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Tag: Comedy

The Rink (1916)

Comedy Rated NR

“…the sort of comic clumsiness that only a superb athlete could manage.”

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

Comedy Rated NR

“…each set piece is dropped into the film with a thud.”

The Circus (1928)

Comedy Rated NR

“…a meta-commentary on Chaplin’s own comic genius.”

The ’Burbs (1989)

Comedy Rated PG

“…presents suburban expansion as a cheerier version of manifest destiny.”

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Comedy Rated R

“…wields its mockery with the subtlety of a power tool.”

Vice (2018)

Comedy Rated R

“…Michael Moore fan fiction.”

The Week Of (2018)

Comedy Rated NR

“Kudos, I guess, to Steve Buscemi for continuing to show up and really commit to these Sandler Netflix sillies.”

The Death of Stalin (2018)

Comedy Rated R

“…has a cleverness that withers into something more wearying.”

Holmes & Watson (2018)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“The real crime in Holmes & Watson is the waste of the supporting cast.”

Support the Girls (2018)

Comedy Rated R

“An amusing and heartfelt exercise in boots-on-the-ground feminism…”

Recent Reviews

Heartburn (1986)

Drama Rated R

“The audience is never fully let in on either character’s interior life, as we skip from incident to incident.”

Together (2025)

Horror Rated R

“… eventually goes off the deep end, but without doing the work.”

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Drama Rated R

“It’s McMurphy versus Ratched, but it might as well be Life versus Death.”


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