October 2011
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Slapstick on the Streets
The New York City locations of Harold Lloyd's Speedy
by John Bengtson posted October 13, 2011
March 2010
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Screwball Drama
Greenberg director Noah Baumbach on his method and his influences
by David Schwartz posted March 15, 2010
July 2009
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A Guy Thing
Macho loneliness and masculine insecurity in Eastbound and Down
by R. Emmet Sweeney posted July 29, 2009
June 2009
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Auto Focus
The grim contemporary relevance of Paul Schrader's 1978 union noir
by Saul Austerlitz posted June 9, 2009
May 2009
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Doctor's Orders
How a dead serious novel became the nightmare satire of Strangelove
by Bilge Ebiri posted May 26, 2009
March 2009
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Being Julia
The self-aware star turn of Duplicity heroine Julia Roberts
by David Schwartz posted March 23, 2009
February 2009
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The Nutty Director
Jerry Lewis in conversation with Peter Bogdanovich
by David Schwartz posted February 20, 2009
November 2008
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Children of Paradise
How to watch Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies and why
by Michael Atkinson posted November 20, 2008
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The King of Comedy
Wresting order from disorder in Jerry Lewis's adventures in multiplicity
by Chris Fujiwara posted November 17, 2008
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There’s Something About Ben
The showbiz satires and family psychodramas of Ben Stiller
by David Schwartz posted November 11, 2008
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Virgin Territory
Looking behind the stereotypes of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson pairing
by Saul Austerlitz posted November 10, 2008
October 2008
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Design for Living
The campy realism of Mitchell Leisen, a forgotten master of disguise
by David Cairns posted October 23, 2008
September 2008
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Wild Times
Robert Downey Sr. looks back on his anarchic underground comedies
by Ed Halter posted September 8, 2008
