - analyst Bruno Bettelheim lived to see the exuberant computer - animated comedy Shrek, he would have added a chapter to his famous book about the importance of fairy tales, The Uses of Enchantment.

In his first comedy special, the popular comic actor and musician reveals edgy, honest tales of his failed attempts at being a gangster, his humble roots, marriage, fatherhood and his thoughts about Eminem.

Forget everything you know about Little Red Riding Hood; the classic fairy tale gets a new look and a new style in this computer - animated comedy for the whole family.

A zany comedy stuffed to the brim with memorable characters, strange plot developments and absurd sight gags, Caddyshack freewheels its way from one silly scene to another, incidentally weaving a timeless tale about «the snobs versus the slobs» in the process.

Remarkably forthright and even Capra - like in its critique of capitalism's encroachment on traditional values, No Room for the Groom is both a tale about the trials facing returned servicemen and a canny variation on the romantic comedy of remarriage.

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Australian comedies for the festival include Ali's Wedding; based on the real - life experience of lead actor Osamah Sami's ill - fated arranged marriage, this absurd and poignant tale about a family in multicultural Australia stars Don Hany with direction by Jeffrey Walker (Jack Irish).

A garish, Southwestern tale — a violent black comedy about a desperate Texas debtor (Hirsch) who plots to kill his mother with help of his family (Haden Church, Gershon).

For my money it's a comedy, but of the blacker - than - black variety, which is exactly what you expect from writer - director McDonagh, who has already brought us the wickedly funny In Bruges, about two hitmen languishing in Belgium after killing an innocent bystander, and the astonishing play The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, a blood - soaked tale of mad Irish terrorists that I'm ashamed to say made me laugh until I cried.

The unfortunate thing about most teen comedies is that 99 % of them are content to stick to a tried and true formula rather than tell a compelling tale of teen angst and heartbroken romance.

Other winners announced include «The Peanuts Movie» for Best Animated Film; Nelson George's film about Misty Copeland, «A Ballerina's Tale,» for Best Documentary»; Rick Famuyiwa's «Dope» script for Best Screenplay; the «Furious 7» tune «See You Again» for Best Song; ABC's «Black - ish» for Best TV Comedy; ABC's «How to Get Away With Murder» for Best TV Drama; and Starz's «Survivor's Remorse» for Best Cable / New Media TV Show.

; MEN AND CHICKEN, Anders Thomas Jensen's dark, twisted and extremely animalistic comedy as black as pitch, but with the sweetest heart, starring Mads Mikkelsen; Fernando León de Aranoa's black comedy A PERFECT DAY, a freewheeling tale centering on two veteran aid workers starring Benico Del Toro and Tim Robbins; the International Premiere of Brendan Cowell's debut RUBEN GUTHRIE about an advertising exec trying to quit the booze, which spikes social observations with dark, wounded humour and the European Premiere of Japanese auteur / icon Takeshi Kitano's latest comedy, RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN, about a group of elderly, retired Yakuza who reteam to take revenge on a younger rival gang.

by Walter Chaw Bones, from Spike Lee's former cinematographer Ernest Dickerson (director of the underestimated horror - comedy Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight), is torpedoed first and foremost by rapper / felon Snoop Doggy Dogg's monstrous ego and lack of anything resembling a sense of humour about himself.

In fact, the latter is what Phantom Thread — a marriage comedy, a fairy tale, a horror story, a psychosexual triangle, a self - reflexive feat of imagination — is partly about: How far will you go, how inhuman will you be, how much of yourself will you give up, how fully will you reshape your world, in order to devote yourself to creating something?

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).

That philosophy came in handy once more when he decided to revive a long - dormant movie genre — the screwball romantic comedy — back when action flicks like «Lethal Weapon» and «Die Hard» were the rage, with 1990's «Pretty Woman,» an unlikely Disney fairy tale about a beautiful streetwalker who falls for her rich prince of a business - exec client that turned Julia Robert into a superstar.

The absurdist tale of «The Misandrists,» about a lesbian separatist army cell threatened by the arrival of a lone male strains «The Beguiled» through a funnel of camp comedy, variably explicit sex and Godardian radical - politic sloganeering.

