SXSW Film Review: Funny Bunny

Indie about oddball trio treats trauma with furry tenderness

"...at SXSW in 2011. She's back in 2015 with Funny Bunny...."

March 18, 2015 Screens Post by Michael Agresta

Finding the Funny in Serious Music

When Igudesman & Joo play classical, they really play

"...Classical music can be funny...."

Jan. 21, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

What's Funny and What Isn't

"...friendly: "Colored" is followed by "redneck," and then "jungle bunny" is followed by "honky." Chase's character then goes all..."

March 21, 2007 Postmarks

Brüno

Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno is less specific and less interesting than Borat – and therefore less funny.

"...and ends up being shallow, superficial, and only sporadically funny. It's certainly a far cry from the cultural beat-down..."

July 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Raising Helen

Ugg boots, ugh movie. Cuddle-bunny story stars Kate Hudson.

"...lifting. More of the same here in Garry Marshall’s cuddle-bunny story of a self-absorbed Manhattan talent agent named Helen..."

May 28, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Funny Bunny Director/Screenwriter: Alison Bagnall Funny Bunny is a serious..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What's Your Number?

Anna Faris does more nose-scrunching than acting in this abrasive comedy about people acting stupidly.

"...to brew a winsome bubblehead." So she's got a funny voice; she's habitually played dumb blond, pratfalling broads; and..."

Sept. 30, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd

"...having directed the Fox network’s late, lamented Greg the Bunny series as well as some Tenacious D gigs. But..."

June 20, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Society Announces Grant Jury

Meet the team that will fund the next wave of Texas film

"...66. Bagnall, a Yale graduate, premiered her latest film, Funny Bunny, at this year's SXSW. AFS will present a..."

July 10, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

SXSW Film 2015 Rundown

Reviews, interviews, photo galleries, and more

"...Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Madina’s Dream Funny Bunny Petting Zoo Twinsters The Goob Creative Control The..."

March 22, 2015 SXSW Post

Fantastic Fest 2015: The Boy and the Beast

Anime with heart, brains, and action

"...for the next anime grandmaster. With his latest fantastical, funny, and heart-warming feature, The Boy and the Beast, that..."

Sept. 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Announces 2015 Grants

Newcomers and established names get AFS boost

"...Holly Herrick, jurors including filmmaker Alison Bagnall (Buffalo '66, Funny Bunny), multimedia artist Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her..."

Sept. 1, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Review: Texas Shorts

Lone star shorts program is, appropriately, all over the map

"...SXSW favorite Anna Margaret Hollyman (7 Chinese Brothers, Funny Bunny) stars in Allison Cook’s "Woman of the World,"..."

March 17, 2015 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Developing Story

AFF honors Arrested Development creator Mitchell Hurwitz

"...be Mitchell Hurwitz. If you're a fan of smart, funny, groundbreaking, dead-before-its-time TV, then you know the name: Hurwitz..."

July 6, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Here Today

Crystal and Haddish bond beautifully in this bittersweet comedy

"...feels improvised, but that's not just because they're effortlessly funny together. It's because Crystal co-wrote with Alan Zweibel, an..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Man of a Thousand Faces

Maverick filmmaker Vincent Gallo takes a time-out and turns his attention to music

"...me laugh at that moment, whatever I think is funny, whatever I think is missing. Actually whatever I think..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

A Tale of Two Comics

Comedy Contrast: Bill Hicks & David Letterman

"...was told by then-segment producer Robert Morton to be funny, but not about any substantive issues, and to avoid..."

March 21, 1997 Arts Feature by Harvey Pekar

Every Last Word

Vincent Gallo: The Complete Transcript

"...outlandish concepts, which are so obviously meant to be funny or absurdist, at least absurdist. No hate group has..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Feature by Mark Fagan

Second Coming

Tia Carrera's Jason Morales takes out the Lysol and sprays down the Melvins

"...the Gluey days right in the first track ("Hung Bunny") and the fact that it was all one track...."

Dec. 1, 2006 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Hide the lasagna: The fat, lazy cat – and his doppelgänger – is back.

"...animals (Rhys Ifans fares the best as a Scots bunny) while Garfield breakdances. A children’s movie about wily farm..."

June 16, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Uncle Blubbafink

Keith Graves, the author of seriously ridiculous stories like Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance, is garnering Hollywood’s attention, but did he ever want it?

"...Why not Frank Was a Bunny Who Wanted to Play Piano?..."

June 8, 2001 Books Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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.

"...Remember when Jay Leno used to be funny? Back during the early Eighties? David Letterman had recently..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Angela Davis

What's That on Your Blog? Fred Schneider, Part 2

One part of the B-52's/Superions front man was not enough.

"...a little bit, so hold up. …first up: Lady Bunny...."

Nov. 5, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Pretty in Pink: A Gabriela Bucio Story

The millennial Midas brings reggaeton and Mexican regional to Sixth Street and beyond

"...in her stories. If you didn't want a Bad Bunny cookie, a CBD cocktail, or a night out perreando..."

July 8, 2022 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

Last Shotgun Blast of SXSW Film Programming

'Hobo,' Spike's 'Scenes From the Suburbs,' and more

"...The Block (UK-England) Director & Writer: Joe Cornish A funny, frightening action adventure movie that pits a teen gang..."

Feb. 10, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Penguin With the Pulitzer

Berkeley Breathed on putting Opus to bed and what comes next

"...Columbia University [where the Pulitzers are awarded annually]. Pretty funny now that I think back. It didn't matter a..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Books Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Write Stuff

London Mavericks

"...old boss to whom he is still indebted. With Bunny (Gleeson) in tow, Git kidnaps his boss' former partner...."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Michael Bertin

Stitching Up a Storm

Textile art is alive and well in the Camp Fig exhibition "Pins & Needles"

"...a means for describing culture. Her jackets are too funny to secrete away in a closet; they stand up..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Arts Feature by Rachel Koper

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...incredibly polite, dresses impeccably, loves golf, and sings very funny and observant songs in a pre-rock & roll style...."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Scanlines

Mallrats

"...come out of daily life, offering beautifully written, very funny dialogues on ordinary topics. Quentin Tarantino writes the same..."

July 16, 1999 Screens Feature

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