Comedy Drama
TV Review: Atlanta – Robbin’ Season 2×02, “Sportin’ Waves”
Last week, for the premiere of Atlanta – Robbin’ Season, I noted that Brian Tyree Henry’s Alfred is my favorite character on the show. Despite a lack of similar qualities (I’m neither a rapper n...
TV Review: Atlanta – Robbin’ Season 2×01, “Alligator Man”
The second season of Atlanta, subtitled Robbin’ Season, is finally here. Last we saw this incredibly well-received FX series was November 2016, so it has been something of a wait. Only adding to expec...
A Futile and Stupid Gesture Interview: Tom Lennon and Matt Walsh
A Futile and Stupid Gesture has a sprawling ensemble cast of comedians, and we interviewed two more. Matt Walsh plays National Lampoon editor Matty Simmons, later producer of Animal House and the Vaca...
A Futile and Stupid Gesture Interview: Screenwriters John Aboud and Mike Colton
A Futile and Stupid Gesture is now on Netflix, so you could watch it this weekend, or maybe you’ve already seen it. Based on the book by Josh Karp, A Futile and Stupid Gesture stars Will Forte as Nati...
A Futile and Stupid Gesture Interview: David Wain, Peter Principato and Jonathan Stern
For a man who brought us so many laughs, Doug Kenney had a tragic life. The co-founder of National Lampoon, Kenney found fame and success with the magazine and its movie productions, but died young wh...
Sundance 2018 Review: Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot – Phoenix Remembered
Fred Topel reviews Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Review: ‘Lady Bird’ Soars with Wit and Heart
Coming of age stories are not hard to come by. As more and more filmmakers emerge, having grown up watching films and being armed early on with all the tools to create a movie of their own, it is easy...