We take a trip back some thirty(!) years to look at the essential comedy movies of 1996… Back in the 90s, the comedy genre was going through a purple patch. It might surprise younger ...
The romantic comedy genre has evolved significantly across Hollywood's history, with certain movies coming to represent a particular time and place. Whether it was black-and-white screwball comedies ...
Comedy is difficult, because it’s typically so wedded to culture. What can be uproariously funny in a certain place or time can easily seem passé or even offensive in a different locale or another era ...
But, amid a genre brain drain and doomsday warnings over funding for British stories, there needs to be a considered balance ...
If comedy had its own category, more and better writers and directors would want to work in the genre Judd Apatow has previously called for the Oscars to consider including a separate category for ...
Carole Lombard and William Powell standing next to each and looking at each other in My Man Godfrey (1936). Image via Universal Pictures During the Great Depression, the screwball comedy was one of ...
The horror-comedy genre is well-stocked on the film front. There are movies like “Gremlins” and “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil,” but the concept goes back as far as Abbott and Costello’s various meetings ...
Ten years ago, Melissa McCarthy hit a career peak with an unexpected turn into the action movie genre. McCarthy broke out as an Oscar-nominated Bridesmaids scene-stealer, and her hit comic vehicles ...
From Jathi Ratnalu to Super Deluxe, check out the best Indian movies with a perfect mix of genres that did it better than most others.