Tag Archives: Comedy
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
“Phantom Ladies Over Paris” is the subtitle of Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974), and it’s a good indication of what you’re going to get with Jacques Rivette’s fifth film: part epic serialized fantastique adventure in the tradition of Feuillade’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged 70's, Barbet Schroeder, Bulle Ogier, Comedy, Dominique Labourier, Fantasy, Ghosts, Haunted House, Jacques Rivette, Juliet Berto, Magician, Nouvelle Vague
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is a deeply strange blend of genres and styles, a film of raw imagination and improbable swagger that somehow escaped to theaters in 1984. Director W.D. Richter (who had written the 1978 … Continue reading →
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Tagged 80's, Action, Alien Invasion, Carl Lumbly, Christopher Lloyd, Clancy Brown, Comedy, Dan Hedaya, Ellen Barkin, Fantasy, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, Jonathan Banks, Lewis Smith, Peter Weller, Robert Ito, Rosalind Cash, Science Fiction, Vincent Schiavelli, W.D. Richter, Yakov Smirnoff
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Bedazzled (1967)
The exploding British comedy scene of the 60’s was fueled in large part by the breakthrough success of Beyond the Fringe, a theatrical revue with an emphasis on anti-establishment satire – both intellectual and unapologetically silly – featuring Peter Cook, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 60's, Barry Humphries, Comedy, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Nun, Peter Cook, Raquel Welch, Stanley Donen, The Devil
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