The coming - of - age tale, the on - the - run road movie, the buddy comedy, the boy's adventure story — all genres that require a steady hand and a singular sensibility, and all of which you'll find in Taika Waititi's goofy, giddy mash - up about two fugitives fleeing authorities in the New Zealand bush.

«' The Room» has been playing for 14 - and - a-half years, sort of like the new «Rocky Horror Picture Show» but, like, even worse,» Franco, 39, chuckles about the ineptly written, acted and directed tale of romantic betrayal that novice director Wiseau thought would be a Tennessee Williams - style, Oscar - contending drama, but since its laughed - at premiere has agreed with the world that it is a so - bad - its - great comedy.

Franco had his work cut out for him in approaching this story; on paper, it's hard to identify whether it's a tragic tale of a man with a dream who failed spectacularly in trying to achieve it it, a comedy about a weirdo, or a triumphant tale of unexpected success.

San Francisco Examiner critics Jeff Anderson and Anita Katz's varied top 10 lists both include «Detroit,» director Kathryn Bigelow's account of the siege of the Algiers Motel during 1967 riots in that city; «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» writer - director Martin McDonagh's dark comedy about maternal revenge; and «Wonderstruck,» director Todd Haynes» film (based on a young adult novel) about parallel tales of fearless, curious 12 - year - olds — in 1977 and 1927.

While Ingrid Goes West is a nerve - wracking cautionary tale, it's also a surprisingly entertaining indie comedy about the obsessive desire for attention in the internet age.

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Pals Hatch Homicide Plot in Raunchy Revenge Comedy When three best friends meet for drinks after work one evening, each shares a tale of woe worse than the next about his boss from hell.

After Sophie and Lee chat about some of this month's new releases — including Jordan Peele's horror comedy Get Out, Ridley Scott's presequel Alien: Covenant, the latest Pirates of the Caribbean entry Dead Men Tell No Tales, and British comedy Mindhorn — Neil joins us from LA (not Vancouver).

After writing Kids, Larry Clark's cautionary tale about violent and anti-social youth, Korine skirted the line between outsider horror and jet - black comedy with his directorial debut, Gummo, about glue - sniffing, cat - killing kids in rural Ohio.

And then on another level, with its darkly funny and oftentimes fairy tale - like tone, Secretary is the dismissal of all the cute, production - line, storybook romantic comedies where one actress can be exchanged with another while the story rehashes things we already know about Hollywood's version of romance.

Despite the meager statistics about female directors, women won 3 of the 11 D.G.A. categories on Saturday: Beth McCarthy - Miller of Veep for comedy directing; Reed Morano of The Handmaid's Tale for drama directing; and Niki Caro of Anne with an E for children's - program directing.

There were also multiple nominations for Feud: Bette and Joan, about the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Aziz Ansari's comedy Master of None, dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale and Jessica Biel - starring thriller The Sinner.

Death and comedy aren't natural bedfellows, but this tale about two old friends sharing a final reunion is sweet, melancholic and, yes, gently funny.

Filled with Amy Tan's signature «idiosyncratic, sympathetic characters, haunting images, historical complexity, significant contemporary themes, and suspenseful mystery» (Los Angeles Times), Saving Fish from Drowning seduces the reader with a façade of Buddhist illusions, magician's tricks, and light comedy, even as the absurd and picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions - both good and bad - and about the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.

«The Curse of the Wendigo,» a story about a mysterious creature set during World War I, written by Mathieu Missoffe and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, the artist of «The Walking Dead;» «Josephine,» a romantic comedy by Penelope Bagieu, the creator of «Exquisite Corpse;» «Promethee,» a science - fiction story in the same vein as «Lost,» created by Christopher Bec, with an introduction by Mark Waid; «Iron Squad,» an alternate history sci - fi story in which new technology allows the Germans to win World War II, by Jean - Luc Sala and Ronan Toulhoat; «Spin Angels,» a tale of black ops and spies, a Catholic cardinal and the Mafia, by Jean - Luc Sala and Pierre - Mony Chan; «Come Prima,» a road story about two warring brothers, done in a style that pays homage to Italian films, by Alfred.

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