DVDanger: Over Your Dead Body

Takashi Miike resurrects an old Japanese ghost

"...Picking up from where the late, lamented, Canadian horror sitcom Todd and the Book of Pure Evil left off,..."

Jan. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: Of Manos and Mosquito

Two schlocky classics get a pre-Halloween restoration

"...The Master arguing with his wives becomes a bizarre sitcom version of The Brides of Dracula, the Gidget-ish couple..."

Oct. 24, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival 2015: The Clasp

The sly debut novel by essayist Sloane Crosley reviewed

"...make a name for himself in Hollywood as a sitcom writer...."

Oct. 13, 2015 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Mr. Burns at St. Ed's? Exxx-cellent!

Homer's boss visits the hilltop in Anne Washburn's hit drama

"...just to recall an oft-quoted episode of a beloved sitcom ("But who'd want to hurt me? I'm this century's..."

Sept. 24, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Esther's Follies: ROT Rally Raconteurs

Kerry Awn hosts a stand-up showcase for everyone high on the hogs

"...though Comedy Central just ordered 12 episodes of the sitcom he did a pilot for last month...."

June 10, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

ATX Television Festival Expands With Empire

"Creatives" panel added, plus an FX comedies night

"...2011; a new episode of the Billy Crystal/Josh Gad sitcom,The Comedians; a new episode from sophomore domestic comedy Married;..."

April 28, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Ron White's "Tater Salad" Days

Ron White on why stand-up is the field for him and his "Tater Salad" days in Austin

"...– well, that's what made me famous. Not a sitcom, just that comedy special. That particular tour made me..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Moontower Lowdown

"...former SNL writer and current star of the Fox sitcom Mulaney; Pete Holmes of the You Made It Weird..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature

Adomian's Ascension

This year's SXSW is James Adomian's festival – we just laugh in it

"...script he and Scott Aukerman wrote for a proposed sitcom called The Embassy will be read live...."

March 13, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

SXSW Comedy: Your 2015 Lineup

Schumer, Harmon, Bell, and SNL lead this year's laugh-makers

"...of the pilot episode for The Embassy, a long-aborning sitcom from James Adomian and Scott Aukerman that was passed..."

Feb. 23, 2015 SXSW Post by Robert Faires

Part-Time Love

The film 5 to 7 finds love in brief pockets of time

"...Victor Levin, producer of the Emmy award-winning, long-running sitcom Mad About You, wrote and directed 5 to 7,..."

Feb. 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

First Plates Extra Helpings: Riding the Snackwave to Indulgentown

Calories, schmalories … that pizza is one bite closer toward equality

"...the private lives of real women, not just the sitcom dames who never do anything more uncouth than down..."

Feb. 9, 2015 Food Post by Andrea Kinnison

Top Comics Announced for Moontower 4

Patton Oswalt, Ron White, Tim Minchin join the party in 2015

"...Night Live writer and current star of the Fox sitcom Mulaney; and Pete Holmes of the You Made It..."

Jan. 20, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Music DVDs

"...on the scant bonus disc dedicated to the CBS sitcom's wistful theme song. That and the Beatles' bristling "Come..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Science-Fiction Cinema

Break down the walls

"...relocated from Los Angeles to New York for a sitcom gig. His girlfriend Erin (Maxxe Sternbaum) is unhappy about..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Always Be Chloe-sing

Mary Lynn Rajskub on moving from 24 to stand-up

"...series Mr. Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and the sitcom Veronica's Closet (where her character was also named Chloe)...."

Nov. 12, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

A Bright New Boise

Hyde Park Theatre's latest takes a compelling look at religious extremism through a glass, darkly

"...obvious at first. Thing starts off seeming like a sitcom – albeit one of the best written sitcoms a..."

Oct. 17, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Full Circle

Ali to his friends, Shakey Graves to the world

"...day work, landing one line on a soon-canceled ABC sitcom called Complete Savages...."

Sept. 26, 2014 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Fantastic Fest 2014: Joe Lynch Guns for Everly

Director of Salma Hayek action flick talks sealed-room rules

"...JL: Hey, sitcom guy, mister Knights of Badassdom. But everybody just got..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Two Guys, a Girl, and a Puzzle Piece

UT grad Mark Duplass returns to Austin with director Charlie McDowell and their elusive take on the indie rom-com

"...starred in between shooting five seasons of the FX sitcom The League...."

Aug. 29, 2014 Screens Feature by William Goss

Winedale's Lauds and Losses?

Shakespeare program earns honors as historic buildings fade

"...the closest the Bard ever got to penning a sitcom. Lecherous Falstaff tries to woo two housewives at the..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Fantastic Fest Goes for the Big 10

Kevin Smith's 'Tusk,' 'ABCs 2' and 'V/H/S 3' in first titles

"...another insane antipodean creation, this time a spoof sci-fi sitcom from a parallel Cold War Russia; And some Ozploitation..."

Aug. 5, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

From Garden State to the Final Moments in Wish I Was Here

Zach Braff on death, Kickstarter, and his new film

"...a passion project. The star of the dark medical sitcom Scrubs directed, stars in, and even co-scripted this new..."

July 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

An Evening With Kevin Corrigan

Just two old friends sharing stories and laughs

"...name. His work ranges from comedic indies to television sitcoms and big-budget dramas, an eclectic mix that includes Pineapple..."

June 24, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Jimmy Pardo

How does this stand-up comic make working the crowd look so easy?

"...sitting there for a long time; especially in a sitcom, where they gotta have different camera setups and they..."

June 20, 2014 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

DVDanger: Of Flesh, Blood and Boners

"The Final Member" gets phallic, plus "Dracula" and "Ravenous" bite

"...immediate problems are not of her doing: Abysmal 80s sitcom credits, and a hybrid score, awkwardly cross-fertilizing Michael Nyman's..."

June 17, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Moontower 2014, Day 3: Marc Maron

The comic's comic again plumbed the depths of angst and anger

"...of his interview podcast WTF and its spinoff IFC sitcom Maron, the true medium of veteran comic's-comic Marc Maron..."

April 28, 2014 Arts Post by Scott Schinder

Moontower Comedy: Jen Kober

Hairy lesbian tales on the comedy trail from the Louisiana comic

"...On the sitcom, it's not shot in front of a studio audience...."

April 23, 2014 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

Carl Reiner: The Interview

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

"...to do a situation comedy. They were sending me [sitcom] scripts after the Show of Shows folded – the..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Post by Robert Faires

HBO My

Premium cable network struts its stuff with three premieres this weekend

"...bullying initial investor/stoner Erlich (T.J. Miller). Twisting a traditional sitcom trope, they all share the same cramped incubator office/suburban..."

April 4, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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