comedy

Billy Wilder's The Apartment

The Apartment is a sweet-hearted, romantic, sometimes downright silly examination of how corporate value systems affect personal calculus, and I reckon it’s worth a watch if you need a good laugh.

Tom Gormican's The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is victory lap for Cage, who spent such an inordinate amount time on the silver screen over the years and never overstayed his welcome with audiences. And his role in this film is exactly the kind of performance that’s made him so shelf stable in the first place.

Derek Cianfrance's Roofman

Derek Cianfrance’s crowd-pleasing Roofman was compelling and charming and ultimately made to be liked. If you’re the kind of person who can lose yourself in a film without overthinking it, you’ll have fun with it.

Peter Farrelly's Ricky Stanicky

Peter Farrelly's Ricky Stanicky doesn’t really accomplish anything profound, but that’s not what it’s for. Despite a wildly thin premise and comically straightforward character drawings, Ricky Stanicky is quite funny.

James Sweeney's Twinless

Writer-director-actor James Sweeney’s Twinless is a beautifully written reflection on companionship, envy, loss, and forgiveness.

Jim Cummings' Thunder Road

Writer-director Jim Cummings so deftly balances the emotional with the downright silly, a thesis you’ll find immediately proven right even if you merely humor me and only watch the opening scene.

Rich Peppiatt's Kneecap

Michael Lukk Litwak's Molli and Max in the Future

Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship

James Griffiths' The Ballad of Wallis Island

Mike Mills' C'mon C'mon

Charles Burnett's The Annihilation of Fish

Joachim Trier's The Worst Person in the World

Cooper Raiff's Shithouse

Adam Carter Rehmeier's Dinner In America

Michael Angelo Covino's "The Climb"

Janicza Bravo's "Zola"

Greg Jardin's "It's What's Inside"

Josh Margolin's "Thelma"

Bong Joon-ho's "Mickey 17"

Sean Baker's "Anora", "Red Rocket"

Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night”

Emma Seligman’s “Shiva Baby”

Mike Cheslik’s “Hundreds of Beavers”

Ninian Doff's "Get Duked"