Comedy

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  • Looking for life in all the wrong places

    Thanks to snorefests like the Umbilical Brothers' "Thwack," comedy is deader than Lester Bangs -- and someone is not amused.
    By Cintra Wilson June 16, 1999

  • Hand job

    A TV-addicted stoner loses his hand to evil temptation in the lame thriller "Idle Hands."
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams April 30, 1999

  • Everybody hates a tourist

    Stephanie Zacharek reviews Sam Weisman's remake of Neil Simon's 'The Out-of-Towners.'
    By Stephanie Zacharek April 2, 1999

  • Silicon Follies

    Chapter 6: Large No. 11 at the Tung Kee Noodle House
    By Thomas Scoville April 1, 1999

  • Chapter 5: Addressed for success

    Silicon Follies: By Thomas Scoville. Chapter 5: Addressed for success
    By Thomas Scoville March 29, 1999

  • Chapter 4: The claw and the classifieds

    Silicon Follies: By Thomas Scoville. Chapter 4: The claw and the classifieds
    By Thomas Scoville March 25, 1999

  • Chapter 3: Hacked in Seattle

    Silicon Follies: By Thomas Scoville. Chapter 3: Hacked in Seattle
    By Thomas Scoville March 22, 1999

  • Forces of Nature

    Mary Elizabeth Williams reviews 'Forces of Nature,' starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams March 19, 1999

  • Rushmore

    Wes Anderson's RUSHMORE is a work of comic genius. (And Bill Murray's not even trying to be funny.)
    By Andrew O'Hehir January 30, 1999

  • Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Character

    From sweaty Nixon to gentleman gambler, Philip Baker Hall is a name you don't recognize, and an actor you won't forget.
    By Charles Taylor November 16, 1998

  • Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Camp classic

    Ernst Lubitsch's legendary comedy stirred controversy by pitting vain Polish actors against buffoonish Nazi killers.
    By Charles Taylor November 2, 1998

  • The unbearable lightness of Benigni

    Roberto Benigni's comic fable about one family's struggle to survive in a Nazi concentration camp is in offensively poor taste.
    By Charles Taylor October 30, 1998

  • Movie Interview: "I wanted to make a beautiful movie"

    "Life Is Beautiful" director Roberto Benigni talks about the Holocaust, Charlie Chaplin and how he was haunted by the idea of a happy man in a Nazi concentration camp.
    By Erika Milvy October 30, 1998

  • Moore's Better Blues

    Lorrie Moore finds the lighter side of ordinary madness in "Birds of America."
    By Dwight Garner October 27, 1998

  • Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Lipstick bliss

    Bionic queen mothers and walking fish fill the strange, delightful world of British comedian Eddie Izzard.
    By Charles Taylor October 20, 1998

  • Jungle Love

    Why, when it comes to romance, do we treat each other so badly? Laura Miller reviews two new movies which investigate that question
    By Laura Miller August 21, 1998

  • An audience with the queen

    Former Kid in the Hall Scott Thompson holds court about his sissy-celebrating new book and solo tour.
    By Fiona Morgan July 24, 1998

  • Jealousy becomes him

    Charles Taylor reviews Noah Baumbach's 'Mr. Jealousy,' starring Eric Stolz and Chris Eigeman.
    By Charles Taylor June 12, 1998

  • "The Man Who Knew Too Little"

    Stephanie Zacharek reviews the movie 'The Man Who Knew Too Little' directed by Jon Amiel and starring Bill Murray.
    By Stephanie Zacharek November 14, 1997

  • Janeane Garofalo

    Janeane Garofalo talks about dating, dog people and how she reclaimed her virginity.
    By Andrew O'Hehir October 3, 1997

  • Sound Salvation: Comically incorrect

    Chris Rock riffs on unfunny old themes--in "Roll With the New."
    By Sarah Vowell September 5, 1997

  • Grosse Pointe Blank

    A review of the movie 'Grosse Pointe Blank' directed by George Armitage, reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek.
    By Stephanie Zacharek May 11, 1997

  • The Awful Truth: Show Us Your Ugly Pancreas

    When performers reveal just a little more of themselves than you want to see.
    By Cintra Wilson April 22, 1997

  • The Awful Truth

    Eddie Izzard at P.S. 122.
    By Cintra Wilson October 21, 1996

  • No laughing matter

    Maybe it's Hollywood's addiction to formula. Maybe it's a malaise. Maybe it's a Satanic plot. Whatever the reason, movies aren't funny any more.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams August 26, 1996
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