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Genre: Comedy

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 …

Bye Bye Germany

Directed by Sam Garbarski

Garbarski’s film offers a humorous and moving look at Jewish life in postwar Germany. Frankfurt, 1946: David Bermann is a …

California Split

Directed by Robert Altman

Pro gambler Charlie (Elliot Gould) and novice Bill (George Segal) form a unique bond in Robert Altman’s New Hollywood ode …

Camera Shy

Directed by Mark Sawers

Larry (Nicolas Wright) is an unprincipled city councilman who doesn’t mind a little fraud and infidelity if it advances his …

Camouflage

Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi

Versed in philosophy and physics, renowned writer-director Krzysztof Zanussi injects wit and humor into his acerbic portrait of conformity. In …

Carmen from Kawachi

Directed by Seijun Suzuki

A 1960s riff on the opera Carmen (including a rock version of its famous aria “Habanero”), this picaresque tale sends …

Cemetery of Splendour

Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul

A hypnotic cinematic dreamscape unfolds in Thai master Weerasethakul’s new film, in which soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are …

Champagne

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

CHAMPAGNE stars the bubbly Betty Balfour as a frivolous flapper whose millionaire father looks to teach her a lesson in …

Charade

Directed by Stanley Donen

Legendary director Stanley Donen takes on the Hitchcockian thriller (of sorts) with the madcap Charade, starring Audrey Hepburn and Cary …

Chevalier

Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari

“While on a fishing trip in the Aegean Sea, six men decide to play Chevalier, a game that measures every …

Childhood Machine

Directed by Sean Whiteman, Christof Whiteman

Filmmaking siblings the Whiteman brothers’ off-center comedic style takes flight in this story of a brilliant and enigmatic inventor with …

Christmas in Connecticut

Directed by Peter Godfrey

Released shortly before the end of World War II, this hearty, charming Warners rom-com asks: To what lengths should one …

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