Genre: Comedy
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Directed by Declan Lowney
“Those who have hungered for the big-screen debut of Steve Coogan’s singular comic creation need wait no longer: Alpha Papa has landed, …
City Lights
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin, neverendingly empathetic to his characters—and thus to their real-world counterparts, usually the poor and downtrodden of American society—crafted perhaps …
6.9 On the Richter Scale
Directed by Nae Caranfil
When an earthquake hits Bucharest, Tony, an actor, and his wife are shaken out of their sleep, amplifying Tony’s anxiety …
Longing
Directed by Savi Gabizon
Ariel, a carefree middle-aged bachelor in Tel Aviv, learns that he and an ex-girlfriend had a son together, and this …
Cycling With Moliere
Directed by Philippe Le Guay
Popular television celebrity Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson) embarks on a train journey to Brittany’s Île de Ré with a clear …
The Exterminating Angel
Directed by Luis Buñuel
A very simple setup, an upper-crust dinner party whereby the guests become trapped in the dining room via unspecified reasons, …
Ice Mother
Directed by Bohdan Sláma
Sláma’s charming, romantic drama centers on themes of familial conflict and the possibility of rebirth at any age. After her …
But I’m a Cheerleader
Directed by Jamie Babbit
When all signs point to Megan (Natasha Lyonne) being a lesbian, her friends and family insist she be carted off …
A Gun in Each Hand
Directed by Cesc Gay
A Gun in Each Hand is a witty and brutally hilarious collection of portraits of 40-something men and the changing gender …
Sullivan’s Travels
Directed by Preston Sturges
Sturges made a career on exquisitely rendered comedies with a strongly humanistic drive—and perhaps nowhere does this alchemical mixture come …
Under the Tree
Directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
Equal parts family drama, absurdist black comedy, and unconventional thriller, Under the Tree follows two warring households locked in a …
Bringing Up Baby
Directed by Howard Hawks
In Howard Hawks' celebrated comedic masterpiece, a chronically flustered paleontologist (Cary Grant) comes under the spell of a free-spirited society …