Archive for the 'Humor' Category

Woody-isms

Woody Allen’s new Vicky Cristina Barcelona is getting decidedly mixed reviews, and some of the negative reviews are like they’ve been personally betrayed or something by Woody . . . they’re like critics scorned, saying things like “the same old tripe he’s been doing since ‘Annie Hall’” and “why doesn’t he just go away and [...]

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Editor’s note: before being produced by a Romanian company, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was pitched to a Hollywood studio. Here’s an account of the meeting, taken from a clandestine tape recording made by the executive.

The vice-president for development sits across a big desk from the producer. His chair is slightly [...]

The Cohan Brothers’ Cut-Rate Cinema

In the opening scene of Barton Fink, there’s a play put on by some New Yorkers about some guys selling fish or something, and the first thing I thought about was “who wants to see a play about some fish?” And the second thing I thought was “Geez, it’s just like those Cohan boys [...]