Category Archives: Comedy

How and why Nick and Nora work

The series of Thin Man movies answers the question, “What does happily ever after look like?” Tweet

Charming swindlers

There are certain movies I can make a reference to and people immediately know the film and usually recall it with a smile — if not outright laughter. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is one of those movies. It didn’t change the … Continue reading

Subversive Preston Sturges and Morgan’s Creek

Eddie Bracken just looks funny. It’s not in a physically distorted way; it has something to do with the innocent, cherubic quality of his face that makes you smile. And when he starts moving? You start to laugh. Tweet

Playing it straight: The Lady Eve

I foolishly put a poll on Facebook asking people what movie they felt was Preston Sturges’ best. It was foolish because I used the word “best” when I should have used “favourite” or some other word. How can you pick … Continue reading

Easy Living (1937): Everybody fall down

When a an expensive fur coat falls on her head, Mary Smith’s life of scraping together enough for food and rent turns upside down. She suddenly finds herself in a world of wealth, as she’s mistakenly perceived of as the … Continue reading

Loving and hating Mouse Hunt

Mousehunt (1997) is a funny movie in both senses of the word. It is funny “ha ha,” and it is funny peculiar. For me, it is one of the funniest movies I’ve seen. Ever. I can’t think of many movies, … Continue reading

And now a Capra comedy

Last night TCM ran Frank Capra’s You Can’t Take It With You and while I had the same response as what follows below — this is a very chaotic and cacophonous movie — this time I adapted to it better … Continue reading