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Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the ultimate lackey in The Coen Brothers’ gleefully silly stoner comedy.
We talk with the series co-creator, writer and director about finding the balance between darkness and comedy.
The dark comedy continues to be an excellent exploration of millennial ennui.
Steven Soderbergh goes further back to his indie roots with a boatful of talent, loose style, and delightful improv.
Despite Drew Barrymore’s efforts, But I’m a Cheerleader director Jamie Babbit delivers an out-of-touch showbiz satire.
Robert Altman’s adaptation of the seminal comic strip remains a prime example of how to bring a cartoon to life in earnest.
Kaley Cuoco impresses as the flawed, complicated title role in HBO Max’s dark and witty comedy.
The cast of the popular 90’s sitcom comes together for an oddly bittersweet look back.
Adam Elliot’s claymation offering was Philip Seymour Hoffman’s only animated film, but it’s as thorough as his other efforts.
Christopher Landon is back with another gleefully gory twist on the slasher genre, with a fun Vince Vaughn at the center.
Maisie Williams is the primary reason to watch HBO Max’s black comedy series about a sheltered teen on a mission to avenge her father’s death.
While effective at first, Khaled Ridgeway’s feature debut goes from dark comedy to conventional sappiness.
Sacha Baron Cohen returns to mess with America once again, but finds it hard to troll a populace that’s already trolling themselves.
The latest cinematic attempt to understand one of comedy’s most tragic success stories celebrates its subject’s life until it can’t any longer.
Sam Raimi trades scares for slapstick in the thin-but-entertaining third entry in the Evil Dead series.
Multihyphenate Radha Blank makes herself known in her latest, a familiar story with enough of its own flavor.
An under-appreciated work from the filmmaker and a career rebound, Martin Scorsese’s screwball comedy remains one of a kind.