Will We Ever Be Able To See a New Film Comedy in a Movie Theater Again?
AUGUST 27, 2020 I know that the question may sound preposterous, but as the pandemic rolls on with theaters only beginning to open, decisions will have to be made…
Comedy
In the Indie Film “Standing Up, Falling Down,” Billy Crystal Delivers His Best Performance In the Last Two Decades
FEBRUARY 21, 2020 Producer Matt Ratner’s feature directorial debut is a small but charming film that bills itself as “a comedy about second chances” – a bit of truth-in-advertising…
“Late Night” Tackles the Role of Women in the Workplace with Sophistication and Wit
JULY 1, 2019 “Late Night” is about an Indian-American woman who is working for a late-night talk show host who is the only woman at the time leading a…
The Washington Press Corps is Shocked, Shocked! That a Comic Would Be Disrespectful to the White House — Seriously?
APRIL 30, 2018 Photo: Getty I’m sorry, but I’ve got a bug up my ass. It happens every year after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington. It’s an…
“Roseanne” the Return is a Smash Hit, But What To Do with Roseanne Barr?
APRIL 2, 2018 On Friday evening, I was attending a seder, and after prayers were finished, the dinner conversation turned, as it often does out here, to the topics…
“The Play That Goes Wrong” — Sometimes Two Hours of Sheer Silliness Is Just What You Need
NOVEMBER 14, 2017 Photo: The New York Times Let me tell you about a special evening in the Broadway theatre. It seems that the Cornley University Drama Society has…
Mike Birbiglia’s “Don’t Think Twice” — Improv Comedy Has Never Been More Dramatic
AUGUST 24, 2016 Don’t think. That’s one of the tenets of improv comedy as the film instructs us in a pre-credit sequence. But don’t think that “Don’t Think Twice”…
“Trainwreck”: Inside the Raunch Exists a Surprisingly Conventional Romantic Comedy
JULY 29, 2015 “Don’t judge me, fuckers!” With that one line from the opening of Judd Apatow’s new comedy “Trainwreck,” writer/star Amy Schumer throws down the gender gauntlet to those…
All Hail the Queen!
JUNE 1, 2015 Tonight is the much-anticipated finale to Season 7 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” (9pm EDT on Logo) Who will become America’s Next Drag Superstar? Will it be Pearl,…
