The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Wil Sylvince’s passion project outside of stand-up comedy has been almost a decade in the making. Sylvince first showed me a short spec video back in 2010 of him as a boxer. Seven years later, his boxing film, I Am Maurice, has successfully raised more than $104,000 via Kickstarter from 641 …
BBC Culture asked the world’s film critics to rank the top funny films of all time. They asked 253 film critics – 118 women and 135 men – from 52 countries simply this, “What do you think are the 10 best comedies of all time?” What’d they come up with in …
In a live conversation on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, host Colbert looked forward to sitting down with guest Keegan-Michael Key to talk about his new movie, Don’t Think Twice, because it’s rooted in improv comedy. Of course, Colbert, like Key, got his start at The …
Mike Birbiglia’s winning movie about an improv comedy group, Don’t Think Twice, will get a nationwide theatrical run this summer, starting July 22, 2016, in New York City, and preceded by a 20-city “Improv Across America” bus tour complete with free improv workshops. Don’t Think Twice premiered in March at SXSW, …
Bill Dawes has played Paul Hornung and Mickey Mantle in separate Broadway productions, and recently wrapped a run as famed Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. He plays a struggling stand-up comedian trying to pitch a TV series in his latest role, the independent movie Before The Sun Explodes, which premiered …
Not everyone is in on the joke when it comes to Adam Sandler’s first Netflix movie, currently in production in New Mexico. Actor/musician Loren Anthony was one of several Native American actors working as extras on Ridiculous Six who decided to walk off in protest Wednesday night. Anthony told his Twitter …
How does a Mormon guy from Orem, Utah, wind up spending endless hours sifting through R-rated jokes for several of the big-screen comedies you’ve enjoyed in the 21st century? Brent White’s journey started at Sundance. The Sundance Institute, more specifically. But how White has become the go-to editor for Paul Feig, …
Everything you loved about MST3K is coming back in 2K14, but for three hours only. And only on National Geographic Channel?! Wait. Is this some sort of April Fool’s Day joke? Yes and no. The “Total Riff Off” by RiffTrax is happening from 8 to 11 p.m. April 1, 2014, …
No matter what happens on your Valentine’s Day, rest assured that it couldn’t go bad quite like it does here for NYC-based sketch group POYKPAC, as they present a couple breaking up over dinner — in a dialogue of movie titles and nothing but movie titles. 154 movie titles, in …
Eddie Murphy may or may not ever follow through on his promise to make a comeback to the stand-up comedy stage. But one thing is certain to happen in 2012. Thirty years after Eddie Murphy became a superstar through his comedy performances as a stand-up (the concert film, “Delirious”), movie …
