Comedies

In early-'60s Chicago, an education was supposed to be your way out of the projects, but the class wasn't made that wannabe writer Preach Jackson (Glynn Turman) and girl-chasing jock Cochise Morris (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs) couldn't figure out how to cut...

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For decades, journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the glittering nightlife of Rome. Since the legendary success of his only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and elite social circles. But on his...

The dazzling sophomore film from Wes Anderson (FANTASTIC MR. FOX) is equal parts coming-of-age story, French New Wave homage, and screwball comedy. Tenth grader Max Fischer (THE DARJEELING LIMITED Jason Schwartzman) is Rushmore Academy's most...

Lonely Utah civil servant Charles Richardson (John Heard) worked up the nerve to ask out recently separated coworker Laura Connolly (Mary Beth Hurt), and a romance quickly blossomed. However, his adoring fixation with her might combine with her own...

Susan Seidelman established her distinctive vision of 1980s New York with this debut feature, the lo-fi original for her vibrant portraits of women reinventing themselves. After escaping New Jersey, the quintessentially punk Wren (Susan Berman) a...

As nervy as it is hilarious, this screwball masterpiece from Ernst Lubitsch (TROUBLE IN PARADISE) stars Jack Benny (THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM) and, in her final screen appearance, Carole Lombard (MY MAN GODFREY) as husband-and-wife thespians in...

With this blisteringly funny, unapologetically confrontational satire, writer-director Spike Lee examined the past, present, and future of racism in American popular culture, issuing a daring provocation to creators and consumers alike. Under pressure to...

In TOOTSIE, the character Michael Dorsey lands the role of a lifetime as does the actor playing him, Dustin Hoffman. This multilayered comedy from director Sydney Pollack follows the increasingly elaborate deception of a down-on-his-luck New York actor...

An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched into stardom by this glorious musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner's delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino...

A fairy tale grounded in poignant reality, the magnificent, Manhattan-set The Fisher King, by Terry Gilliam (Brazil), features Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski) and Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting) in two of their most brilliant roles. Bridges plays a...

The early Hollywood gem LONESOME is the creation of a little-known but audacious and one-of-a-kind auteur, Paul Fejos (a filmmaker/explorer/anthropologist/doctor!), who bridged the gap between the silent and sound eras. Fejos pulled out all the stops for...