Dark comedies revisited: “Election”
“The thing writers are scared about is that Hollywood is going to defang their story and put a happy ending on something that wasn’t happy. In fact, what happened with Election was that a darker ending got put on my material.” – Tom Perrotta, novelist of Election, the book on which the film is based […]
Five Comedy Films To Watch On Election Day
Courtesy of Paramount & Warner Bros. Pictures. It’s hard to escape what today is: Election Day. This day comes at the end of what has been a rather intense political season – though to be fair, most have been in recent years. We understand how tense this can make all of us, and perhaps you’ll […]
The Best Comedy Movies of 2023
The Machine & No Hard Feelings. Courtesy of Sony Pictures. This past year in comedy saw many great contributions in the world of cinema and gave us many funny memories we’ll be holding on to for years to come. As we reflect on the best comedy movies of 2023, we look back on all notable […]
Check Out The Trailer For Alexander Payne’s New Comedy “The Holdovers”
Alexander Payne has re-teamed with Paul Giamatti for a new film. That film is The Holdovers. It “follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond […]