Carl Reiner: The Interview

On 'The Dick Van Dyke Show,' Mary Tyler Moore, and Mel

"...of slowing down. On this Tuesday, March 18, the comedy legend is making phones calls around the country to..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

Home Entertainment for the Holidays

Best bets for DVD and Blu-ray

"...The Incredible Mel Brooks: An Irresistible Collection of Unhinged ComedyShout! Factory, $89.93 (DVD)..."

Dec. 14, 2012 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

The Oranges

The great ensemble cast is the highlight of this movie about a 50-year-old man who falls in love with his best friend's daughter, who is half his age.

"...Julian Farino. Starring: Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Leighton Meester, Allison Janney, Oliver Platt, Alia Shawcat, Adam Brody and Sam..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Jim Carrey plays a man who inherits six penguins in this family film that finds the actor neither too manic nor mawkish.

"...happy medium – which is about right for a comedy about a divorced father who cohabits with penguins. Equally..."

June 24, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...In addition to previously announced films like opening night comedy I Love You, Man (the cast of which –..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Anything Goes

That free-for-all spirit is part of the kick of FronteraFest

"...not a little folly. The unrestrained variety, with that free-for-all spirit and personal stake on the part of those..."

Jan. 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bamboozled

"...movies as though they had the power to communicate things and change lives. As a filmmaker, he is at..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Simply Irresistible

"...as bizarre as this that also comes with an equally bizarre pedigree, but it certainly makes for some interesting..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Safe Men

A talentless singing duo become even less-talented safecrackers in this inspired comedy.

"...are the most misguided and talentless singing duo in all of Providence, Rhode Island (and they are), they are..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Big Hit

"...he can't seem to break up with either his uncomically Jewish fiancée Pam (Applegate) or his mistress Chantel (Rochon)...."

May 1, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Fallout Theater Says Fuck This Week

The improv alchemists of this weekly show turn the crap in your life into comedy gold

"...group of funny strangers can turn your crap into comedy gold...."

Aug. 31, 2018 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Gay Place

Queer comedy returns to ColdTowne

"...town Saturday, with a whole new set of queer comedy sketches directed by Abby Lincoln. The show, dubbed "Hidden..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Toni Erdmann

An honest and bizarre take on the parent/child relationship

"...take on ambition, loneliness, and the importance of switching things up now and again in order to retain some..."

Feb. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Men & Chicken

Danish black comedy is a nimble tone-shifter

"...Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling, Nicolas Bro, Lisbet Dahl and Rikke Louise Andersson...."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

In the Bounce House with Comedian Danny Palumbo

2015’s Funniest Person in Austin is cooking on all burners

"...That’s right, “cooking on all burners.”..."

Nov. 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Results

Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski enlists Guy Pearce and others for his new movie

"...Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi, Tishuan Scott, Constance Zimmer, Anthony Michael Hall and Brooklyn Decker...."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

From 'Garden State' to the Final Moments

Zach Braff on death, Kickstarter, and 'Wish I Was Here'

"...see a picture of Zach Braff. But, even in comedy, the actor has always found the darker side of..."

July 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bill Cosby

Playing a cozy venue at SXSW won't be this comedy legend's first encounter with adverse conditions

"...bite off, riff on, spark an anecdote. With SXSW Comedy having snagged the household-name humorist, there was only one..."

March 7, 2014 Arts Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The Angels' Share

Scottish social-realist director Ken Loach is back with a new movie about young delinquents and a whisky-distillery heist.

"...John Henshaw, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins, William Ruane, Roger Allam and Siobhan Reilly...."

May 3, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Think film festivals are all about dour, arty indie pics? Yeah, that’s not really..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Matador

A curious, postmodern sort of buddy comedy, The Matador is like Death of a Salesman if Willy Loman had been a contract killer.

"...Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis and Philip Baker Hall. Lives in descent always make for fascinating viewing, and..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rumor Has It ...

Fans of The Graduate should skip this strange comedy, which posits that the real-life inspiration for counterculture icon Benjamin Braddock grew up to be a cheesy, brainless high tech zillionaire doing yoga and driving a Mercedes around Half Moon Bay.

"...Suvari. Fans of The Graduate should skip this strange comedy, which posits that the real-life inspiration for counterculture icon..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Trouping Ahead

The Latino Comedy Project keeps creating laughter and its own opportunities

"...The contemporary comedy scene boasts plenty of culturally adept comedians who are..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

The Guru

"...whole lot of heft to von Scherler Mayer’s romantic comedy with ethnic Indian entanglements; it’s like overdone naan, too..."

Feb. 14, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Monster Bash

Austin Studios will host a free outdoor screening this Saturday evening of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, which, despite its singular title, also manages to cram in both Dracula and the Wolfman.

"...Pairing mediocre comedy teams with the famous Universal monsters (or similar cut-rate..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Livin' Lavaca Loca

In the early Eighties, back when Jay Leno was still funny, he and a number of now-big name comics told jokes at a little place on Lavaca called the Comedy Workshop. Being there changed the life of one person, who recalls what it was like.

"...with those guys, people who would make me laugh all the time...."

Jan. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Angela Davis

Orphans

"...Directed by: Peter Mullan. Starring: Alex Norton, Frank Gallagher, Stephen Mccole, Rosemarie Stevenson, Douglas Henshall and Gary Lewis...."

June 23, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Those Crazy Kids Will Do Anything ...

"...Austin was probably the first city to really get this Mike Judge/Greg Daniels show -- certainly Fox..."

April 16, 1999 Arts Feature

The Real Blonde

"...as well. DiCillo's daisy chain of circumstance and low-level comedy leads us through Joe and Mary's lives, which in..."

May 29, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Suicide Kings

"...Directed by: Peter O'Fallon. Starring: Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Henry Thomas, Sean Patrick..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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