Comedy

A mainstay genre, as old as the hills, good for a laugh, light in tone, and not to be taken too seriously…

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How to Meet Girls from a Distance (2012): Dir. Dean Hewison
Feat. Richard Falkner, Scarlet Hemingway, Jonathan Brugh…; A "peeping-tom rom-com" with Richard Falkner surprisingly relatable as a well-intentioned stalker determined to woo the girl of his dreams. Awarded a $100,000 production budget as winner of the "Make My Movie" competition, this well exceeded expectations of a film made to a six month deadline, with an…
Ruby Sparks (2012): Dir. Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Feat. Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina…; Real-life couple Dayton and Faris (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE) direct real-life acting couple Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan in this zesty satire about a one-hit novelist who conceives of his perfect woman on paper, before willing her into actual existence. Zoe Kazan also wrote the script, and her deconstruction of…
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012): Dir. Colin Trevorrow
Feat. Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson…; Winningly oddball 'true' tale set in Seattle that follows a writer and two colleagues on a flakey assignment to interview a man who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel. Inside the teasingly sci-fi premise is essentially a romantic-comedy in the "misunderstood, uncool outsider"…
Two Little Boys (2012): Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Bret McKenzie, Hamish Blake, Maaka Pohatu…; Set in the early 90's, this Kiwi "mullet" comedy follows the arrested development of two 'bogan' mates whose situation and relationship goes from-bad-to-worse after covering up the accidental death of a Norwegian backpacker. Robert Sarkies' third consecutive feature to be set and filmed on location in the…
Bernie (2011): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jack Black, Shirley Maclaine, Matthew McConaughey; A pitch black docudrama about gregarious Texas mortician (Black) who befriends a clingy spinster (Maclaine), with murderous results.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Dir. Wes Anderson
Feat. Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis…; Wes Anderson's latest exquisite comedy, about two 12-year-olds in 1960s New England who consummate their adolescent romance by running away together into the wilderness.
Campaign, The (2012): Dir. Jay Roach
Feat. Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis…; A naive political lackey is handpicked to run against a bumbling North Carolina congressman in this demented satire of the American electoral process.