Article: 10 great comedies that premiered at Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival is known for its challenging, gripping dramas, but over its history it’s also played host to some excellent comedies.
Michael Cera and Alia Shawkat discuss sex and awkward love in “Arrested Development” season 4
Nick Offerman sings a filthy song about rainbows to his wife
“Anchorman: The Legend Continues” trailer compares Ron Burgundy to Jesus
Recurring Developments website catalogs every running “Arrested Development” joke
Midnight In Paris
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“The Minus Man” airs today at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Article: Golden Globes 2012 recap: “The Artist” and “The Descendants” rule the night
Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams and Martin Scorsese also won major awards.
Article: Is this the age of fanfiction films?
Last week, film critic Drew McWeeny wrote a really interesting piece at HitFix called “Muppets, Avengers, and Life In The Age Of Fanfiction.” It was inspired by a conversation with his colleague, TV critic Alan Sepinwall, who described the new “Muppets” movie as “the greatest work of fanfiction [he'd] ever seen.” That spurred McWeeny to…
Article: Is Woody Allen a genius?
Every decade or so there is a felt need among the cognoscenti to reassess the value of proto-American indie director Woody Allen’s work. In his “European Period” – or, more accurately, his “European Financing” period — Allen is, at present, enjoying unprecedented success. “Midnight in Paris” has now, against all odds, surpassed “Hannah and Her…
Article: R-rated comedies rating highly at the summer box office
At Badass Digest, Devin Faraci has a piece entitled “The Summer of The R-Rated Comedy,” declaring that the success of movies like “The Hangover Part II” ($250.8 million and counting), “Bridesmaids” ($158.1 million and counting), “Bad Teacher” ($78.7 million and counting) and the just released “Horrible Bosses” ($28.1 million in its opening weekend, better than…
Article: “Midnight in Paris” and the Summer of Nostalgia Movies
The following post contains SPOILERS for “Midnight in Paris.” Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” isn’t just the director’s funniest and most charming film in years, if not decades. The damn thing is relevant too, a movie all about modern movie culture. Given “Midnight in Paris”‘ subject — a man so obsessed with the past he…
Article: Can’t Be At Cannes 2011, Thursday Edition
It sucks not being at the Cannes Film Festival. To keep you up-to-speed on all the latest developments with the minimum amount of pain and jealousy, we’ll be providing frequent roundups of all the biggest news and best reviews. This is the first; future installments, along with all our Cannes coverage, can be found here.…
