SXSW ’19 Review: “It Started As a Joke” Gets Serious About Funny Business
A hidden history of alternative comedy is wonderfully revealed, as is the human impulse behind it, with this lovely look at the Eugene Mirma...
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Interview: Lloyd Stanton & Paul Toogood on Making a Serious Portrait of Comedians in “Dying Laughing”
The filmmakers talk about their candid, experiential documentary about the life of a standup comedian.
Interview: Frank Coraci on the New Frontier of “The Ridiculous 6”
The longtime Adam Sandler collaborator on their creative partnership dating back to their NYU days and their new western 10 years in the mak...
Interview: Douglas Tirola on Bringing Life and Laughs to the National Lampoon History “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead”
The "Hey Bartender" and "All In" documentarian talks about recounting a history in as fun and irreverent fashion as the comedy brand establi...
Interview: Barry Crimmins & Bobcat Goldthwait on “Call Me Lucky”
On a legendary Boston comedian whose second act as an activist is even more extraordinary story than the first.
Interview: Michael Dowse on the Comic Possibilities of “What If”
On going the extra mile for a gag and his first romantic comedy.
SXSW ’14 Interview: Andrew O’Connor, Drew Tarver and Rosa Salazar on the Frighteningly Funny “May the Best Man Win”
The director and two of the stars of the SXSW-selected hidden-camera comedy talk about taking pleasure in making audiences cringe.
Flashback – Interview: Only the Lonely: The Rise of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone
With two films headlined by members of the viral video trio, we look back at the origins of the Saturday Night live-bound boys when they fir...
